Packers' Tucker Kraft dominating crucial metric amid breakout season 1 Oct 26, 2025; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Green Bay Packers tight end Tucker Kraft (85) runs the ball against the Pittsburgh Steelers during the third quarter at Acrisure Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images

Packers’ Tucker Kraft dominating crucial metric amid breakout season

Originally posted on WI Sports Heroics | By Matt Lombardo | Last updated Oct 27, 2025 8:53 PM ET

Packers tight end Tucker Kraft is in the midst of authoring his own breakout story this season.

The 24-year-old is well on his way to setting new career highs, while catching 30 passes for 469 yards with six touchdowns through the season’s seven weeks and is fresh off his most dominant performance of the 2025 campaign as the driving force of the Packers’ win over the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Sunday night against the Steelers was emblematic of both Kraft’s role in the Packers’ passing game, and what makes him such a dangerous weapon, at the tight end position.

Packers’ Tucker Kraft dominating after the catch

Kraft is quickly developing a reputation as one of the most effective and explosive tight ends after the catch.

Sunday night, Kraft posted more than 131 yards after the catch, on his way to pulling down a season-high seven receptions for 143 yards and two scores, as Jordan Love’s most reliable and effective target.

“He was a beast,” Packers head coach Matt LaFleur told reporters, of Kraft. “He was a man possessed. You’ve just got to find ways to get him the ball.”

He's leading tight ends in average YAC again this year per @ftnfantasy.com

— Scott Spratt (@scottspratt.bsky.social) 2025-10-27T00:46:05.802Z

Kraft”s Sunday night explosion wasn’t a one-off, either. The Packers’ star tight end entered Sunday night leading all NFL Tight Ends in Yards After the Catch, averaging nine per reception, with Indianapolis Colts rookie in second place, at 7.7.

As Green Bay looks for the receiving corps to take major steps, Kraft has become a dangerous weapon for Love and the rest of the offense, and as dangerous a playmaker in the open field and after the catch as he is a reliable target.

Packers' Tucker Kraft dominating crucial metric amid breakout season 2 Oct 26, 2025; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Green Bay Packers tight end Tucker Kraft (85) runs for a touchdown against Pittsburgh Steelers safety Juan Thornhill (22) during the fourth quarter at Acrisure Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images

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