DEN · TE
Nate Adkins
Nate Adkins is a tight end for the Denver Broncos. Depth chart: TE3.
Scouting report
Nate Adkins: the full picture
Nate Adkins at a glance
Nate Adkins is a 27-year-old tight end for the Denver Broncos, listed at 6'3" and 252 pounds. Adkins entered the league undrafted in 2023 out of South Carolina and is now in a 4th NFL season.
2026 projection
The Gridiron Value season model projects Adkins for 22.6 PPR points in 2026, which ranks TE65 at the position and works out to 1.7 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
2026 season so far
Through 2 games of 2026, Adkins has scored 12.8 PPR points, or 6.4 per game. That is 56.6% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Adkins would finish with about 109 points, ahead of the 22.6 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 12.8 points in Week 2 against JAX, the TE11 finish that week. Adkins has cleared the 7-point mark we count as a usable TE start in 1 of 2 games, a 50% consistency rate.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Adkins has finished as TE95 in 2023, TE50 in 2024 and TE82 in 2025. The high-water mark is 43.5 PPR points in 2024. Across 28 regular-season games on record, the totals read 27 receptions, 217 receiving yards and 5 receiving touchdowns.
Nate Adkins by the numbers
Adkins has finished in the top twelve 1 time. The career high is 12.8 PPR points, set in Week 2 of 2026 against JAX.
Contract
Adkins is playing on a one-year, $1.6 million contract signed with the Denver Broncos in 2026, an average of $1.6 million per year with $300,000 guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2026 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Adkins carries a GV stock price of 1,602, which ranks 357th overall and TE60 among tight ends out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Adkins 391st overall. Value has moved up 8.5 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Tyler Warren, Kenyon Sadiq and Blake Whiteheart. See where Adkins sits on the trade value chart.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 22.6
- PPR / game
- 1.7
Week 3 projection
Nate Adkins is projected for 0.9 PPR points at home against LA in week 3, with a likely range of 0.0 to 6.0.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 8.5 since the previous model run (rising).
- Redraft
- 11.5
- Dynasty
- 15.5
- Superflex redraft
- 16.6
- Superflex dynasty
- 12.4
- TE premium dynasty
- 13.3
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Car | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | DEN | 2 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12.8 |
| 2025 | DEN | 6 | 11 | 6 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.8 |
| 2024 | DEN | 15 | 15 | 14 | 115 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 43.5 |
| 2023 | DEN | 5 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 |
Tight ends ranked near Nate Adkins
- Seydou Traore TE62 · 25.8 PPR
- Tyler Conklin TE63 · 24.9 PPR
- Jake Tonges TE64 · 24.8 PPR
- Josh Cuevas TE66 · 20.5 PPR
- Eli Stowers TE67 · 19.3 PPR
- Jack Endries TE68 · 19.1 PPR
Denver Broncos fantasy players
- Bo Nix QB · 321.4 PPR
- Jaylen Waddle WR · 211.9 PPR
- J.K. Dobbins RB · 207.6 PPR
- Courtland Sutton WR · 162.7 PPR
- RJ Harvey RB · 141.5 PPR
- Evan Engram TE · 117.3 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.