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Tight End, Atlanta Falcons
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Draft: 2018 Round 1 (25) College: South Carolina Ht: 6’4” Wt: 250 DOB: 1993-08-24 Age: 27 |
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Receiving |
Fantasy |
Season |
Team |
G |
Target |
Rec |
Yard |
Avg |
TD |
FPts |
FPts/G |
2018 |
BAL |
12 |
23 |
13 |
163 |
12.5 |
1 |
22.3 |
1.9 |
2019 |
BAL |
16 |
39 |
30 |
349 |
11.6 |
2 |
46.9 |
2.9 |
2020 |
ATL |
16 |
87 |
56 |
571 |
10.2 |
6 |
93.1 |
5.8 |
2020 (Projected) |
ATL |
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64 |
692 |
10.8 |
6 |
105.2 |
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Hayden Hurst is another player who has seen an interesting start to his career. His interesting journey began even before he was drafted by the Ravens, as he tried his hand at a baseball career before football. When that did not work out, he played at South Carolina as an older player and succeeded. However, he was older than the players around him, so it is difficult to tell if his dominance in college will ever translate to the NFL level. He is also already almost 27 years old, entering his third season as a pro.
Although he was drafted in the first round by the Ravens, two rounds before Mark Andrews, it was Andrews who dominated the tight end targets. In 2019 Andrews saw 98 targets and was one of the top fantasy tight ends, while Hurst only saw 39. However, Hurst did produce nicely on those targets (30 receptions for 349 yards and two touchdowns).
The Ravens traded Hurst to the Falcons this offseason since Andrews is clearly their top tight end, and the Falcons are hoping Hurst can replace Austin Hooper in this offense. This seems like it should not be too difficult, since Hooper is not a special athlete or talent overall. He benefited from the scheme and from the skill players around him, often leading to him getting wide open. Hurst flashed enough in his time with the Ravens to suggest he can fill this same role effectively.
The main question mark has to do with how quickly he can learn the offense, and how quickly he can establish a rapport with Matt Ryan. The fact that he is older should actually help him as he adjusts and learns the playbook, but the lack of an offseason program might prevent him from getting off to a fast start. He is a risky pick where he is being taken right now (early 7th round, as the 8th tight end off the board). However, since Hooper was on pace for 120 targets, 92 receptions, and 968 yards last season, it might be a risk worth taking.
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Julio Jones out for Week 16 Hamstring injury By: Mike Krueger | Fri Dec 25, 1:27 pm

| | #Falcons WR Julio Jones (hamstring-out) will miss his 3rd straight game and 4th in last 5. (Adam Caplan on Twitter)
FFToday's Take: Jones was a bit closer to playing this week but he'll once again ride the bench for the Falcons leaving Calvin Ridley, Russell Gage and TE Hayden Hurst to pick up the slack in the receiving game. The matchup for Ridley and Gage isn't the best but Ridley is on a hot streak, posting three-straight 100-yard games along with 2 TDs.

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Receiving |
Fantasy |
Week |
Opp |
Result |
Target |
Rec |
Yard |
Avg |
TD |
FPts |
1 |
SEA |
L 25-38 |
5 |
3 |
38 |
12.7 |
0 |
3.8 |
2 |
at DAL |
L 39-40 |
8 |
5 |
72 |
14.4 |
1 |
13.2 |
3 |
CHI |
L 26-30 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1.0 |
1 |
6.1 |
4 |
at GB |
L 16-30 |
6 |
4 |
51 |
12.8 |
0 |
5.1 |
5 |
CAR |
L 16-23 |
6 |
2 |
8 |
4.0 |
0 |
0.8 |
6 |
at MIN |
W 40-23 |
4 |
4 |
57 |
14.3 |
1 |
11.7 |
7 |
DET |
L 22-23 |
7 |
6 |
68 |
11.3 |
0 |
6.8 |
8 |
at CAR |
W 25-17 |
7 |
5 |
54 |
10.8 |
0 |
5.4 |
9 |
DEN |
W 34-27 |
8 |
7 |
62 |
8.9 |
0 |
6.2 |
11 |
at NO |
L 9-24 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.0 |
12 |
LV |
W 43-6 |
8 |
4 |
48 |
12.0 |
0 |
4.8 |
13 |
NO |
L 16-21 |
4 |
1 |
9 |
9.0 |
0 |
0.9 |
14 |
at LAC |
L 17-20 |
3 |
1 |
7 |
7.0 |
0 |
0.7 |
15 |
TB |
L 27-31 |
5 |
4 |
21 |
5.3 |
1 |
8.1 |
16 |
at KC |
L 14-17 |
5 |
5 |
47 |
9.4 |
1 |
10.7 |
17 |
at TB |
L 27-44 |
6 |
4 |
28 |
7.0 |
1 |
8.8 |
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Receiving |
Fantasy |
Week |
Opp |
Result |
Target |
Rec |
Yard |
Avg |
TD |
FPts |
1 |
at MIA |
W 59-10 |
3 |
3 |
41 |
13.7 |
0 |
4.1 |
2 |
ARI |
W 23-17 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1.0 |
1 |
6.1 |
3 |
at KC |
L 28-33 |
5 |
2 |
14 |
7.0 |
0 |
1.4 |
4 |
CLE |
L 25-40 |
2 |
2 |
39 |
19.5 |
0 |
3.9 |
5 |
at PIT |
W 26-23 |
4 |
4 |
32 |
8.0 |
0 |
3.2 |
6 |
CIN |
W 23-17 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
4.0 |
0 |
0.4 |
7 |
at SEA |
W 30-16 |
2 |
1 |
10 |
10.0 |
0 |
1.0 |
9 |
NE |
W 37-20 |
2 |
2 |
15 |
7.5 |
0 |
1.5 |
10 |
at CIN |
W 49-13 |
2 |
2 |
20 |
10.0 |
0 |
2.0 |
11 |
HOU |
W 41-7 |
2 |
2 |
16 |
8.0 |
0 |
1.6 |
12 |
at LAR |
W 45-6 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.0 |
13 |
SF |
W 20-17 |
4 |
3 |
21 |
7.0 |
0 |
2.1 |
14 |
at BUF |
W 24-17 |
3 |
3 |
73 |
24.3 |
1 |
13.3 |
15 |
NYJ |
W 42-21 |
2 |
1 |
19 |
19.0 |
0 |
1.9 |
16 |
at CLE |
W 31-15 |
3 |
1 |
9 |
9.0 |
0 |
0.9 |
17 |
PIT |
W 28-10 |
2 |
2 |
35 |
17.5 |
0 |
3.5 |
DP |
TEN |
L 12-28 |
6 |
4 |
53 |
13.3 |
1 |
11.3 |
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DP = Divisional Playoff
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Receiving |
Fantasy |
Week |
Opp |
Result |
Target |
Rec |
Yard |
Avg |
TD |
FPts |
5 |
at CLE |
L 9-12 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
7.0 |
0 |
0.7 |
6 |
at TEN |
W 21-0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.0 |
7 |
NO |
L 23-24 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.0 |
8 |
at CAR |
L 21-36 |
3 |
2 |
29 |
14.5 |
1 |
8.9 |
9 |
PIT |
L 16-23 |
2 |
1 |
21 |
21.0 |
0 |
2.1 |
12 |
LV |
W 34-17 |
4 |
3 |
25 |
8.3 |
0 |
2.5 |
15 |
TB |
W 20-12 |
3 |
3 |
20 |
6.7 |
0 |
2.0 |
16 |
at LAC |
W 22-10 |
2 |
1 |
18 |
18.0 |
0 |
1.8 |
17 |
CLE |
W 26-24 |
4 |
2 |
43 |
21.5 |
0 |
4.3 |
WC |
LAC |
L 17-23 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
- |
0 |
0.0 |
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WC = Wild-Card
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