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Darren Waller

Pos: TE1 Team: MIA YoE: 8
Draft: RD 6, PICK 204
Injury Status: Q Return Date: 2025-10-19

I. Player News & Analysis

ESPN	RotoWire	Trends
"Waller ended his one-year retirement and was traded to the Dolphins in July. Once a fantasy star, Waller produced back-to-back top-3 fantasy campaigns during the 2019-20 seasons and was top 10 on a per-game basis the following two years. Of course, he just sat out an entire season, is set to turn 33 years old this fall, hasn't played more than 12 games in a season since 2020 and hasn't averaged double-digit fantasy points in a season since 2021. On the plus side, he has an easy path to snaps and targets and will be working in an offense that faces a ton of two-high looks and allowed Jonnu Smith to produce high-end TE1 numbers for most of 2024. Waller is worthy of late-round flier."	"Waller was having a surprisingly forgettable day until the final minute of the contest, when he recorded a seven-yard touchdown grab in the right corner of the end zone with 46 seconds remaining to cap off a 13-play drive and erase a 26-20 deficit. The veteran tight end, who'd come into the day with an 8-105-3 receiving line over his first two games, would have therefore been the hero had Justin Herbert not driven the Chargers down for a game-winning field goal. Waller has now turned a whopping 40.0 percent of his 10 catches to date into touchdowns, and while regression is inevitable, he could be busy in a Week 7 road matchup against a Browns defense that could force the struggling Tua Tagovailoa to get the ball out quickly."

II. Historical Performance

Season

Week

Home

Score

Away

TGT

REC

YD

TD

FUM

YPA

TGT SHARE

2025

6

LAC

29 - 27

MIA

3.0

2.0

12.0

1.0

0.0

4.0

0.091

2025

5

MIA

24 - 27

CAR

5.0

5.0

78.0

1.0

0.0

15.6

0.139

2025

4

NYJ

21 - 27

MIA

4.0

3.0

27.0

2.0

0.0

6.75

0.16