Mike Gesicki

Cincinnati Bengals·#88

Pos TEHt 6'6"Wt 245 lbExp 8 yrCollege Penn State

Updated September 21, 2026

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Model Score

79.0 MODEL

2018

75.1

2019

77.1

2020

85.8

2021

84.5

2022

82.6

2023

78.7

2024

82.6

2025

79.0

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 →

Season Stats · 1 games

Rec

Rec Yds

Rec TD

Targets

78.0

Yds/Gm

18.8

Fantasy PPG

Advanced Metrics EPA & Next Gen Stats

1.574

EPA / target

2.6 yd

Avg separation

5.0 yd

Avg cushion

0.4

YAC over exp

71.4%

Catch %

Draft & College

Round 2, pick 42 · Miami Dolphins · 2018

Penn State (Big Ten)

Taken

#42

where he actually went

Consensus board

58th

average of the public big boards that spring

Our college model

#26

among TE in our college data

He went earlier than consensus.

In college · 2014-2017 · 50 games · partial record

131 rec, 1,499 yds, 15 TD, 11.4 yds/rec

Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.

Coming out

4.54s

40 yd

22 reps

Bench

41.5"

Vertical

129"

Broad

6.76s

3-cone

4.1s

Shuttle

Comps

College career

his college career vs theirs

Kenyon Sadiq88%Josh Pederson80%Jerramy Stevens78%

STM Take

$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.

Strengths

$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.

Concerns

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.