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NFL · NFC North · 2026
Updated 2026-07-29
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Green Bay Packers · TE RoomTE

#85 Tucker Kraft

Status Physically Unable to Perform — Knee - ACLExp 3 yrs NFLAge 26Ht / Wt 6'5" · 255 lbCollege South Dakota State
Depth-chart placement
Current role
TE1
Placement
Starter
Room
Tight End
Experience
YR 4
Last change
Updated 2026-07-29

Tucker Kraft holds the TE · Starter spot in Green Bay Packers’s tight end room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

TE · StarterTucker KraftStarter
TE · BackupJosh WhyleBackup
TE · StarterDrake DabneyStarter
TE · BackupRJ MarylandBackup

Tucker Kraft played 8 games in 2025 with a 86% snap share.

Production

2025 season
Latest season · 2025
1
Carries
3
Rushing yds
32
Receptions
44
Targets
489
Receiving yds
6
Receiving TD

Background & career

Tucker Kraft is a 6'5", 255-pound tight end from South Dakota State who joined the Packers as a third-round pick (No. 78 overall) in 2023. Through his first two seasons, Kraft recorded 81 receptions for 1,062 yards, the most by a Green Bay tight end in that span since 1970. In 2025, his third season, he caught 32 passes for 489 yards and six touchdowns on 44 targets. Kraft ranks among the NFL's elite at his position in efficiency metrics, leading all tight ends in yards after the catch per reception (8.5 avg.) since 2023 and ranking second in yards per catch (13.1 avg.) among those with 50-plus catches.

South Dakota Statethrough 2022
Packers2023 — present
CollegeSouth Dakota StateDraftRound 3 · No. 78 overall · 2023 · GBHometownTimber Lake, SD