Every week, tight end is a fascinating fantasy football position, and some great options are available in the specialty spot again in Week 4. As the landscape shifts at the position each week, some potential fantasy football sleepers have a chance to step up and give your fantasy roster a huge boost. The right fantasy football sleeper at tight end could make a huge difference in your lineup in Week 4.
The fantasy football sleeper plays at tight end in this weekly Saturday post can be excellent values for DFS contests, and they can also be sneaky plays in your season-long league since they should be poised to exceed expectations. Earlier this week, I highlighted my top-15 starters at tight end, and in this list, we’ll focus on players mostly outside those 15 players who still bring a high fantasy football ceiling in their Week 4 matchups.
Week 4 Fantasy Football Sleeper TEs (analysis below)
- Brenton Strange, Jacksonville Jaguars ($3,200)
- Jake Tonges, San Francisco 49ers ($3,100)
- Cole Kmet, Chicago Bears ($3,000)
- Tommy Tremble, Carolina Panthers ($2,700)
- Oronde Gadsden II, Los Angeles Chargers ($2,600)
Week 3 Results:
- Ja’Tavion Sanders, Carolina Panthers ($3,300; 3.1 FPTS – injury)
- Pat Freiermuth, Pittsburgh Steelers ($3,100; 1.6 FPTS)
- AJ Barner, Seattle Seahawks ($3,000; 3.3 FPTS)
- Tyler Higbee, Los Angeles Rams ($2,900; 0.0 FPTS)
- Tyler Conklin, Los Angeles Chargers ($2,800; 0.0 FPTS)
Whether you’re looking for value plays in your DFS contests like the NFL $3M Fantasy Football Millionaire [$1M to 1st] or looking for a last-minute addition from the waiver wire, here are my top-five fantasy football sleeper tight ends for Week 4 of the 2025 season:
Brenton Strange, Jacksonville Jaguars ($3,200)
The Jaguars improved to 2-1 last week by knocking off the two-time reigning division champion Texans. New coach Liam Coen’s offense is working out well for Trevor Lawrence ($5,200), and in that offense, Strange has stepped up into a larger role in his first year as a full-time starter after a trade sent Evan Engram to Denver.
Strange has at least three catches and at least four targets in each game this season, and he had six catches on seven targets for 61 yards to set new season-highs in each category last week against Houston. He finished with a very solid 12.1 fantasy points, raising his average on the year to 8.9 fantasy points per game.
Strange should continue to be very involved and brings an extremely high ceiling if he starts adding touchdowns to his already strong PPR performance. He has both a high floor and a high ceiling as a fantasy football sleeper under $3,500 at the position this week.
Jake Tonges, San Francisco 49ers ($3,100)
On the other side of that matchup, the 49ers are still without George Kittle (hamstring) for at least two more weeks, but they’ll get Brock Purdy ($6,100) back from a two-week absence as they host Strange and the Jaguars.
Tonges and Luke Farrell ($3,000) have been splitting work in the last few weeks since Kittle’s injury, but Tonges has the slight advantage in targets and snaps. Last week, he played 69% of snaps to Farrell’s 46% and had three targets to Farrell’s zero.
With Purdy back, the focus could be more on the tight end position, which has always flourished in his time under center for the Niners. Tonges has multiple catches in each of his three games this season, totaling nine catches on 11 targets for 67 yards and a touchdown that came in Week 1 from Purdy in a win over Seattle.
Cole Kmet, Chicago Bears ($3,000)
Kmet and the Bears visit the Raiders in one of the late games this Sunday, and the matchup has the highest over/under on the board. In what could be a high-scoring contest, Kmet should be in store for some extra work since rookie Colston Loveland ($3,100; hip) is not expected to play.
Kmet has played at least 90% of snaps in every game this season, but Loveland has gotten a few targets each game. If those go to Kmet instead, he could be a great fantasy football sleeper this week.
Last week, he found the end zone for the first time this season. He had a season-high 8.0 fantasy points, and he posted over 4.0 fantasy points in each of the first two games of the season.
Kmet has shown plenty of play-making ability, but new coach Ben Johnson’s offense seems to have opened up more options for Caleb Williams ($5,800) as a whole. If Williams comes back to Kmet more often on Sunday, he could be set up for a huge Week 4 at only $3,000.
Tommy Tremble, Carolina Panthers ($2,700)
The Panthers could be very limited on pass catchers in Week 4 against New England. Starting WR Xavier Legette (hamstring) and starting TE Ja’Tavion Sanders (ankle) have been ruled out while Jalen Coker (quad) is still on IR. Even star rookie Tetairoa McMillan ($5,900; calf) is questionable. In my top five fantasy football sleeper wide receivers, I highlighted Brycen Tremayne ($3,000) as one receiver who could step up, but in this post, let’s take a look at tight ends.
Opposing tight ends have had plenty of success this season against New England, so Sanders would have been a very strong play after his breakout in Week 2. However, in his absence, Tremble brings lots of upside.
While he doesn’t bring the field-stretching potential that Sanders offers, he is a steady, PPR producer whom Bryce Young ($4,900) knows he can rely on. Tremble has caught all six of his targets this season for 38 yards. last year, he set a new career-high with 23 catches and 234 receiving yards in just 12 games, and he’ll step in as the top tight end for Young and coach Dave Canales on Sunday against New England, who has allowed the fourth-most fantasy points to the position this season.
He doesn’t have the big-play potential of some of the other options on this fantasy football sleeper list, but he does have a high floor and a good degree of reliability, especially if McMillan is out as well.
Oronde Gadsden II, Los Angeles Chargers ($2,600)
Last week, in this final spot in my fantasy football sleeper tight ends, I went with Tyler Conklin since Will Dissly (knee) was out. Right idea, wrong tight end. Conklin failed to wrangle either of his two targets, while Gadsden went off for five catches and 46 yards on seven targets.
Gadsden was inactive for the first two weeks of the season after the Chargers drafted him in the fifth round out of Syracuse in last year’s draft. He only played 22 snaps in his debut, but he was extremely active. He lined up in the slot for half of those plays, was an in-line TE 40% of the time, and he was out wide the other 10%.
The rookie will likely be very involved again this week, with Dissly set to miss a second straight game. He’s in a good matchup against the Giants, and brings a very high ceiling for such a bargain play.
