Mike Gesicki
Cincinnati Bengals·#88·6'6"·245 lb·8th year·Penn StateModel Score by season
Up 3.6 from last season.
How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →
STM Take
A receiving-only tight end paid for his hands.
The case for
- $25M Bengals contract plus eight years of NFL development as a Penn State 42nd overall 2nd-round pick gives him real receiving-specialty TE market value.
- Penn State Big Ten 2nd-round origin plus the multi-team experience gives him real journeyman veteran market value.
The worry
- Career STTM range typically tier 5-8 (receiving-specialty profile doesn't generate blocking value) confirms the specialty ceiling.
- Cincinnati's broader offensive identity around the Joe Burrow + Ja'Marr Chase + Tee Higgins receiving priority compresses the structural target share around Gesicki.
What to watch: Whether Gesicki crosses 60 catches and 700 yards in 2026, the threshold for confirming the receiving-specialty TE ceiling holds.
Full take and bio
$25M Bengals contract plus eight years of NFL development as a Penn State 42nd overall 2nd-round pick puts Gesicki in the rare receiving-specialty TE market value class. The Penn State Big Ten 2nd-round origin plus the multi-team experience give him real veteran market value. The 2026 question is whether Gesicki crosses 60 catches plus 700 yards or whether the structural specialty TE ceiling caps below his expected role.
Gesicki came out of Penn State as the Miami Dolphins' 2nd-round pick (42nd overall) in 2018. He has bounced through the Dolphins, Patriots, and now Bengals across eight NFL seasons as a receiving-specialty TE. He signed a three-year, $25M deal with the Bengals in 2024.
Comps
The players whose size, testing and production looked most like his at the same point in their careers. The percent is how close.
Plays like: Tucker Kraft, Rob Gronkowski, Rickey Dudley. Built like: Noah Fant, Jared Cook, George Kittle. Coming out: Jared Cook, Ricky Seals-Jones, Virgil Green.
Of his 20 closest coming out: 2 stars, 6 starters, 6 backups, 6 didn't stick.
Mike Gesicki Injury StatusNot listed
Mike Gesicki is not on the injury report as of Oct 14. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.
This season · 3 games
14.8 fantasy points a game, 44 PPR on the season. Every game on the Game Log, every season on Career. Advanced numbers are EPA and Next Gen Stats.
Draft & College
Round 2, pick 42 to the Miami Dolphins in 2018, out of Penn State (Big Ten). He went earlier than consensus.
In college, 2014-2017, 50 games: 131 rec, 1,499 yds, 15 TD, 11.4 yds/rec. (partial record) Coming out: 4.54s 40 yd, 22 reps bench, 41.5" vertical, 129" broad, 6.76s 3-cone, 4.1s shuttle.