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San Francisco 49ers Defense vs Tight Ends (2025)

In 2025, the San Francisco 49ers allowed 56.9 receiving yards per game to tight ends — #20 of 32 (1 = stingiest). Our persistence testing says single-season ranks like this mostly do NOT carry over year to year — use with that in mind.

Everything they allowed to tight ends, per game

MetricSeasonLast 4Last 2
Targets allowed8.610.810.0
Receptions allowed5.86.86.5
Rec yds allowed56.971.072.5
Rec TD allowed0.60.50.5
Yards per target6.66.67.2
Explosive receptions (20+)0.50.81.0

Last 4 = weeks 15–18; last 2 = weeks 17–18. 2025 regular season.

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Methodology: computed from nflverse play-by-play; a quarter's yards are the yards gained on plays snapped in that quarter. Averages use each player's games played, not team games. Updated 2026-07-28.

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