HOU · TE
Marlin Klein
Marlin Klein is a tight end for the Houston Texans. Depth chart: TE3.
Scouting report
Marlin Klein: the full picture
Marlin Klein at a glance
Marlin Klein is a 24-year-old tight end for the Houston Texans, listed at 6'6" and 250 pounds. The Houston Texans drafted Klein 59th overall in the second round in 2026, out of Michigan; this is year one in the league.
2026 projection
Our season projection has Klein at 28.9 PPR points for 2026, which ranks TE53 at the position and works out to 1.9 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
2026 season so far
Through 1 game of 2026, Klein has scored 2.6 PPR points, or 2.6 per game. That is 9.0% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Klein would finish with about 44 points, ahead of the 28.9 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 2.6 points in Week 1 against BUF, the TE43 finish that week. Klein has cleared the 7-point mark we count as a usable TE start in 0 of 1 game, a 0% consistency rate.
Marlin Klein by the numbers
The career high is 2.6 PPR points, set in Week 1 of 2026 against BUF.
Contract
Klein is playing on a four-year, $8.2 million contract signed with the Houston Texans in 2026, an average of $2.0 million per year with $6.2 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2029 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Klein carries a GV stock price of 3,950, which ranks 147th overall and TE28 among tight ends out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Klein 398th overall. Value has moved up 38.8 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Nate Boerkircher, Oscar Delp and Matthew Hibner. See where Klein sits on the trade value chart.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 28.9
- PPR / game
- 1.9
Week 2 projection
Marlin Klein is projected for 0.8 PPR points at home against CIN in week 2, 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 38.8 since the previous model run (rising).
- Redraft
- 20.5
- Dynasty
- 38.3
- Superflex redraft
- 33.9
- Superflex dynasty
- 52.3
- TE premium dynasty
- 34.5
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Car | Rush yds | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | HOU | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 |
Tight ends ranked near Marlin Klein
- Austin Hooper TE50 · 32.6 PPR
- David Njoku TE51 · 30.9 PPR
- Darren Waller TE52 · 30.6 PPR
- Carsen Ryan TE54 · 27.3 PPR
- Jackson Hawes TE55 · 26.9 PPR
- Sam Roush TE56 · 26.8 PPR
Houston Texans fantasy players
- C.J. Stroud QB · 263.3 PPR
- Nico Collins WR · 232.4 PPR
- David Montgomery RB · 175.5 PPR
- Dalton Schultz TE · 130.8 PPR
- Woody Marks RB · 116.5 PPR
- Xavier Hutchinson WR · 106.3 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.