Brenton Strange Fantasy Overview

2024 Summary

Production & Fantasy Finishes

Strange finished his second NFL season with 40 catches for 411 yards and two TDs.

He totaled just 11 catches across nine games behind TE Evan Engram. But in eight games without Engram, Strange averaged:

• 4.9 targets
• 3.6 catches
• 34.4 yards
• 0.25 TDs

Strange ranked 17th among TEs in PPR points per game across those eight weeks. The production was sporadic. He finished as a top-10 PPR TE in four of the eight games but outside the top 24 three times.

Usage & Role

Strange ran a route on 72+% of Jaguars pass plays in five of eight games without Engram. He was seemingly benched for part of Week 16, finishing that one with a 38% route rate.

Strange drew 13.8% of Jacksonville’s targets sans Engram and ranked 20th among TEs in expected PPR points per game.

Efficiency Metrics

Strange caught 75.5% of his targets last year but averaged just 10.3 yards per catch — numbers driven by a low 6.4-yard average target depth.

Strange’s 1.49 yards per route ranked 16th among 36 TEs with 40+ targets. He finished 25th in Pro Football Focus receiving grade.

Offensive Context

Jacksonville’s offense was not good last year, finishing dead last in plays per game, 25th in total yards, and 26th in points.

HC Doug Pederson was a dead man walking all year. QB Trevor Lawrence missed virtually all of the final eight games with injuries.

The Jaguars ranked 24th in passing yards and 28th in TDs.

2025 Expectations

Projected Role & Competition

The Jaguars released Engram in March and only added TEs Johnny Mundt and Hunter Long in free agency. Those guys have combined for 73 catches across 12 NFL seasons.

Strange is positioned to operate as Jacksonville’s clear lead TE in 2025.

Coaching & Offensive Scheme

The Jaguars surprised no one by firing HC Doug Pederson shortly after the 2024 season ended. They landed Liam Coen as new HC a few weeks later.

Coen arrives fresh off leading the Buccaneers to a fourth-place finish in points and a third-place finish in total yards — up from 20th and 23rd under OC Dave Canales in 2023. Tampa Bay ranked:

• 3rd in passing yards
• 6th in yards per pass attempt
• 2nd in passing TDs

TE Cade Otton ranked 12th among TEs in PPR points per game under Coen last year. He finished third on the team – behind WRs Mike Evans and Chris Godwin – with 6.2 targets per game, drawing an 18.8% target share.

“He’ll elevate just by getting more reps,” Coen said of Strange in March. “Getting him on the field is a good thing for us. He showed some really nice things last year, especially after the catch, breaking tackles and getting extra yards.”

Supporting Cast

QB Trevor Lawrence returns after an underwhelming, injury-shortened 2024 campaign. He’s yet to deliver on the promise that made him the No. 1 overall pick of the 2021 NFL Draft. But Lawrence isn’t lacking in ability, is still only 25, and should benefit from Coen’s arrival.

The Jaguars traded up in this spring’s draft to take WR Travis Hunter No. 2 overall. He joins Brian Thomas Jr. to give Jacksonville one of the most talented WR duos in the league.

Strange is unlikely to be better than No. 3 in the pecking order for targets this season.

Production & Efficiency Trends

Strange will play the majority of this season at 24 years old. Our aging-curve research shows that TEs, on average, produce at 84% of their peak at age-24. (Peak comes at 25.)