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Fantasy Football · Updated November 07, 2026 at 04:46 PM UTC · Default format: Superflex PPR

Marlin Klein ⚠️ experimental

TE · Michigan · Class of 2026 · Model rank #103 (pos #5)
478
Projected career fp
8.3
Projected peak3 fp/g
5.1
Proj yrs in league
22.0
Age
4
Comps w/ NFL data
v3.0 note — TE projections are preview-grade. The engine's TE Spearman ρ is 0.086 vs 0.27+ for QB/RB/WR. TE-specific feature weights are on the v3.1 roadmap. Use this comp grid as a directional indicator, not a hard projection. See methodology.
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NFL comparables — first 1 career game

N = 1 game1 game is a very small sample. This shows how these players began, not how they will finish. It is a comparison, not a projection, and it should not be read as a settled view of anyone’s career. Drawn from 658 historical TEs who played at least 1 career game. A “game” is one in which the player recorded a stat line. Inactive weeks do not count, and the same rule is applied to the rookie and to every historical player he is compared against.

Marlin Klein’s actual 2026 NFL production, and the historical NFL players whose own first 1 career game looked most like it — same position, same number of games. His line is the highlighted row, so each comp can be read directly against it. Career outcome and career fp say what became of that player.

Player Debut First 1 career game Similarity Career outcome Career fp Seasons
Marlin Klein this rookie20261 tgt · 1 rec · 16 yds · 0 TD————
Reggie Kelly19991 tgt · 1 rec · 16 yds · 0 TD1.000depth40012
Hayden Smith20121 tgt · 1 rec · 16 yds · 0 TD1.000bust31
Troy Niklas20141 tgt · 1 rec · 16 yds · 0 TD1.000bust574
Doug Jolley20021 tgt · 1 rec · 15 yds · 0 TD0.946depth2855
Adrien Robinson20141 tgt · 1 rec · 15 yds · 0 TD0.946bust161
Cameron Brate20141 tgt · 1 rec · 17 yds · 0 TD0.946starter7559
Adam Trautman20201 tgt · 1 rec · 17 yds · 0 TD0.946active3047
Austin Hooper20161 tgt · 1 rec · 14 yds · 0 TD0.898active1,07511
Matt Flanagan20181 tgt · 1 rec · 14 yds · 0 TD0.898bust21
James Mitchell20221 tgt · 1 rec · 14 yds · 0 TD0.898active394
Pre-season college projection and college comps secondary
Superseded by the NFL comparison above. This is the pre-season estimate, built before Marlin Klein played a down: his college production comped against historical college players, anchored on draft capital. It is a weaker estimator (prospect back-test ρ 0.27 ex-TE) and it knows nothing about what he has actually done in the NFL. Kept for reference only.
🏈 NFL Draft 2026: Round 2, Pick #59 — HOU
KTC consensus. Not currently ranked on KTC. No delta available.
v3.6 projection methodology. Projection is a confidence-blend (“blend_0.08_pick_tier_baseline_R2”). With 1 meaningful comp NFL careers (≥200 career fp), confidence is 0.08; we blend the comp-only projection (14) with the pick-tier baseline (520). low-confidence comp pool

Projection inputs

College production summary feeding the v3.0 similarity vector. The engine weights these features against the prospect corpus (2000–present) to build the comp grid below.

College adj career fp/g: 4.98Final season fp/g: 4.98Peak season fp/g: 4.98Conf tier (last): P5

Top-25 college comparables

Historical college players whose production curves most closely match Marlin Klein. Hit-label colouring tags each comp's eventual NFL outcome: elite, starter, bust, unknown (still developing or never reached the NFL). Click an NFL name to jump to its veteran page when available.

College player School Class Similarity NFL outcome NFL career Career fp Peak3 fp/g Seasons
Kyle MorlockFlorida State20240.925unknownKyle Morlock———
Farrod GreenMississippi State20200.816unknownFarrod Green———
Marshall LangNorthwestern20230.815unknownMarshall Lang———
Hunter WelcingNorthwestern20260.787unknownHunter Welcing———
Matt SokolMichigan State20180.780unknownMatt Sokol00.01
Bryce WolmaArizona20180.764unknownBryce Wolma———
Milan RichardClemson20180.756unknownMilan Richard———
Thomas GordonNorthwestern20250.752unknownThomas Gordon———
Nick GalloVirginia Tech20230.751unknownNick Gallo———
Donta ThompsonTexas Tech20200.724unknownDonta Thompson———
Tanner CowleyVirginia20200.713unknownTanner Cowley———
Justin JohnsonMississippi State20190.713unknownJustin Johnson———
Drew SampleWashington20190.679bustDrew Sample2444.38
Andrew BeckMaryland20190.621bustAndrew Beck982.57
Moroni Laulu-PututauBYU20170.620unknownMoroni Laulu-Pututau———
Thomaz WhitfordNew Mexico State20220.599unknownThomaz Whitford———
Cooper MathersWashington State20240.589unknownCooper Mathers———
D'Andre RogersTCU20260.558unknownD'Andre Rogers———
Riley NowakowskiIndiana20260.555unknownRiley Nowakowski———
Micky CrumLouisville20190.513unknownMicky Crum———
Gino CampiottiMassachusetts20240.497unknownGino Campiotti———
Devin CulpWashington20230.482unknownDevin Culp214.42
Kyle HornMassachusetts20200.472unknownKyle Horn———
Jerome WashingtonRutgers20180.468unknownJerome Washington———
Garrett WalstonNorth Carolina20220.465unknownGarrett Walston———

Methodology details: v3.0 prospect engine — PR 3 similarity, PR 4 projection, PR 5 back-test.