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Helm
Helm
Tennessee Titans • TE • #84 • 6’5″, 250 lbs • Texas • 2025 Round 4, Pick 120
Young TE Growth Bet
Round 4 Capital
Bad-Offense Context
31 Rookie Receptions
Texas Breakout TE
Bellinger Complement
The Read: Helm showed enough as a rookie in a bad offense to keep the growth case alive. He is not a clean breakout bet yet, but the receiving feel, size, and Year 1 usefulness are real. Daniel Bellinger helps more than hurts if Tennessee uses him as the physical stabilizer and lets Helm keep developing as the pass-game option.
Dynasty UseTEP bench growth stashBest held where young tight ends with rookie usage and a path to more routes are worth slow-building.
Risk ShapeOffense caps the runwayThe profile can grow, but the Titans passing ecosystem has to become stable enough for TE volume to matter.
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Helm
Helm
Tennessee Titans • TE • #84 • 6’5″, 250 lbs • Texas • 2025 Round 4, Pick 120
Young TE Growth Bet
Round 4 Capital
Bad-Offense Context
31 Rookie Receptions
Texas Breakout TE
Bellinger Complement
The Read: Helm showed enough as a rookie in a bad offense to keep the growth case alive. He is not a clean breakout bet yet, but the receiving feel, size, and Year 1 usefulness are real. Daniel Bellinger helps more than hurts if Tennessee uses him as the physical stabilizer and lets Helm keep developing as the pass-game option.
Dynasty UseTEP bench growth stashBest held where young tight ends with rookie usage and a path to more routes are worth slow-building.
Risk ShapeOffense caps the runwayThe profile can grow, but the Titans passing ecosystem has to become stable enough for TE volume to matter.
Command Deck
Current file // Titans TE room // young growth bet
TeamTitansTennessee
PositionTE#84
Age23Sept. 18, 2002
Experience2seasons
Size6’5″ / 250classic TE frame
CollegeTexassenior breakout
Draft Capital2025 Round 4, Pick 120Titans TE investment
Player DescriptorDeveloping possession TEA young tight end with size, hands, route feel, and enough rookie involvement to believe the Titans see him as more than depth.
Current LaneTEP growth stashBellinger can handle dirty work and formation stability while Helm tries to become the more useful receiving answer.
Profile TypeY / move TE hybridInline snaps, seams, hooks, flats, red-zone releases, play-action leaks, and underneath chain-moving targets.
Fantasy ShapeUseful if offense risesThe player can grow. The question is whether Tennessee creates enough passing volume and scoring chances for that growth to matter.
2025 Rec31rookie usage
2025 Yards3019.7 Y/R
2025 TD2bad-offense output
Texas 20247867 TD breakout
Current Snapshot
Roster Reality
Helm is a young tight end who already showed he belongs in the offensive picture. The Titans added Daniel Bellinger, but that does not have to be a threat. Bellinger can be the stabilizing Y while Helm remains the more interesting receiving development bet.
Offensive Context
The limiting factor is Tennessee as a whole. A tight end can improve and still be capped if the passing offense lacks rhythm, touchdown volume, and weekly target quality.
Fantasy Lens
Helm is more interesting in TEP than standard formats. The rookie season gave enough evidence to hold, but the next step has to be route growth and higher-value targets.
Room note: Bellinger helps if he lets Helm avoid being overloaded as the every-down grinder. The problem is not Bellinger’s presence. The problem is whether Tennessee can make any tight end role consistently fantasy-useful.
NFL Production
Rookie Output
Helm’s rookie season was quietly useful: 16 games, 31 receptions, 301 yards, and two touchdowns in an offense that rarely made passing production easy. For a rookie tight end, that is enough to stay interested.
Growth Signal
The stat line does not scream breakout, but tight end development rarely arrives clean. The encouraging part is that he got on the field, caught enough passes to matter, and did not need a perfect environment to show signs of utility.
Season
Team
Receiving
Usage
Notes
2025
TEN
16 games, 31 rec, 301 yards, 9.7 Y/R, 2 TD
Rookie rotational TE usage
Showed enough in a poor offense to keep the dynasty growth case alive.
Career
TEN
31 rec, 301 yards, 2 TD
Year 2 role watch
Needs more target value, not just more snaps.
Usage / Role / Efficiency
Route Role
Helm fits as a middle-field target who can work hooks, flats, seams, crossers, and play-action leaks. He does not need to become a detached receiver to matter, but he does need routes that carry target value.
Bellinger Fit
Bellinger’s profile is more physical, assignment-stable, and traditional. That can protect Helm’s development instead of stealing the fantasy path, assuming Tennessee gives Helm enough receiving work.
Fantasy Translation
The useful outcome is a young TE who climbs into 70-plus targets with red-zone work. The miss case is a functional player trapped in a low-scoring offense without enough designed usage.
Development Arc
Current Phase
Helm is entering the second-year tight end growth pocket. He already cleared the first hurdle by earning rookie involvement. Now the question is whether the role becomes more intentional.
Appreciation Window
His value rises if Tennessee’s quarterback play stabilizes, the offense creates more scoring chances, and Helm becomes the preferred receiving tight end while Bellinger handles heavier inline work.
Depreciation Risk
The risk is not that Helm cannot play. It is that he becomes a useful NFL tight end without enough fantasy oxygen because the offense cannot support consistent TE production.
Film / Usage Profile
How He Wins
Size, hands, zone awareness, underneath reliability, seam access, red-zone size, and enough movement skill to avoid being treated as a blocker-only tight end.
Where He Fits
Inline Y, wing, short motion, play-action flats, seams, crossers, sit routes, checkdown answers, and red-zone leak concepts that let him work against linebackers and safeties.
Fantasy Translation
Helm can become useful in TEP if he grows into the preferred receiving tight end. He needs routes, touchdown chances, and offensive improvement more than a flashy highlight package.
Fragility Point
Low team scoring, split TE usage, limited target depth, and the risk that Tennessee values him as a complete player without feeding him like a fantasy asset.
Draft / Entry File
Draft Slot
Tennessee selected Helm in the fourth round of the 2025 NFL Draft, No. 120 overall. For a tight end, that is enough investment to take the development seriously without forcing a fantasy breakout timetable.
Entry Translation
The entry case was a senior-year receiving breakout at Texas, size, enough route feel to be a pass-game answer, and the frame to survive NFL tight end responsibilities.
Original Role
He entered as a developmental tight end with a chance to become more than a depth Y. The rookie year supported that path without fully paying it off.
College Profile
Texas Arc
Helm spent four seasons at Texas and waited behind a deep skill-position group before breaking through as a senior. The final year turned him from role player into real NFL tight end prospect.
Best College Signal
The 2024 season is the anchor: 60 receptions, 786 yards, and seven touchdowns. That was a major receiving season for a college tight end and the proof behind the Titans investment.
Season
School
Receiving
Usage
Notes
2024
Texas
16 games, 60 rec, 786 yards, 13.1 Y/R, 7 TD
Featured TE role
Senior breakout and draft-year launch point.
2023
Texas
14 games, 14 rec, 192 yards, 13.7 Y/R, 2 TD
Rotational TE
Useful role behind a loaded passing game.
2022
Texas
12 games, 5 rec, 44 yards, 0 TD
Depth role
Early development season.
2021
Texas
10 games, 2 rec, 5 yards, 0 TD
Freshman reserve
Special teams and developmental usage.
Career
Texas
81 rec, 1,027 yards, 9 TD
Late breakout TE
Production concentrated in final college season.
Measurements / Athletic File
Height
6’5″ on the current Titans listing. The size gives him a traditional tight end catch radius and keeps red-zone growth in the profile.
Weight
250 lbs on the team listing. He has enough mass to handle inline work, which matters for staying on the field while the receiving role develops.
Testing File
Helm’s profile is more functional tight end than explosive workout outlier. The appeal is size, hands, reliability, and enough movement to be useful in the middle of the field.
Role Utility
The more complete he becomes, the more route access he can earn. For tight ends, staying on the field is often the first step toward fantasy relevance.
Profile shape: Helm is a young tight end worth holding because the rookie year was encouraging. The ceiling is capped less by Bellinger and more by whether Tennessee’s offense becomes functional enough to feed him.
Background / Recruiting File
High School
Helm came out of Cherry Creek High School in Colorado, a strong prep program, before signing with Texas and developing through a crowded Longhorns depth chart.
Recruiting Status
He was a three-star recruit who grew into a legitimate NFL prospect through development and a major senior breakout rather than early blue-chip momentum.
Early Identity
The early identity was a traditional tight end with enough receiving ability to keep expanding. The senior season showed that expansion was real.
Development Signal
Helm’s path is a slow-build tight end arc: develop, wait, break out late, then earn enough rookie usage to keep the next step plausible.
Profile Translation
The translation depends on Tennessee turning reliable tight end work into fantasy target value. Helm has the profile to grow; the ecosystem has to cooperate.
Analyst Notes
greg1287
respectfully, no personal take needed here
indyMANa
respectfully, no personal take needed here
cricks
respectfully, no personal take needed here
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Source Notes
Core player data, roster context, jersey number, measurements, age, rookie production, draft slot, college production, background context, and Titans tight end room notes were checked against team, league, statistical, draft, college, and current roster source references where applicable.
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The Late Thirds Player File
Gunnar
Helm
Helm
Tennessee Titans • TE • #84 • 6’5″, 250 lbs • Texas • 2025 Round 4, Pick 120
Young TE Growth Bet
Round 4 Capital
Bad-Offense Context
31 Rookie Receptions
Texas Breakout TE
Bellinger Complement
The Read: Helm showed enough as a rookie in a bad offense to keep the growth case alive. He is not a clean breakout bet yet, but the receiving feel, size, and Year 1 usefulness are real. Daniel Bellinger helps more than hurts if Tennessee uses him as the physical stabilizer and lets Helm keep developing as the pass-game option.
Dynasty UseTEP bench growth stashBest held where young tight ends with rookie usage and a path to more routes are worth slow-building.
Risk ShapeOffense caps the runwayThe profile can grow, but the Titans passing ecosystem has to become stable enough for TE volume to matter.
Command Deck
Current file // Titans TE room // young growth bet
TeamTitansTennessee
PositionTE#84
Age23Sept. 18, 2002
Experience2seasons
Size6’5″ / 250classic TE frame
CollegeTexassenior breakout
Draft Capital2025 Round 4, Pick 120Titans TE investment
Player DescriptorDeveloping possession TEA young tight end with size, hands, route feel, and enough rookie involvement to believe the Titans see him as more than depth.
Current LaneTEP growth stashBellinger can handle dirty work and formation stability while Helm tries to become the more useful receiving answer.
Profile TypeY / move TE hybridInline snaps, seams, hooks, flats, red-zone releases, play-action leaks, and underneath chain-moving targets.
Fantasy ShapeUseful if offense risesThe player can grow. The question is whether Tennessee creates enough passing volume and scoring chances for that growth to matter.
2025 Rec31rookie usage
2025 Yards3019.7 Y/R
2025 TD2bad-offense output
Texas 20247867 TD breakout
Current Snapshot
Roster Reality
Helm is a young tight end who already showed he belongs in the offensive picture. The Titans added Daniel Bellinger, but that does not have to be a threat. Bellinger can be the stabilizing Y while Helm remains the more interesting receiving development bet.
Offensive Context
The limiting factor is Tennessee as a whole. A tight end can improve and still be capped if the passing offense lacks rhythm, touchdown volume, and weekly target quality.
Fantasy Lens
Helm is more interesting in TEP than standard formats. The rookie season gave enough evidence to hold, but the next step has to be route growth and higher-value targets.
Room note: Bellinger helps if he lets Helm avoid being overloaded as the every-down grinder. The problem is not Bellinger’s presence. The problem is whether Tennessee can make any tight end role consistently fantasy-useful.
NFL Production
Rookie Output
Helm’s rookie season was quietly useful: 16 games, 31 receptions, 301 yards, and two touchdowns in an offense that rarely made passing production easy. For a rookie tight end, that is enough to stay interested.
Growth Signal
The stat line does not scream breakout, but tight end development rarely arrives clean. The encouraging part is that he got on the field, caught enough passes to matter, and did not need a perfect environment to show signs of utility.
Season
Team
Receiving
Usage
Notes
2025
TEN
16 games, 31 rec, 301 yards, 9.7 Y/R, 2 TD
Rookie rotational TE usage
Showed enough in a poor offense to keep the dynasty growth case alive.
Career
TEN
31 rec, 301 yards, 2 TD
Year 2 role watch
Needs more target value, not just more snaps.
Usage / Role / Efficiency
Route Role
Helm fits as a middle-field target who can work hooks, flats, seams, crossers, and play-action leaks. He does not need to become a detached receiver to matter, but he does need routes that carry target value.
Bellinger Fit
Bellinger’s profile is more physical, assignment-stable, and traditional. That can protect Helm’s development instead of stealing the fantasy path, assuming Tennessee gives Helm enough receiving work.
Fantasy Translation
The useful outcome is a young TE who climbs into 70-plus targets with red-zone work. The miss case is a functional player trapped in a low-scoring offense without enough designed usage.
Development Arc
Current Phase
Helm is entering the second-year tight end growth pocket. He already cleared the first hurdle by earning rookie involvement. Now the question is whether the role becomes more intentional.
Appreciation Window
His value rises if Tennessee’s quarterback play stabilizes, the offense creates more scoring chances, and Helm becomes the preferred receiving tight end while Bellinger handles heavier inline work.
Depreciation Risk
The risk is not that Helm cannot play. It is that he becomes a useful NFL tight end without enough fantasy oxygen because the offense cannot support consistent TE production.
Film / Usage Profile
How He Wins
Size, hands, zone awareness, underneath reliability, seam access, red-zone size, and enough movement skill to avoid being treated as a blocker-only tight end.
Where He Fits
Inline Y, wing, short motion, play-action flats, seams, crossers, sit routes, checkdown answers, and red-zone leak concepts that let him work against linebackers and safeties.
Fantasy Translation
Helm can become useful in TEP if he grows into the preferred receiving tight end. He needs routes, touchdown chances, and offensive improvement more than a flashy highlight package.
Fragility Point
Low team scoring, split TE usage, limited target depth, and the risk that Tennessee values him as a complete player without feeding him like a fantasy asset.
Draft / Entry File
Draft Slot
Tennessee selected Helm in the fourth round of the 2025 NFL Draft, No. 120 overall. For a tight end, that is enough investment to take the development seriously without forcing a fantasy breakout timetable.
Entry Translation
The entry case was a senior-year receiving breakout at Texas, size, enough route feel to be a pass-game answer, and the frame to survive NFL tight end responsibilities.
Original Role
He entered as a developmental tight end with a chance to become more than a depth Y. The rookie year supported that path without fully paying it off.
College Profile
Texas Arc
Helm spent four seasons at Texas and waited behind a deep skill-position group before breaking through as a senior. The final year turned him from role player into real NFL tight end prospect.
Best College Signal
The 2024 season is the anchor: 60 receptions, 786 yards, and seven touchdowns. That was a major receiving season for a college tight end and the proof behind the Titans investment.
Season
School
Receiving
Usage
Notes
2024
Texas
16 games, 60 rec, 786 yards, 13.1 Y/R, 7 TD
Featured TE role
Senior breakout and draft-year launch point.
2023
Texas
14 games, 14 rec, 192 yards, 13.7 Y/R, 2 TD
Rotational TE
Useful role behind a loaded passing game.
2022
Texas
12 games, 5 rec, 44 yards, 0 TD
Depth role
Early development season.
2021
Texas
10 games, 2 rec, 5 yards, 0 TD
Freshman reserve
Special teams and developmental usage.
Career
Texas
81 rec, 1,027 yards, 9 TD
Late breakout TE
Production concentrated in final college season.
Measurements / Athletic File
Height
6’5″ on the current Titans listing. The size gives him a traditional tight end catch radius and keeps red-zone growth in the profile.
Weight
250 lbs on the team listing. He has enough mass to handle inline work, which matters for staying on the field while the receiving role develops.
Testing File
Helm’s profile is more functional tight end than explosive workout outlier. The appeal is size, hands, reliability, and enough movement to be useful in the middle of the field.
Role Utility
The more complete he becomes, the more route access he can earn. For tight ends, staying on the field is often the first step toward fantasy relevance.
Profile shape: Helm is a young tight end worth holding because the rookie year was encouraging. The ceiling is capped less by Bellinger and more by whether Tennessee’s offense becomes functional enough to feed him.
Background / Recruiting File
High School
Helm came out of Cherry Creek High School in Colorado, a strong prep program, before signing with Texas and developing through a crowded Longhorns depth chart.
Recruiting Status
He was a three-star recruit who grew into a legitimate NFL prospect through development and a major senior breakout rather than early blue-chip momentum.
Early Identity
The early identity was a traditional tight end with enough receiving ability to keep expanding. The senior season showed that expansion was real.
Development Signal
Helm’s path is a slow-build tight end arc: develop, wait, break out late, then earn enough rookie usage to keep the next step plausible.
Profile Translation
The translation depends on Tennessee turning reliable tight end work into fantasy target value. Helm has the profile to grow; the ecosystem has to cooperate.
Analyst Notes
greg1287
respectfully, no personal take needed here
indyMANa
respectfully, no personal take needed here
cricks
respectfully, no personal take needed here
Explore More
Source Notes
Core player data, roster context, jersey number, measurements, age, rookie production, draft slot, college production, background context, and Titans tight end room notes were checked against team, league, statistical, draft, college, and current roster source references where applicable.
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The Late Thirds Player File
Gunnar
Helm
Helm
Tennessee Titans • TE • #84 • 6’5″, 250 lbs • Texas • 2025 Round 4, Pick 120
Young TE Growth Bet
Round 4 Capital
Bad-Offense Context
31 Rookie Receptions
Texas Breakout TE
Bellinger Complement
The Read: Helm showed enough as a rookie in a bad offense to keep the growth case alive. He is not a clean breakout bet yet, but the receiving feel, size, and Year 1 usefulness are real. Daniel Bellinger helps more than hurts if Tennessee uses him as the physical stabilizer and lets Helm keep developing as the pass-game option.
Dynasty UseTEP bench growth stashBest held where young tight ends with rookie usage and a path to more routes are worth slow-building.
Risk ShapeOffense caps the runwayThe profile can grow, but the Titans passing ecosystem has to become stable enough for TE volume to matter.
Command Deck
Current file // Titans TE room // young growth bet
TeamTitansTennessee
PositionTE#84
Age23Sept. 18, 2002
Experience2seasons
Size6’5″ / 250classic TE frame
CollegeTexassenior breakout
Draft Capital2025 Round 4, Pick 120Titans TE investment
Player DescriptorDeveloping possession TEA young tight end with size, hands, route feel, and enough rookie involvement to believe the Titans see him as more than depth.
Current LaneTEP growth stashBellinger can handle dirty work and formation stability while Helm tries to become the more useful receiving answer.
Profile TypeY / move TE hybridInline snaps, seams, hooks, flats, red-zone releases, play-action leaks, and underneath chain-moving targets.
Fantasy ShapeUseful if offense risesThe player can grow. The question is whether Tennessee creates enough passing volume and scoring chances for that growth to matter.
2025 Rec31rookie usage
2025 Yards3019.7 Y/R
2025 TD2bad-offense output
Texas 20247867 TD breakout
Current Snapshot
Roster Reality
Helm is a young tight end who already showed he belongs in the offensive picture. The Titans added Daniel Bellinger, but that does not have to be a threat. Bellinger can be the stabilizing Y while Helm remains the more interesting receiving development bet.
Offensive Context
The limiting factor is Tennessee as a whole. A tight end can improve and still be capped if the passing offense lacks rhythm, touchdown volume, and weekly target quality.
Fantasy Lens
Helm is more interesting in TEP than standard formats. The rookie season gave enough evidence to hold, but the next step has to be route growth and higher-value targets.
Room note: Bellinger helps if he lets Helm avoid being overloaded as the every-down grinder. The problem is not Bellinger’s presence. The problem is whether Tennessee can make any tight end role consistently fantasy-useful.
NFL Production
Rookie Output
Helm’s rookie season was quietly useful: 16 games, 31 receptions, 301 yards, and two touchdowns in an offense that rarely made passing production easy. For a rookie tight end, that is enough to stay interested.
Growth Signal
The stat line does not scream breakout, but tight end development rarely arrives clean. The encouraging part is that he got on the field, caught enough passes to matter, and did not need a perfect environment to show signs of utility.
Season
Team
Receiving
Usage
Notes
2025
TEN
16 games, 31 rec, 301 yards, 9.7 Y/R, 2 TD
Rookie rotational TE usage
Showed enough in a poor offense to keep the dynasty growth case alive.
Career
TEN
31 rec, 301 yards, 2 TD
Year 2 role watch
Needs more target value, not just more snaps.
Usage / Role / Efficiency
Route Role
Helm fits as a middle-field target who can work hooks, flats, seams, crossers, and play-action leaks. He does not need to become a detached receiver to matter, but he does need routes that carry target value.
Bellinger Fit
Bellinger’s profile is more physical, assignment-stable, and traditional. That can protect Helm’s development instead of stealing the fantasy path, assuming Tennessee gives Helm enough receiving work.
Fantasy Translation
The useful outcome is a young TE who climbs into 70-plus targets with red-zone work. The miss case is a functional player trapped in a low-scoring offense without enough designed usage.
Development Arc
Current Phase
Helm is entering the second-year tight end growth pocket. He already cleared the first hurdle by earning rookie involvement. Now the question is whether the role becomes more intentional.
Appreciation Window
His value rises if Tennessee’s quarterback play stabilizes, the offense creates more scoring chances, and Helm becomes the preferred receiving tight end while Bellinger handles heavier inline work.
Depreciation Risk
The risk is not that Helm cannot play. It is that he becomes a useful NFL tight end without enough fantasy oxygen because the offense cannot support consistent TE production.
Film / Usage Profile
How He Wins
Size, hands, zone awareness, underneath reliability, seam access, red-zone size, and enough movement skill to avoid being treated as a blocker-only tight end.
Where He Fits
Inline Y, wing, short motion, play-action flats, seams, crossers, sit routes, checkdown answers, and red-zone leak concepts that let him work against linebackers and safeties.
Fantasy Translation
Helm can become useful in TEP if he grows into the preferred receiving tight end. He needs routes, touchdown chances, and offensive improvement more than a flashy highlight package.
Fragility Point
Low team scoring, split TE usage, limited target depth, and the risk that Tennessee values him as a complete player without feeding him like a fantasy asset.
Draft / Entry File
Draft Slot
Tennessee selected Helm in the fourth round of the 2025 NFL Draft, No. 120 overall. For a tight end, that is enough investment to take the development seriously without forcing a fantasy breakout timetable.
Entry Translation
The entry case was a senior-year receiving breakout at Texas, size, enough route feel to be a pass-game answer, and the frame to survive NFL tight end responsibilities.
Original Role
He entered as a developmental tight end with a chance to become more than a depth Y. The rookie year supported that path without fully paying it off.
College Profile
Texas Arc
Helm spent four seasons at Texas and waited behind a deep skill-position group before breaking through as a senior. The final year turned him from role player into real NFL tight end prospect.
Best College Signal
The 2024 season is the anchor: 60 receptions, 786 yards, and seven touchdowns. That was a major receiving season for a college tight end and the proof behind the Titans investment.
Season
School
Receiving
Usage
Notes
2024
Texas
16 games, 60 rec, 786 yards, 13.1 Y/R, 7 TD
Featured TE role
Senior breakout and draft-year launch point.
2023
Texas
14 games, 14 rec, 192 yards, 13.7 Y/R, 2 TD
Rotational TE
Useful role behind a loaded passing game.
2022
Texas
12 games, 5 rec, 44 yards, 0 TD
Depth role
Early development season.
2021
Texas
10 games, 2 rec, 5 yards, 0 TD
Freshman reserve
Special teams and developmental usage.
Career
Texas
81 rec, 1,027 yards, 9 TD
Late breakout TE
Production concentrated in final college season.
Measurements / Athletic File
Height
6’5″ on the current Titans listing. The size gives him a traditional tight end catch radius and keeps red-zone growth in the profile.
Weight
250 lbs on the team listing. He has enough mass to handle inline work, which matters for staying on the field while the receiving role develops.
Testing File
Helm’s profile is more functional tight end than explosive workout outlier. The appeal is size, hands, reliability, and enough movement to be useful in the middle of the field.
Role Utility
The more complete he becomes, the more route access he can earn. For tight ends, staying on the field is often the first step toward fantasy relevance.
Profile shape: Helm is a young tight end worth holding because the rookie year was encouraging. The ceiling is capped less by Bellinger and more by whether Tennessee’s offense becomes functional enough to feed him.
Background / Recruiting File
High School
Helm came out of Cherry Creek High School in Colorado, a strong prep program, before signing with Texas and developing through a crowded Longhorns depth chart.
Recruiting Status
He was a three-star recruit who grew into a legitimate NFL prospect through development and a major senior breakout rather than early blue-chip momentum.
Early Identity
The early identity was a traditional tight end with enough receiving ability to keep expanding. The senior season showed that expansion was real.
Development Signal
Helm’s path is a slow-build tight end arc: develop, wait, break out late, then earn enough rookie usage to keep the next step plausible.
Profile Translation
The translation depends on Tennessee turning reliable tight end work into fantasy target value. Helm has the profile to grow; the ecosystem has to cooperate.
Analyst Notes
greg1287
respectfully, no personal take needed here
indyMANa
respectfully, no personal take needed here
cricks
respectfully, no personal take needed here
Explore More
Source Notes
Core player data, roster context, jersey number, measurements, age, rookie production, draft slot, college production, background context, and Titans tight end room notes were checked against team, league, statistical, draft, college, and current roster source references where applicable.
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Artwork Notice: This free public-facing fan artwork area is used for visual identification only and is not part of any paid product. It does not imply endorsement, affiliation, sponsorship, or partnership. Rights holder or player concern? Contact us for prompt review, removal, or replacement.
The Late Thirds Player File
Gunnar
Helm
Helm
Tennessee Titans • TE • #84 • 6’5″, 250 lbs • Texas • 2025 Round 4, Pick 120
Young TE Growth Bet
Round 4 Capital
Bad-Offense Context
31 Rookie Receptions
Texas Breakout TE
Bellinger Complement
The Read: Helm showed enough as a rookie in a bad offense to keep the growth case alive. He is not a clean breakout bet yet, but the receiving feel, size, and Year 1 usefulness are real. Daniel Bellinger helps more than hurts if Tennessee uses him as the physical stabilizer and lets Helm keep developing as the pass-game option.
Dynasty UseTEP bench growth stashBest held where young tight ends with rookie usage and a path to more routes are worth slow-building.
Risk ShapeOffense caps the runwayThe profile can grow, but the Titans passing ecosystem has to become stable enough for TE volume to matter.
Command Deck
Current file // Titans TE room // young growth bet
TeamTitansTennessee
PositionTE#84
Age23Sept. 18, 2002
Experience2seasons
Size6’5″ / 250classic TE frame
CollegeTexassenior breakout
Draft Capital2025 Round 4, Pick 120Titans TE investment
Player DescriptorDeveloping possession TEA young tight end with size, hands, route feel, and enough rookie involvement to believe the Titans see him as more than depth.
Current LaneTEP growth stashBellinger can handle dirty work and formation stability while Helm tries to become the more useful receiving answer.
Profile TypeY / move TE hybridInline snaps, seams, hooks, flats, red-zone releases, play-action leaks, and underneath chain-moving targets.
Fantasy ShapeUseful if offense risesThe player can grow. The question is whether Tennessee creates enough passing volume and scoring chances for that growth to matter.
2025 Rec31rookie usage
2025 Yards3019.7 Y/R
2025 TD2bad-offense output
Texas 20247867 TD breakout
Current Snapshot
Roster Reality
Helm is a young tight end who already showed he belongs in the offensive picture. The Titans added Daniel Bellinger, but that does not have to be a threat. Bellinger can be the stabilizing Y while Helm remains the more interesting receiving development bet.
Offensive Context
The limiting factor is Tennessee as a whole. A tight end can improve and still be capped if the passing offense lacks rhythm, touchdown volume, and weekly target quality.
Fantasy Lens
Helm is more interesting in TEP than standard formats. The rookie season gave enough evidence to hold, but the next step has to be route growth and higher-value targets.
Room note: Bellinger helps if he lets Helm avoid being overloaded as the every-down grinder. The problem is not Bellinger’s presence. The problem is whether Tennessee can make any tight end role consistently fantasy-useful.
NFL Production
Rookie Output
Helm’s rookie season was quietly useful: 16 games, 31 receptions, 301 yards, and two touchdowns in an offense that rarely made passing production easy. For a rookie tight end, that is enough to stay interested.
Growth Signal
The stat line does not scream breakout, but tight end development rarely arrives clean. The encouraging part is that he got on the field, caught enough passes to matter, and did not need a perfect environment to show signs of utility.
Season
Team
Receiving
Usage
Notes
2025
TEN
16 games, 31 rec, 301 yards, 9.7 Y/R, 2 TD
Rookie rotational TE usage
Showed enough in a poor offense to keep the dynasty growth case alive.
Career
TEN
31 rec, 301 yards, 2 TD
Year 2 role watch
Needs more target value, not just more snaps.
Usage / Role / Efficiency
Route Role
Helm fits as a middle-field target who can work hooks, flats, seams, crossers, and play-action leaks. He does not need to become a detached receiver to matter, but he does need routes that carry target value.
Bellinger Fit
Bellinger’s profile is more physical, assignment-stable, and traditional. That can protect Helm’s development instead of stealing the fantasy path, assuming Tennessee gives Helm enough receiving work.
Fantasy Translation
The useful outcome is a young TE who climbs into 70-plus targets with red-zone work. The miss case is a functional player trapped in a low-scoring offense without enough designed usage.
Development Arc
Current Phase
Helm is entering the second-year tight end growth pocket. He already cleared the first hurdle by earning rookie involvement. Now the question is whether the role becomes more intentional.
Appreciation Window
His value rises if Tennessee’s quarterback play stabilizes, the offense creates more scoring chances, and Helm becomes the preferred receiving tight end while Bellinger handles heavier inline work.
Depreciation Risk
The risk is not that Helm cannot play. It is that he becomes a useful NFL tight end without enough fantasy oxygen because the offense cannot support consistent TE production.
Film / Usage Profile
How He Wins
Size, hands, zone awareness, underneath reliability, seam access, red-zone size, and enough movement skill to avoid being treated as a blocker-only tight end.
Where He Fits
Inline Y, wing, short motion, play-action flats, seams, crossers, sit routes, checkdown answers, and red-zone leak concepts that let him work against linebackers and safeties.
Fantasy Translation
Helm can become useful in TEP if he grows into the preferred receiving tight end. He needs routes, touchdown chances, and offensive improvement more than a flashy highlight package.
Fragility Point
Low team scoring, split TE usage, limited target depth, and the risk that Tennessee values him as a complete player without feeding him like a fantasy asset.
Draft / Entry File
Draft Slot
Tennessee selected Helm in the fourth round of the 2025 NFL Draft, No. 120 overall. For a tight end, that is enough investment to take the development seriously without forcing a fantasy breakout timetable.
Entry Translation
The entry case was a senior-year receiving breakout at Texas, size, enough route feel to be a pass-game answer, and the frame to survive NFL tight end responsibilities.
Original Role
He entered as a developmental tight end with a chance to become more than a depth Y. The rookie year supported that path without fully paying it off.
College Profile
Texas Arc
Helm spent four seasons at Texas and waited behind a deep skill-position group before breaking through as a senior. The final year turned him from role player into real NFL tight end prospect.
Best College Signal
The 2024 season is the anchor: 60 receptions, 786 yards, and seven touchdowns. That was a major receiving season for a college tight end and the proof behind the Titans investment.
Season
School
Receiving
Usage
Notes
2024
Texas
16 games, 60 rec, 786 yards, 13.1 Y/R, 7 TD
Featured TE role
Senior breakout and draft-year launch point.
2023
Texas
14 games, 14 rec, 192 yards, 13.7 Y/R, 2 TD
Rotational TE
Useful role behind a loaded passing game.
2022
Texas
12 games, 5 rec, 44 yards, 0 TD
Depth role
Early development season.
2021
Texas
10 games, 2 rec, 5 yards, 0 TD
Freshman reserve
Special teams and developmental usage.
Career
Texas
81 rec, 1,027 yards, 9 TD
Late breakout TE
Production concentrated in final college season.
Measurements / Athletic File
Height
6’5″ on the current Titans listing. The size gives him a traditional tight end catch radius and keeps red-zone growth in the profile.
Weight
250 lbs on the team listing. He has enough mass to handle inline work, which matters for staying on the field while the receiving role develops.
Testing File
Helm’s profile is more functional tight end than explosive workout outlier. The appeal is size, hands, reliability, and enough movement to be useful in the middle of the field.
Role Utility
The more complete he becomes, the more route access he can earn. For tight ends, staying on the field is often the first step toward fantasy relevance.
Profile shape: Helm is a young tight end worth holding because the rookie year was encouraging. The ceiling is capped less by Bellinger and more by whether Tennessee’s offense becomes functional enough to feed him.
Background / Recruiting File
High School
Helm came out of Cherry Creek High School in Colorado, a strong prep program, before signing with Texas and developing through a crowded Longhorns depth chart.
Recruiting Status
He was a three-star recruit who grew into a legitimate NFL prospect through development and a major senior breakout rather than early blue-chip momentum.
Early Identity
The early identity was a traditional tight end with enough receiving ability to keep expanding. The senior season showed that expansion was real.
Development Signal
Helm’s path is a slow-build tight end arc: develop, wait, break out late, then earn enough rookie usage to keep the next step plausible.
Profile Translation
The translation depends on Tennessee turning reliable tight end work into fantasy target value. Helm has the profile to grow; the ecosystem has to cooperate.
Analyst Notes
greg1287
respectfully, no personal take needed here
indyMANa
respectfully, no personal take needed here
cricks
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Source Notes
Core player data, roster context, jersey number, measurements, age, rookie production, draft slot, college production, background context, and Titans tight end room notes were checked against team, league, statistical, draft, college, and current roster source references where applicable.
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Helm
Helm
Tennessee Titans • TE • #84 • 6’5″, 250 lbs • Texas • 2025 Round 4, Pick 120
Young TE Growth Bet
Round 4 Capital
Bad-Offense Context
31 Rookie Receptions
Texas Breakout TE
Bellinger Complement
The Read: Helm showed enough as a rookie in a bad offense to keep the growth case alive. He is not a clean breakout bet yet, but the receiving feel, size, and Year 1 usefulness are real. Daniel Bellinger helps more than hurts if Tennessee uses him as the physical stabilizer and lets Helm keep developing as the pass-game option.
Dynasty UseTEP bench growth stashBest held where young tight ends with rookie usage and a path to more routes are worth slow-building.
Risk ShapeOffense caps the runwayThe profile can grow, but the Titans passing ecosystem has to become stable enough for TE volume to matter.
Command Deck
Current file // Titans TE room // young growth bet
TeamTitansTennessee
PositionTE#84
Age23Sept. 18, 2002
Experience2seasons
Size6’5″ / 250classic TE frame
CollegeTexassenior breakout
Draft Capital2025 Round 4, Pick 120Titans TE investment
Player DescriptorDeveloping possession TEA young tight end with size, hands, route feel, and enough rookie involvement to believe the Titans see him as more than depth.
Current LaneTEP growth stashBellinger can handle dirty work and formation stability while Helm tries to become the more useful receiving answer.
Profile TypeY / move TE hybridInline snaps, seams, hooks, flats, red-zone releases, play-action leaks, and underneath chain-moving targets.
Fantasy ShapeUseful if offense risesThe player can grow. The question is whether Tennessee creates enough passing volume and scoring chances for that growth to matter.
2025 Rec31rookie usage
2025 Yards3019.7 Y/R
2025 TD2bad-offense output
Texas 20247867 TD breakout
Current Snapshot
Roster Reality
Helm is a young tight end who already showed he belongs in the offensive picture. The Titans added Daniel Bellinger, but that does not have to be a threat. Bellinger can be the stabilizing Y while Helm remains the more interesting receiving development bet.
Offensive Context
The limiting factor is Tennessee as a whole. A tight end can improve and still be capped if the passing offense lacks rhythm, touchdown volume, and weekly target quality.
Fantasy Lens
Helm is more interesting in TEP than standard formats. The rookie season gave enough evidence to hold, but the next step has to be route growth and higher-value targets.
Room note: Bellinger helps if he lets Helm avoid being overloaded as the every-down grinder. The problem is not Bellinger’s presence. The problem is whether Tennessee can make any tight end role consistently fantasy-useful.
NFL Production
Rookie Output
Helm’s rookie season was quietly useful: 16 games, 31 receptions, 301 yards, and two touchdowns in an offense that rarely made passing production easy. For a rookie tight end, that is enough to stay interested.
Growth Signal
The stat line does not scream breakout, but tight end development rarely arrives clean. The encouraging part is that he got on the field, caught enough passes to matter, and did not need a perfect environment to show signs of utility.
Season
Team
Receiving
Usage
Notes
2025
TEN
16 games, 31 rec, 301 yards, 9.7 Y/R, 2 TD
Rookie rotational TE usage
Showed enough in a poor offense to keep the dynasty growth case alive.
Career
TEN
31 rec, 301 yards, 2 TD
Year 2 role watch
Needs more target value, not just more snaps.
Usage / Role / Efficiency
Route Role
Helm fits as a middle-field target who can work hooks, flats, seams, crossers, and play-action leaks. He does not need to become a detached receiver to matter, but he does need routes that carry target value.
Bellinger Fit
Bellinger’s profile is more physical, assignment-stable, and traditional. That can protect Helm’s development instead of stealing the fantasy path, assuming Tennessee gives Helm enough receiving work.
Fantasy Translation
The useful outcome is a young TE who climbs into 70-plus targets with red-zone work. The miss case is a functional player trapped in a low-scoring offense without enough designed usage.
Development Arc
Current Phase
Helm is entering the second-year tight end growth pocket. He already cleared the first hurdle by earning rookie involvement. Now the question is whether the role becomes more intentional.
Appreciation Window
His value rises if Tennessee’s quarterback play stabilizes, the offense creates more scoring chances, and Helm becomes the preferred receiving tight end while Bellinger handles heavier inline work.
Depreciation Risk
The risk is not that Helm cannot play. It is that he becomes a useful NFL tight end without enough fantasy oxygen because the offense cannot support consistent TE production.
Film / Usage Profile
How He Wins
Size, hands, zone awareness, underneath reliability, seam access, red-zone size, and enough movement skill to avoid being treated as a blocker-only tight end.
Where He Fits
Inline Y, wing, short motion, play-action flats, seams, crossers, sit routes, checkdown answers, and red-zone leak concepts that let him work against linebackers and safeties.
Fantasy Translation
Helm can become useful in TEP if he grows into the preferred receiving tight end. He needs routes, touchdown chances, and offensive improvement more than a flashy highlight package.
Fragility Point
Low team scoring, split TE usage, limited target depth, and the risk that Tennessee values him as a complete player without feeding him like a fantasy asset.
Draft / Entry File
Draft Slot
Tennessee selected Helm in the fourth round of the 2025 NFL Draft, No. 120 overall. For a tight end, that is enough investment to take the development seriously without forcing a fantasy breakout timetable.
Entry Translation
The entry case was a senior-year receiving breakout at Texas, size, enough route feel to be a pass-game answer, and the frame to survive NFL tight end responsibilities.
Original Role
He entered as a developmental tight end with a chance to become more than a depth Y. The rookie year supported that path without fully paying it off.
College Profile
Texas Arc
Helm spent four seasons at Texas and waited behind a deep skill-position group before breaking through as a senior. The final year turned him from role player into real NFL tight end prospect.
Best College Signal
The 2024 season is the anchor: 60 receptions, 786 yards, and seven touchdowns. That was a major receiving season for a college tight end and the proof behind the Titans investment.
Season
School
Receiving
Usage
Notes
2024
Texas
16 games, 60 rec, 786 yards, 13.1 Y/R, 7 TD
Featured TE role
Senior breakout and draft-year launch point.
2023
Texas
14 games, 14 rec, 192 yards, 13.7 Y/R, 2 TD
Rotational TE
Useful role behind a loaded passing game.
2022
Texas
12 games, 5 rec, 44 yards, 0 TD
Depth role
Early development season.
2021
Texas
10 games, 2 rec, 5 yards, 0 TD
Freshman reserve
Special teams and developmental usage.
Career
Texas
81 rec, 1,027 yards, 9 TD
Late breakout TE
Production concentrated in final college season.
Measurements / Athletic File
Height
6’5″ on the current Titans listing. The size gives him a traditional tight end catch radius and keeps red-zone growth in the profile.
Weight
250 lbs on the team listing. He has enough mass to handle inline work, which matters for staying on the field while the receiving role develops.
Testing File
Helm’s profile is more functional tight end than explosive workout outlier. The appeal is size, hands, reliability, and enough movement to be useful in the middle of the field.
Role Utility
The more complete he becomes, the more route access he can earn. For tight ends, staying on the field is often the first step toward fantasy relevance.
Profile shape: Helm is a young tight end worth holding because the rookie year was encouraging. The ceiling is capped less by Bellinger and more by whether Tennessee’s offense becomes functional enough to feed him.
Background / Recruiting File
High School
Helm came out of Cherry Creek High School in Colorado, a strong prep program, before signing with Texas and developing through a crowded Longhorns depth chart.
Recruiting Status
He was a three-star recruit who grew into a legitimate NFL prospect through development and a major senior breakout rather than early blue-chip momentum.
Early Identity
The early identity was a traditional tight end with enough receiving ability to keep expanding. The senior season showed that expansion was real.
Development Signal
Helm’s path is a slow-build tight end arc: develop, wait, break out late, then earn enough rookie usage to keep the next step plausible.
Profile Translation
The translation depends on Tennessee turning reliable tight end work into fantasy target value. Helm has the profile to grow; the ecosystem has to cooperate.
Analyst Notes
greg1287
respectfully, no personal take needed here
indyMANa
respectfully, no personal take needed here
cricks
respectfully, no personal take needed here
Explore More
Source Notes
Core player data, roster context, jersey number, measurements, age, rookie production, draft slot, college production, background context, and Titans tight end room notes were checked against team, league, statistical, draft, college, and current roster source references where applicable.
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Gunnar
Helm
Helm
Tennessee Titans • TE • #84 • 6’5″, 250 lbs • Texas • 2025 Round 4, Pick 120
Young TE Growth Bet
Round 4 Capital
Bad-Offense Context
31 Rookie Receptions
Texas Breakout TE
Bellinger Complement
The Read: Helm showed enough as a rookie in a bad offense to keep the growth case alive. He is not a clean breakout bet yet, but the receiving feel, size, and Year 1 usefulness are real. Daniel Bellinger helps more than hurts if Tennessee uses him as the physical stabilizer and lets Helm keep developing as the pass-game option.
Dynasty UseTEP bench growth stashBest held where young tight ends with rookie usage and a path to more routes are worth slow-building.
Risk ShapeOffense caps the runwayThe profile can grow, but the Titans passing ecosystem has to become stable enough for TE volume to matter.
Command Deck
Current file // Titans TE room // young growth bet
TeamTitansTennessee
PositionTE#84
Age23Sept. 18, 2002
Experience2seasons
Size6’5″ / 250classic TE frame
CollegeTexassenior breakout
Draft Capital2025 Round 4, Pick 120Titans TE investment
Player DescriptorDeveloping possession TEA young tight end with size, hands, route feel, and enough rookie involvement to believe the Titans see him as more than depth.
Current LaneTEP growth stashBellinger can handle dirty work and formation stability while Helm tries to become the more useful receiving answer.
Profile TypeY / move TE hybridInline snaps, seams, hooks, flats, red-zone releases, play-action leaks, and underneath chain-moving targets.
Fantasy ShapeUseful if offense risesThe player can grow. The question is whether Tennessee creates enough passing volume and scoring chances for that growth to matter.
2025 Rec31rookie usage
2025 Yards3019.7 Y/R
2025 TD2bad-offense output
Texas 20247867 TD breakout
Current Snapshot
Roster Reality
Helm is a young tight end who already showed he belongs in the offensive picture. The Titans added Daniel Bellinger, but that does not have to be a threat. Bellinger can be the stabilizing Y while Helm remains the more interesting receiving development bet.
Offensive Context
The limiting factor is Tennessee as a whole. A tight end can improve and still be capped if the passing offense lacks rhythm, touchdown volume, and weekly target quality.
Fantasy Lens
Helm is more interesting in TEP than standard formats. The rookie season gave enough evidence to hold, but the next step has to be route growth and higher-value targets.
Room note: Bellinger helps if he lets Helm avoid being overloaded as the every-down grinder. The problem is not Bellinger’s presence. The problem is whether Tennessee can make any tight end role consistently fantasy-useful.
NFL Production
Rookie Output
Helm’s rookie season was quietly useful: 16 games, 31 receptions, 301 yards, and two touchdowns in an offense that rarely made passing production easy. For a rookie tight end, that is enough to stay interested.
Growth Signal
The stat line does not scream breakout, but tight end development rarely arrives clean. The encouraging part is that he got on the field, caught enough passes to matter, and did not need a perfect environment to show signs of utility.
Season
Team
Receiving
Usage
Notes
2025
TEN
16 games, 31 rec, 301 yards, 9.7 Y/R, 2 TD
Rookie rotational TE usage
Showed enough in a poor offense to keep the dynasty growth case alive.
Career
TEN
31 rec, 301 yards, 2 TD
Year 2 role watch
Needs more target value, not just more snaps.
Usage / Role / Efficiency
Route Role
Helm fits as a middle-field target who can work hooks, flats, seams, crossers, and play-action leaks. He does not need to become a detached receiver to matter, but he does need routes that carry target value.
Bellinger Fit
Bellinger’s profile is more physical, assignment-stable, and traditional. That can protect Helm’s development instead of stealing the fantasy path, assuming Tennessee gives Helm enough receiving work.
Fantasy Translation
The useful outcome is a young TE who climbs into 70-plus targets with red-zone work. The miss case is a functional player trapped in a low-scoring offense without enough designed usage.
Development Arc
Current Phase
Helm is entering the second-year tight end growth pocket. He already cleared the first hurdle by earning rookie involvement. Now the question is whether the role becomes more intentional.
Appreciation Window
His value rises if Tennessee’s quarterback play stabilizes, the offense creates more scoring chances, and Helm becomes the preferred receiving tight end while Bellinger handles heavier inline work.
Depreciation Risk
The risk is not that Helm cannot play. It is that he becomes a useful NFL tight end without enough fantasy oxygen because the offense cannot support consistent TE production.
Film / Usage Profile
How He Wins
Size, hands, zone awareness, underneath reliability, seam access, red-zone size, and enough movement skill to avoid being treated as a blocker-only tight end.
Where He Fits
Inline Y, wing, short motion, play-action flats, seams, crossers, sit routes, checkdown answers, and red-zone leak concepts that let him work against linebackers and safeties.
Fantasy Translation
Helm can become useful in TEP if he grows into the preferred receiving tight end. He needs routes, touchdown chances, and offensive improvement more than a flashy highlight package.
Fragility Point
Low team scoring, split TE usage, limited target depth, and the risk that Tennessee values him as a complete player without feeding him like a fantasy asset.
Draft / Entry File
Draft Slot
Tennessee selected Helm in the fourth round of the 2025 NFL Draft, No. 120 overall. For a tight end, that is enough investment to take the development seriously without forcing a fantasy breakout timetable.
Entry Translation
The entry case was a senior-year receiving breakout at Texas, size, enough route feel to be a pass-game answer, and the frame to survive NFL tight end responsibilities.
Original Role
He entered as a developmental tight end with a chance to become more than a depth Y. The rookie year supported that path without fully paying it off.
College Profile
Texas Arc
Helm spent four seasons at Texas and waited behind a deep skill-position group before breaking through as a senior. The final year turned him from role player into real NFL tight end prospect.
Best College Signal
The 2024 season is the anchor: 60 receptions, 786 yards, and seven touchdowns. That was a major receiving season for a college tight end and the proof behind the Titans investment.
Season
School
Receiving
Usage
Notes
2024
Texas
16 games, 60 rec, 786 yards, 13.1 Y/R, 7 TD
Featured TE role
Senior breakout and draft-year launch point.
2023
Texas
14 games, 14 rec, 192 yards, 13.7 Y/R, 2 TD
Rotational TE
Useful role behind a loaded passing game.
2022
Texas
12 games, 5 rec, 44 yards, 0 TD
Depth role
Early development season.
2021
Texas
10 games, 2 rec, 5 yards, 0 TD
Freshman reserve
Special teams and developmental usage.
Career
Texas
81 rec, 1,027 yards, 9 TD
Late breakout TE
Production concentrated in final college season.
Measurements / Athletic File
Height
6’5″ on the current Titans listing. The size gives him a traditional tight end catch radius and keeps red-zone growth in the profile.
Weight
250 lbs on the team listing. He has enough mass to handle inline work, which matters for staying on the field while the receiving role develops.
Testing File
Helm’s profile is more functional tight end than explosive workout outlier. The appeal is size, hands, reliability, and enough movement to be useful in the middle of the field.
Role Utility
The more complete he becomes, the more route access he can earn. For tight ends, staying on the field is often the first step toward fantasy relevance.
Profile shape: Helm is a young tight end worth holding because the rookie year was encouraging. The ceiling is capped less by Bellinger and more by whether Tennessee’s offense becomes functional enough to feed him.
Background / Recruiting File
High School
Helm came out of Cherry Creek High School in Colorado, a strong prep program, before signing with Texas and developing through a crowded Longhorns depth chart.
Recruiting Status
He was a three-star recruit who grew into a legitimate NFL prospect through development and a major senior breakout rather than early blue-chip momentum.
Early Identity
The early identity was a traditional tight end with enough receiving ability to keep expanding. The senior season showed that expansion was real.
Development Signal
Helm’s path is a slow-build tight end arc: develop, wait, break out late, then earn enough rookie usage to keep the next step plausible.
Profile Translation
The translation depends on Tennessee turning reliable tight end work into fantasy target value. Helm has the profile to grow; the ecosystem has to cooperate.
Analyst Notes
greg1287
respectfully, no personal take needed here
indyMANa
respectfully, no personal take needed here
cricks
respectfully, no personal take needed here
Explore More
Source Notes
Core player data, roster context, jersey number, measurements, age, rookie production, draft slot, college production, background context, and Titans tight end room notes were checked against team, league, statistical, draft, college, and current roster source references where applicable.
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Gunnar
Helm
Helm
Tennessee Titans • TE • #84 • 6’5″, 250 lbs • Texas • 2025 Round 4, Pick 120
Young TE Growth Bet
Round 4 Capital
Bad-Offense Context
31 Rookie Receptions
Texas Breakout TE
Bellinger Complement
The Read: Helm showed enough as a rookie in a bad offense to keep the growth case alive. He is not a clean breakout bet yet, but the receiving feel, size, and Year 1 usefulness are real. Daniel Bellinger helps more than hurts if Tennessee uses him as the physical stabilizer and lets Helm keep developing as the pass-game option.
Dynasty UseTEP bench growth stashBest held where young tight ends with rookie usage and a path to more routes are worth slow-building.
Risk ShapeOffense caps the runwayThe profile can grow, but the Titans passing ecosystem has to become stable enough for TE volume to matter.
Command Deck
Current file // Titans TE room // young growth bet
TeamTitansTennessee
PositionTE#84
Age23Sept. 18, 2002
Experience2seasons
Size6’5″ / 250classic TE frame
CollegeTexassenior breakout
Draft Capital2025 Round 4, Pick 120Titans TE investment
Player DescriptorDeveloping possession TEA young tight end with size, hands, route feel, and enough rookie involvement to believe the Titans see him as more than depth.
Current LaneTEP growth stashBellinger can handle dirty work and formation stability while Helm tries to become the more useful receiving answer.
Profile TypeY / move TE hybridInline snaps, seams, hooks, flats, red-zone releases, play-action leaks, and underneath chain-moving targets.
Fantasy ShapeUseful if offense risesThe player can grow. The question is whether Tennessee creates enough passing volume and scoring chances for that growth to matter.
2025 Rec31rookie usage
2025 Yards3019.7 Y/R
2025 TD2bad-offense output
Texas 20247867 TD breakout
Current Snapshot
Roster Reality
Helm is a young tight end who already showed he belongs in the offensive picture. The Titans added Daniel Bellinger, but that does not have to be a threat. Bellinger can be the stabilizing Y while Helm remains the more interesting receiving development bet.
Offensive Context
The limiting factor is Tennessee as a whole. A tight end can improve and still be capped if the passing offense lacks rhythm, touchdown volume, and weekly target quality.
Fantasy Lens
Helm is more interesting in TEP than standard formats. The rookie season gave enough evidence to hold, but the next step has to be route growth and higher-value targets.
Room note: Bellinger helps if he lets Helm avoid being overloaded as the every-down grinder. The problem is not Bellinger’s presence. The problem is whether Tennessee can make any tight end role consistently fantasy-useful.
NFL Production
Rookie Output
Helm’s rookie season was quietly useful: 16 games, 31 receptions, 301 yards, and two touchdowns in an offense that rarely made passing production easy. For a rookie tight end, that is enough to stay interested.
Growth Signal
The stat line does not scream breakout, but tight end development rarely arrives clean. The encouraging part is that he got on the field, caught enough passes to matter, and did not need a perfect environment to show signs of utility.
Season
Team
Receiving
Usage
Notes
2025
TEN
16 games, 31 rec, 301 yards, 9.7 Y/R, 2 TD
Rookie rotational TE usage
Showed enough in a poor offense to keep the dynasty growth case alive.
Career
TEN
31 rec, 301 yards, 2 TD
Year 2 role watch
Needs more target value, not just more snaps.
Usage / Role / Efficiency
Route Role
Helm fits as a middle-field target who can work hooks, flats, seams, crossers, and play-action leaks. He does not need to become a detached receiver to matter, but he does need routes that carry target value.
Bellinger Fit
Bellinger’s profile is more physical, assignment-stable, and traditional. That can protect Helm’s development instead of stealing the fantasy path, assuming Tennessee gives Helm enough receiving work.
Fantasy Translation
The useful outcome is a young TE who climbs into 70-plus targets with red-zone work. The miss case is a functional player trapped in a low-scoring offense without enough designed usage.
Development Arc
Current Phase
Helm is entering the second-year tight end growth pocket. He already cleared the first hurdle by earning rookie involvement. Now the question is whether the role becomes more intentional.
Appreciation Window
His value rises if Tennessee’s quarterback play stabilizes, the offense creates more scoring chances, and Helm becomes the preferred receiving tight end while Bellinger handles heavier inline work.
Depreciation Risk
The risk is not that Helm cannot play. It is that he becomes a useful NFL tight end without enough fantasy oxygen because the offense cannot support consistent TE production.
Film / Usage Profile
How He Wins
Size, hands, zone awareness, underneath reliability, seam access, red-zone size, and enough movement skill to avoid being treated as a blocker-only tight end.
Where He Fits
Inline Y, wing, short motion, play-action flats, seams, crossers, sit routes, checkdown answers, and red-zone leak concepts that let him work against linebackers and safeties.
Fantasy Translation
Helm can become useful in TEP if he grows into the preferred receiving tight end. He needs routes, touchdown chances, and offensive improvement more than a flashy highlight package.
Fragility Point
Low team scoring, split TE usage, limited target depth, and the risk that Tennessee values him as a complete player without feeding him like a fantasy asset.
Draft / Entry File
Draft Slot
Tennessee selected Helm in the fourth round of the 2025 NFL Draft, No. 120 overall. For a tight end, that is enough investment to take the development seriously without forcing a fantasy breakout timetable.
Entry Translation
The entry case was a senior-year receiving breakout at Texas, size, enough route feel to be a pass-game answer, and the frame to survive NFL tight end responsibilities.
Original Role
He entered as a developmental tight end with a chance to become more than a depth Y. The rookie year supported that path without fully paying it off.
College Profile
Texas Arc
Helm spent four seasons at Texas and waited behind a deep skill-position group before breaking through as a senior. The final year turned him from role player into real NFL tight end prospect.
Best College Signal
The 2024 season is the anchor: 60 receptions, 786 yards, and seven touchdowns. That was a major receiving season for a college tight end and the proof behind the Titans investment.
Season
School
Receiving
Usage
Notes
2024
Texas
16 games, 60 rec, 786 yards, 13.1 Y/R, 7 TD
Featured TE role
Senior breakout and draft-year launch point.
2023
Texas
14 games, 14 rec, 192 yards, 13.7 Y/R, 2 TD
Rotational TE
Useful role behind a loaded passing game.
2022
Texas
12 games, 5 rec, 44 yards, 0 TD
Depth role
Early development season.
2021
Texas
10 games, 2 rec, 5 yards, 0 TD
Freshman reserve
Special teams and developmental usage.
Career
Texas
81 rec, 1,027 yards, 9 TD
Late breakout TE
Production concentrated in final college season.
Measurements / Athletic File
Height
6’5″ on the current Titans listing. The size gives him a traditional tight end catch radius and keeps red-zone growth in the profile.
Weight
250 lbs on the team listing. He has enough mass to handle inline work, which matters for staying on the field while the receiving role develops.
Testing File
Helm’s profile is more functional tight end than explosive workout outlier. The appeal is size, hands, reliability, and enough movement to be useful in the middle of the field.
Role Utility
The more complete he becomes, the more route access he can earn. For tight ends, staying on the field is often the first step toward fantasy relevance.
Profile shape: Helm is a young tight end worth holding because the rookie year was encouraging. The ceiling is capped less by Bellinger and more by whether Tennessee’s offense becomes functional enough to feed him.
Background / Recruiting File
High School
Helm came out of Cherry Creek High School in Colorado, a strong prep program, before signing with Texas and developing through a crowded Longhorns depth chart.
Recruiting Status
He was a three-star recruit who grew into a legitimate NFL prospect through development and a major senior breakout rather than early blue-chip momentum.
Early Identity
The early identity was a traditional tight end with enough receiving ability to keep expanding. The senior season showed that expansion was real.
Development Signal
Helm’s path is a slow-build tight end arc: develop, wait, break out late, then earn enough rookie usage to keep the next step plausible.
Profile Translation
The translation depends on Tennessee turning reliable tight end work into fantasy target value. Helm has the profile to grow; the ecosystem has to cooperate.
Analyst Notes
greg1287
respectfully, no personal take needed here
indyMANa
respectfully, no personal take needed here
cricks
respectfully, no personal take needed here
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Source Notes
Core player data, roster context, jersey number, measurements, age, rookie production, draft slot, college production, background context, and Titans tight end room notes were checked against team, league, statistical, draft, college, and current roster source references where applicable.
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Gunnar
Helm
Helm
Tennessee Titans • TE • #84 • 6’5″, 250 lbs • Texas • 2025 Round 4, Pick 120
Young TE Growth Bet
Round 4 Capital
Bad-Offense Context
31 Rookie Receptions
Texas Breakout TE
Bellinger Complement
The Read: Helm showed enough as a rookie in a bad offense to keep the growth case alive. He is not a clean breakout bet yet, but the receiving feel, size, and Year 1 usefulness are real. Daniel Bellinger helps more than hurts if Tennessee uses him as the physical stabilizer and lets Helm keep developing as the pass-game option.
Dynasty UseTEP bench growth stashBest held where young tight ends with rookie usage and a path to more routes are worth slow-building.
Risk ShapeOffense caps the runwayThe profile can grow, but the Titans passing ecosystem has to become stable enough for TE volume to matter.
Command Deck
Current file // Titans TE room // young growth bet
TeamTitansTennessee
PositionTE#84
Age23Sept. 18, 2002
Experience2seasons
Size6’5″ / 250classic TE frame
CollegeTexassenior breakout
Draft Capital2025 Round 4, Pick 120Titans TE investment
Player DescriptorDeveloping possession TEA young tight end with size, hands, route feel, and enough rookie involvement to believe the Titans see him as more than depth.
Current LaneTEP growth stashBellinger can handle dirty work and formation stability while Helm tries to become the more useful receiving answer.
Profile TypeY / move TE hybridInline snaps, seams, hooks, flats, red-zone releases, play-action leaks, and underneath chain-moving targets.
Fantasy ShapeUseful if offense risesThe player can grow. The question is whether Tennessee creates enough passing volume and scoring chances for that growth to matter.
2025 Rec31rookie usage
2025 Yards3019.7 Y/R
2025 TD2bad-offense output
Texas 20247867 TD breakout
Current Snapshot
Roster Reality
Helm is a young tight end who already showed he belongs in the offensive picture. The Titans added Daniel Bellinger, but that does not have to be a threat. Bellinger can be the stabilizing Y while Helm remains the more interesting receiving development bet.
Offensive Context
The limiting factor is Tennessee as a whole. A tight end can improve and still be capped if the passing offense lacks rhythm, touchdown volume, and weekly target quality.
Fantasy Lens
Helm is more interesting in TEP than standard formats. The rookie season gave enough evidence to hold, but the next step has to be route growth and higher-value targets.
Room note: Bellinger helps if he lets Helm avoid being overloaded as the every-down grinder. The problem is not Bellinger’s presence. The problem is whether Tennessee can make any tight end role consistently fantasy-useful.
NFL Production
Rookie Output
Helm’s rookie season was quietly useful: 16 games, 31 receptions, 301 yards, and two touchdowns in an offense that rarely made passing production easy. For a rookie tight end, that is enough to stay interested.
Growth Signal
The stat line does not scream breakout, but tight end development rarely arrives clean. The encouraging part is that he got on the field, caught enough passes to matter, and did not need a perfect environment to show signs of utility.
Season
Team
Receiving
Usage
Notes
2025
TEN
16 games, 31 rec, 301 yards, 9.7 Y/R, 2 TD
Rookie rotational TE usage
Showed enough in a poor offense to keep the dynasty growth case alive.
Career
TEN
31 rec, 301 yards, 2 TD
Year 2 role watch
Needs more target value, not just more snaps.
Usage / Role / Efficiency
Route Role
Helm fits as a middle-field target who can work hooks, flats, seams, crossers, and play-action leaks. He does not need to become a detached receiver to matter, but he does need routes that carry target value.
Bellinger Fit
Bellinger’s profile is more physical, assignment-stable, and traditional. That can protect Helm’s development instead of stealing the fantasy path, assuming Tennessee gives Helm enough receiving work.
Fantasy Translation
The useful outcome is a young TE who climbs into 70-plus targets with red-zone work. The miss case is a functional player trapped in a low-scoring offense without enough designed usage.
Development Arc
Current Phase
Helm is entering the second-year tight end growth pocket. He already cleared the first hurdle by earning rookie involvement. Now the question is whether the role becomes more intentional.
Appreciation Window
His value rises if Tennessee’s quarterback play stabilizes, the offense creates more scoring chances, and Helm becomes the preferred receiving tight end while Bellinger handles heavier inline work.
Depreciation Risk
The risk is not that Helm cannot play. It is that he becomes a useful NFL tight end without enough fantasy oxygen because the offense cannot support consistent TE production.
Film / Usage Profile
How He Wins
Size, hands, zone awareness, underneath reliability, seam access, red-zone size, and enough movement skill to avoid being treated as a blocker-only tight end.
Where He Fits
Inline Y, wing, short motion, play-action flats, seams, crossers, sit routes, checkdown answers, and red-zone leak concepts that let him work against linebackers and safeties.
Fantasy Translation
Helm can become useful in TEP if he grows into the preferred receiving tight end. He needs routes, touchdown chances, and offensive improvement more than a flashy highlight package.
Fragility Point
Low team scoring, split TE usage, limited target depth, and the risk that Tennessee values him as a complete player without feeding him like a fantasy asset.
Draft / Entry File
Draft Slot
Tennessee selected Helm in the fourth round of the 2025 NFL Draft, No. 120 overall. For a tight end, that is enough investment to take the development seriously without forcing a fantasy breakout timetable.
Entry Translation
The entry case was a senior-year receiving breakout at Texas, size, enough route feel to be a pass-game answer, and the frame to survive NFL tight end responsibilities.
Original Role
He entered as a developmental tight end with a chance to become more than a depth Y. The rookie year supported that path without fully paying it off.
College Profile
Texas Arc
Helm spent four seasons at Texas and waited behind a deep skill-position group before breaking through as a senior. The final year turned him from role player into real NFL tight end prospect.
Best College Signal
The 2024 season is the anchor: 60 receptions, 786 yards, and seven touchdowns. That was a major receiving season for a college tight end and the proof behind the Titans investment.
Season
School
Receiving
Usage
Notes
2024
Texas
16 games, 60 rec, 786 yards, 13.1 Y/R, 7 TD
Featured TE role
Senior breakout and draft-year launch point.
2023
Texas
14 games, 14 rec, 192 yards, 13.7 Y/R, 2 TD
Rotational TE
Useful role behind a loaded passing game.
2022
Texas
12 games, 5 rec, 44 yards, 0 TD
Depth role
Early development season.
2021
Texas
10 games, 2 rec, 5 yards, 0 TD
Freshman reserve
Special teams and developmental usage.
Career
Texas
81 rec, 1,027 yards, 9 TD
Late breakout TE
Production concentrated in final college season.
Measurements / Athletic File
Height
6’5″ on the current Titans listing. The size gives him a traditional tight end catch radius and keeps red-zone growth in the profile.
Weight
250 lbs on the team listing. He has enough mass to handle inline work, which matters for staying on the field while the receiving role develops.
Testing File
Helm’s profile is more functional tight end than explosive workout outlier. The appeal is size, hands, reliability, and enough movement to be useful in the middle of the field.
Role Utility
The more complete he becomes, the more route access he can earn. For tight ends, staying on the field is often the first step toward fantasy relevance.
Profile shape: Helm is a young tight end worth holding because the rookie year was encouraging. The ceiling is capped less by Bellinger and more by whether Tennessee’s offense becomes functional enough to feed him.
Background / Recruiting File
High School
Helm came out of Cherry Creek High School in Colorado, a strong prep program, before signing with Texas and developing through a crowded Longhorns depth chart.
Recruiting Status
He was a three-star recruit who grew into a legitimate NFL prospect through development and a major senior breakout rather than early blue-chip momentum.
Early Identity
The early identity was a traditional tight end with enough receiving ability to keep expanding. The senior season showed that expansion was real.
Development Signal
Helm’s path is a slow-build tight end arc: develop, wait, break out late, then earn enough rookie usage to keep the next step plausible.
Profile Translation
The translation depends on Tennessee turning reliable tight end work into fantasy target value. Helm has the profile to grow; the ecosystem has to cooperate.
Analyst Notes
greg1287
respectfully, no personal take needed here
indyMANa
respectfully, no personal take needed here
cricks
respectfully, no personal take needed here
Explore More
Source Notes
Core player data, roster context, jersey number, measurements, age, rookie production, draft slot, college production, background context, and Titans tight end room notes were checked against team, league, statistical, draft, college, and current roster source references where applicable.
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Gunnar
Helm
Helm
Tennessee Titans • TE • #84 • 6’5″, 250 lbs • Texas • 2025 Round 4, Pick 120
Young TE Growth Bet
Round 4 Capital
Bad-Offense Context
31 Rookie Receptions
Texas Breakout TE
Bellinger Complement
The Read: Helm showed enough as a rookie in a bad offense to keep the growth case alive. He is not a clean breakout bet yet, but the receiving feel, size, and Year 1 usefulness are real. Daniel Bellinger helps more than hurts if Tennessee uses him as the physical stabilizer and lets Helm keep developing as the pass-game option.
Dynasty UseTEP bench growth stashBest held where young tight ends with rookie usage and a path to more routes are worth slow-building.
Risk ShapeOffense caps the runwayThe profile can grow, but the Titans passing ecosystem has to become stable enough for TE volume to matter.
Command Deck
Current file // Titans TE room // young growth bet
TeamTitansTennessee
PositionTE#84
Age23Sept. 18, 2002
Experience2seasons
Size6’5″ / 250classic TE frame
CollegeTexassenior breakout
Draft Capital2025 Round 4, Pick 120Titans TE investment
Player DescriptorDeveloping possession TEA young tight end with size, hands, route feel, and enough rookie involvement to believe the Titans see him as more than depth.
Current LaneTEP growth stashBellinger can handle dirty work and formation stability while Helm tries to become the more useful receiving answer.
Profile TypeY / move TE hybridInline snaps, seams, hooks, flats, red-zone releases, play-action leaks, and underneath chain-moving targets.
Fantasy ShapeUseful if offense risesThe player can grow. The question is whether Tennessee creates enough passing volume and scoring chances for that growth to matter.
2025 Rec31rookie usage
2025 Yards3019.7 Y/R
2025 TD2bad-offense output
Texas 20247867 TD breakout
Current Snapshot
Roster Reality
Helm is a young tight end who already showed he belongs in the offensive picture. The Titans added Daniel Bellinger, but that does not have to be a threat. Bellinger can be the stabilizing Y while Helm remains the more interesting receiving development bet.
Offensive Context
The limiting factor is Tennessee as a whole. A tight end can improve and still be capped if the passing offense lacks rhythm, touchdown volume, and weekly target quality.
Fantasy Lens
Helm is more interesting in TEP than standard formats. The rookie season gave enough evidence to hold, but the next step has to be route growth and higher-value targets.
Room note: Bellinger helps if he lets Helm avoid being overloaded as the every-down grinder. The problem is not Bellinger’s presence. The problem is whether Tennessee can make any tight end role consistently fantasy-useful.
NFL Production
Rookie Output
Helm’s rookie season was quietly useful: 16 games, 31 receptions, 301 yards, and two touchdowns in an offense that rarely made passing production easy. For a rookie tight end, that is enough to stay interested.
Growth Signal
The stat line does not scream breakout, but tight end development rarely arrives clean. The encouraging part is that he got on the field, caught enough passes to matter, and did not need a perfect environment to show signs of utility.
Season
Team
Receiving
Usage
Notes
2025
TEN
16 games, 31 rec, 301 yards, 9.7 Y/R, 2 TD
Rookie rotational TE usage
Showed enough in a poor offense to keep the dynasty growth case alive.
Career
TEN
31 rec, 301 yards, 2 TD
Year 2 role watch
Needs more target value, not just more snaps.
Usage / Role / Efficiency
Route Role
Helm fits as a middle-field target who can work hooks, flats, seams, crossers, and play-action leaks. He does not need to become a detached receiver to matter, but he does need routes that carry target value.
Bellinger Fit
Bellinger’s profile is more physical, assignment-stable, and traditional. That can protect Helm’s development instead of stealing the fantasy path, assuming Tennessee gives Helm enough receiving work.
Fantasy Translation
The useful outcome is a young TE who climbs into 70-plus targets with red-zone work. The miss case is a functional player trapped in a low-scoring offense without enough designed usage.
Development Arc
Current Phase
Helm is entering the second-year tight end growth pocket. He already cleared the first hurdle by earning rookie involvement. Now the question is whether the role becomes more intentional.
Appreciation Window
His value rises if Tennessee’s quarterback play stabilizes, the offense creates more scoring chances, and Helm becomes the preferred receiving tight end while Bellinger handles heavier inline work.
Depreciation Risk
The risk is not that Helm cannot play. It is that he becomes a useful NFL tight end without enough fantasy oxygen because the offense cannot support consistent TE production.
Film / Usage Profile
How He Wins
Size, hands, zone awareness, underneath reliability, seam access, red-zone size, and enough movement skill to avoid being treated as a blocker-only tight end.
Where He Fits
Inline Y, wing, short motion, play-action flats, seams, crossers, sit routes, checkdown answers, and red-zone leak concepts that let him work against linebackers and safeties.
Fantasy Translation
Helm can become useful in TEP if he grows into the preferred receiving tight end. He needs routes, touchdown chances, and offensive improvement more than a flashy highlight package.
Fragility Point
Low team scoring, split TE usage, limited target depth, and the risk that Tennessee values him as a complete player without feeding him like a fantasy asset.
Draft / Entry File
Draft Slot
Tennessee selected Helm in the fourth round of the 2025 NFL Draft, No. 120 overall. For a tight end, that is enough investment to take the development seriously without forcing a fantasy breakout timetable.
Entry Translation
The entry case was a senior-year receiving breakout at Texas, size, enough route feel to be a pass-game answer, and the frame to survive NFL tight end responsibilities.
Original Role
He entered as a developmental tight end with a chance to become more than a depth Y. The rookie year supported that path without fully paying it off.
College Profile
Texas Arc
Helm spent four seasons at Texas and waited behind a deep skill-position group before breaking through as a senior. The final year turned him from role player into real NFL tight end prospect.
Best College Signal
The 2024 season is the anchor: 60 receptions, 786 yards, and seven touchdowns. That was a major receiving season for a college tight end and the proof behind the Titans investment.
Season
School
Receiving
Usage
Notes
2024
Texas
16 games, 60 rec, 786 yards, 13.1 Y/R, 7 TD
Featured TE role
Senior breakout and draft-year launch point.
2023
Texas
14 games, 14 rec, 192 yards, 13.7 Y/R, 2 TD
Rotational TE
Useful role behind a loaded passing game.
2022
Texas
12 games, 5 rec, 44 yards, 0 TD
Depth role
Early development season.
2021
Texas
10 games, 2 rec, 5 yards, 0 TD
Freshman reserve
Special teams and developmental usage.
Career
Texas
81 rec, 1,027 yards, 9 TD
Late breakout TE
Production concentrated in final college season.
Measurements / Athletic File
Height
6’5″ on the current Titans listing. The size gives him a traditional tight end catch radius and keeps red-zone growth in the profile.
Weight
250 lbs on the team listing. He has enough mass to handle inline work, which matters for staying on the field while the receiving role develops.
Testing File
Helm’s profile is more functional tight end than explosive workout outlier. The appeal is size, hands, reliability, and enough movement to be useful in the middle of the field.
Role Utility
The more complete he becomes, the more route access he can earn. For tight ends, staying on the field is often the first step toward fantasy relevance.
Profile shape: Helm is a young tight end worth holding because the rookie year was encouraging. The ceiling is capped less by Bellinger and more by whether Tennessee’s offense becomes functional enough to feed him.
Background / Recruiting File
High School
Helm came out of Cherry Creek High School in Colorado, a strong prep program, before signing with Texas and developing through a crowded Longhorns depth chart.
Recruiting Status
He was a three-star recruit who grew into a legitimate NFL prospect through development and a major senior breakout rather than early blue-chip momentum.
Early Identity
The early identity was a traditional tight end with enough receiving ability to keep expanding. The senior season showed that expansion was real.
Development Signal
Helm’s path is a slow-build tight end arc: develop, wait, break out late, then earn enough rookie usage to keep the next step plausible.
Profile Translation
The translation depends on Tennessee turning reliable tight end work into fantasy target value. Helm has the profile to grow; the ecosystem has to cooperate.
Analyst Notes
greg1287
respectfully, no personal take needed here
indyMANa
respectfully, no personal take needed here
cricks
respectfully, no personal take needed here
Explore More
Source Notes
Core player data, roster context, jersey number, measurements, age, rookie production, draft slot, college production, background context, and Titans tight end room notes were checked against team, league, statistical, draft, college, and current roster source references where applicable.
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Gunnar
Helm
Helm
Tennessee Titans • TE • #84 • 6’5″, 250 lbs • Texas • 2025 Round 4, Pick 120
Young TE Growth Bet
Round 4 Capital
Bad-Offense Context
31 Rookie Receptions
Texas Breakout TE
Bellinger Complement
The Read: Helm showed enough as a rookie in a bad offense to keep the growth case alive. He is not a clean breakout bet yet, but the receiving feel, size, and Year 1 usefulness are real. Daniel Bellinger helps more than hurts if Tennessee uses him as the physical stabilizer and lets Helm keep developing as the pass-game option.
Dynasty UseTEP bench growth stashBest held where young tight ends with rookie usage and a path to more routes are worth slow-building.
Risk ShapeOffense caps the runwayThe profile can grow, but the Titans passing ecosystem has to become stable enough for TE volume to matter.
Command Deck
Current file // Titans TE room // young growth bet
TeamTitansTennessee
PositionTE#84
Age23Sept. 18, 2002
Experience2seasons
Size6’5″ / 250classic TE frame
CollegeTexassenior breakout
Draft Capital2025 Round 4, Pick 120Titans TE investment
Player DescriptorDeveloping possession TEA young tight end with size, hands, route feel, and enough rookie involvement to believe the Titans see him as more than depth.
Current LaneTEP growth stashBellinger can handle dirty work and formation stability while Helm tries to become the more useful receiving answer.
Profile TypeY / move TE hybridInline snaps, seams, hooks, flats, red-zone releases, play-action leaks, and underneath chain-moving targets.
Fantasy ShapeUseful if offense risesThe player can grow. The question is whether Tennessee creates enough passing volume and scoring chances for that growth to matter.
2025 Rec31rookie usage
2025 Yards3019.7 Y/R
2025 TD2bad-offense output
Texas 20247867 TD breakout
Current Snapshot
Roster Reality
Helm is a young tight end who already showed he belongs in the offensive picture. The Titans added Daniel Bellinger, but that does not have to be a threat. Bellinger can be the stabilizing Y while Helm remains the more interesting receiving development bet.
Offensive Context
The limiting factor is Tennessee as a whole. A tight end can improve and still be capped if the passing offense lacks rhythm, touchdown volume, and weekly target quality.
Fantasy Lens
Helm is more interesting in TEP than standard formats. The rookie season gave enough evidence to hold, but the next step has to be route growth and higher-value targets.
Room note: Bellinger helps if he lets Helm avoid being overloaded as the every-down grinder. The problem is not Bellinger’s presence. The problem is whether Tennessee can make any tight end role consistently fantasy-useful.
NFL Production
Rookie Output
Helm’s rookie season was quietly useful: 16 games, 31 receptions, 301 yards, and two touchdowns in an offense that rarely made passing production easy. For a rookie tight end, that is enough to stay interested.
Growth Signal
The stat line does not scream breakout, but tight end development rarely arrives clean. The encouraging part is that he got on the field, caught enough passes to matter, and did not need a perfect environment to show signs of utility.
Season
Team
Receiving
Usage
Notes
2025
TEN
16 games, 31 rec, 301 yards, 9.7 Y/R, 2 TD
Rookie rotational TE usage
Showed enough in a poor offense to keep the dynasty growth case alive.
Career
TEN
31 rec, 301 yards, 2 TD
Year 2 role watch
Needs more target value, not just more snaps.
Usage / Role / Efficiency
Route Role
Helm fits as a middle-field target who can work hooks, flats, seams, crossers, and play-action leaks. He does not need to become a detached receiver to matter, but he does need routes that carry target value.
Bellinger Fit
Bellinger’s profile is more physical, assignment-stable, and traditional. That can protect Helm’s development instead of stealing the fantasy path, assuming Tennessee gives Helm enough receiving work.
Fantasy Translation
The useful outcome is a young TE who climbs into 70-plus targets with red-zone work. The miss case is a functional player trapped in a low-scoring offense without enough designed usage.
Development Arc
Current Phase
Helm is entering the second-year tight end growth pocket. He already cleared the first hurdle by earning rookie involvement. Now the question is whether the role becomes more intentional.
Appreciation Window
His value rises if Tennessee’s quarterback play stabilizes, the offense creates more scoring chances, and Helm becomes the preferred receiving tight end while Bellinger handles heavier inline work.
Depreciation Risk
The risk is not that Helm cannot play. It is that he becomes a useful NFL tight end without enough fantasy oxygen because the offense cannot support consistent TE production.
Film / Usage Profile
How He Wins
Size, hands, zone awareness, underneath reliability, seam access, red-zone size, and enough movement skill to avoid being treated as a blocker-only tight end.
Where He Fits
Inline Y, wing, short motion, play-action flats, seams, crossers, sit routes, checkdown answers, and red-zone leak concepts that let him work against linebackers and safeties.
Fantasy Translation
Helm can become useful in TEP if he grows into the preferred receiving tight end. He needs routes, touchdown chances, and offensive improvement more than a flashy highlight package.
Fragility Point
Low team scoring, split TE usage, limited target depth, and the risk that Tennessee values him as a complete player without feeding him like a fantasy asset.
Draft / Entry File
Draft Slot
Tennessee selected Helm in the fourth round of the 2025 NFL Draft, No. 120 overall. For a tight end, that is enough investment to take the development seriously without forcing a fantasy breakout timetable.
Entry Translation
The entry case was a senior-year receiving breakout at Texas, size, enough route feel to be a pass-game answer, and the frame to survive NFL tight end responsibilities.
Original Role
He entered as a developmental tight end with a chance to become more than a depth Y. The rookie year supported that path without fully paying it off.
College Profile
Texas Arc
Helm spent four seasons at Texas and waited behind a deep skill-position group before breaking through as a senior. The final year turned him from role player into real NFL tight end prospect.
Best College Signal
The 2024 season is the anchor: 60 receptions, 786 yards, and seven touchdowns. That was a major receiving season for a college tight end and the proof behind the Titans investment.
Season
School
Receiving
Usage
Notes
2024
Texas
16 games, 60 rec, 786 yards, 13.1 Y/R, 7 TD
Featured TE role
Senior breakout and draft-year launch point.
2023
Texas
14 games, 14 rec, 192 yards, 13.7 Y/R, 2 TD
Rotational TE
Useful role behind a loaded passing game.
2022
Texas
12 games, 5 rec, 44 yards, 0 TD
Depth role
Early development season.
2021
Texas
10 games, 2 rec, 5 yards, 0 TD
Freshman reserve
Special teams and developmental usage.
Career
Texas
81 rec, 1,027 yards, 9 TD
Late breakout TE
Production concentrated in final college season.
Measurements / Athletic File
Height
6’5″ on the current Titans listing. The size gives him a traditional tight end catch radius and keeps red-zone growth in the profile.
Weight
250 lbs on the team listing. He has enough mass to handle inline work, which matters for staying on the field while the receiving role develops.
Testing File
Helm’s profile is more functional tight end than explosive workout outlier. The appeal is size, hands, reliability, and enough movement to be useful in the middle of the field.
Role Utility
The more complete he becomes, the more route access he can earn. For tight ends, staying on the field is often the first step toward fantasy relevance.
Profile shape: Helm is a young tight end worth holding because the rookie year was encouraging. The ceiling is capped less by Bellinger and more by whether Tennessee’s offense becomes functional enough to feed him.
Background / Recruiting File
High School
Helm came out of Cherry Creek High School in Colorado, a strong prep program, before signing with Texas and developing through a crowded Longhorns depth chart.
Recruiting Status
He was a three-star recruit who grew into a legitimate NFL prospect through development and a major senior breakout rather than early blue-chip momentum.
Early Identity
The early identity was a traditional tight end with enough receiving ability to keep expanding. The senior season showed that expansion was real.
Development Signal
Helm’s path is a slow-build tight end arc: develop, wait, break out late, then earn enough rookie usage to keep the next step plausible.
Profile Translation
The translation depends on Tennessee turning reliable tight end work into fantasy target value. Helm has the profile to grow; the ecosystem has to cooperate.
Analyst Notes
greg1287
respectfully, no personal take needed here
indyMANa
respectfully, no personal take needed here
cricks
respectfully, no personal take needed here
Explore More
Source Notes
Core player data, roster context, jersey number, measurements, age, rookie production, draft slot, college production, background context, and Titans tight end room notes were checked against team, league, statistical, draft, college, and current roster source references where applicable.
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Helm
Helm
Tennessee Titans • TE • #84 • 6’5″, 250 lbs • Texas • 2025 Round 4, Pick 120
Young TE Growth Bet
Round 4 Capital
Bad-Offense Context
31 Rookie Receptions
Texas Breakout TE
Bellinger Complement
The Read: Helm showed enough as a rookie in a bad offense to keep the growth case alive. He is not a clean breakout bet yet, but the receiving feel, size, and Year 1 usefulness are real. Daniel Bellinger helps more than hurts if Tennessee uses him as the physical stabilizer and lets Helm keep developing as the pass-game option.
Dynasty UseTEP bench growth stashBest held where young tight ends with rookie usage and a path to more routes are worth slow-building.
Risk ShapeOffense caps the runwayThe profile can grow, but the Titans passing ecosystem has to become stable enough for TE volume to matter.
Command Deck
Current file // Titans TE room // young growth bet
TeamTitansTennessee
PositionTE#84
Age23Sept. 18, 2002
Experience2seasons
Size6’5″ / 250classic TE frame
CollegeTexassenior breakout
Draft Capital2025 Round 4, Pick 120Titans TE investment
Player DescriptorDeveloping possession TEA young tight end with size, hands, route feel, and enough rookie involvement to believe the Titans see him as more than depth.
Current LaneTEP growth stashBellinger can handle dirty work and formation stability while Helm tries to become the more useful receiving answer.
Profile TypeY / move TE hybridInline snaps, seams, hooks, flats, red-zone releases, play-action leaks, and underneath chain-moving targets.
Fantasy ShapeUseful if offense risesThe player can grow. The question is whether Tennessee creates enough passing volume and scoring chances for that growth to matter.
2025 Rec31rookie usage
2025 Yards3019.7 Y/R
2025 TD2bad-offense output
Texas 20247867 TD breakout
Current Snapshot
Roster Reality
Helm is a young tight end who already showed he belongs in the offensive picture. The Titans added Daniel Bellinger, but that does not have to be a threat. Bellinger can be the stabilizing Y while Helm remains the more interesting receiving development bet.
Offensive Context
The limiting factor is Tennessee as a whole. A tight end can improve and still be capped if the passing offense lacks rhythm, touchdown volume, and weekly target quality.
Fantasy Lens
Helm is more interesting in TEP than standard formats. The rookie season gave enough evidence to hold, but the next step has to be route growth and higher-value targets.
Room note: Bellinger helps if he lets Helm avoid being overloaded as the every-down grinder. The problem is not Bellinger’s presence. The problem is whether Tennessee can make any tight end role consistently fantasy-useful.
NFL Production
Rookie Output
Helm’s rookie season was quietly useful: 16 games, 31 receptions, 301 yards, and two touchdowns in an offense that rarely made passing production easy. For a rookie tight end, that is enough to stay interested.
Growth Signal
The stat line does not scream breakout, but tight end development rarely arrives clean. The encouraging part is that he got on the field, caught enough passes to matter, and did not need a perfect environment to show signs of utility.
Season
Team
Receiving
Usage
Notes
2025
TEN
16 games, 31 rec, 301 yards, 9.7 Y/R, 2 TD
Rookie rotational TE usage
Showed enough in a poor offense to keep the dynasty growth case alive.
Career
TEN
31 rec, 301 yards, 2 TD
Year 2 role watch
Needs more target value, not just more snaps.
Usage / Role / Efficiency
Route Role
Helm fits as a middle-field target who can work hooks, flats, seams, crossers, and play-action leaks. He does not need to become a detached receiver to matter, but he does need routes that carry target value.
Bellinger Fit
Bellinger’s profile is more physical, assignment-stable, and traditional. That can protect Helm’s development instead of stealing the fantasy path, assuming Tennessee gives Helm enough receiving work.
Fantasy Translation
The useful outcome is a young TE who climbs into 70-plus targets with red-zone work. The miss case is a functional player trapped in a low-scoring offense without enough designed usage.
Development Arc
Current Phase
Helm is entering the second-year tight end growth pocket. He already cleared the first hurdle by earning rookie involvement. Now the question is whether the role becomes more intentional.
Appreciation Window
His value rises if Tennessee’s quarterback play stabilizes, the offense creates more scoring chances, and Helm becomes the preferred receiving tight end while Bellinger handles heavier inline work.
Depreciation Risk
The risk is not that Helm cannot play. It is that he becomes a useful NFL tight end without enough fantasy oxygen because the offense cannot support consistent TE production.
Film / Usage Profile
How He Wins
Size, hands, zone awareness, underneath reliability, seam access, red-zone size, and enough movement skill to avoid being treated as a blocker-only tight end.
Where He Fits
Inline Y, wing, short motion, play-action flats, seams, crossers, sit routes, checkdown answers, and red-zone leak concepts that let him work against linebackers and safeties.
Fantasy Translation
Helm can become useful in TEP if he grows into the preferred receiving tight end. He needs routes, touchdown chances, and offensive improvement more than a flashy highlight package.
Fragility Point
Low team scoring, split TE usage, limited target depth, and the risk that Tennessee values him as a complete player without feeding him like a fantasy asset.
Draft / Entry File
Draft Slot
Tennessee selected Helm in the fourth round of the 2025 NFL Draft, No. 120 overall. For a tight end, that is enough investment to take the development seriously without forcing a fantasy breakout timetable.
Entry Translation
The entry case was a senior-year receiving breakout at Texas, size, enough route feel to be a pass-game answer, and the frame to survive NFL tight end responsibilities.
Original Role
He entered as a developmental tight end with a chance to become more than a depth Y. The rookie year supported that path without fully paying it off.
College Profile
Texas Arc
Helm spent four seasons at Texas and waited behind a deep skill-position group before breaking through as a senior. The final year turned him from role player into real NFL tight end prospect.
Best College Signal
The 2024 season is the anchor: 60 receptions, 786 yards, and seven touchdowns. That was a major receiving season for a college tight end and the proof behind the Titans investment.
Season
School
Receiving
Usage
Notes
2024
Texas
16 games, 60 rec, 786 yards, 13.1 Y/R, 7 TD
Featured TE role
Senior breakout and draft-year launch point.
2023
Texas
14 games, 14 rec, 192 yards, 13.7 Y/R, 2 TD
Rotational TE
Useful role behind a loaded passing game.
2022
Texas
12 games, 5 rec, 44 yards, 0 TD
Depth role
Early development season.
2021
Texas
10 games, 2 rec, 5 yards, 0 TD
Freshman reserve
Special teams and developmental usage.
Career
Texas
81 rec, 1,027 yards, 9 TD
Late breakout TE
Production concentrated in final college season.
Measurements / Athletic File
Height
6’5″ on the current Titans listing. The size gives him a traditional tight end catch radius and keeps red-zone growth in the profile.
Weight
250 lbs on the team listing. He has enough mass to handle inline work, which matters for staying on the field while the receiving role develops.
Testing File
Helm’s profile is more functional tight end than explosive workout outlier. The appeal is size, hands, reliability, and enough movement to be useful in the middle of the field.
Role Utility
The more complete he becomes, the more route access he can earn. For tight ends, staying on the field is often the first step toward fantasy relevance.
Profile shape: Helm is a young tight end worth holding because the rookie year was encouraging. The ceiling is capped less by Bellinger and more by whether Tennessee’s offense becomes functional enough to feed him.
Background / Recruiting File
High School
Helm came out of Cherry Creek High School in Colorado, a strong prep program, before signing with Texas and developing through a crowded Longhorns depth chart.
Recruiting Status
He was a three-star recruit who grew into a legitimate NFL prospect through development and a major senior breakout rather than early blue-chip momentum.
Early Identity
The early identity was a traditional tight end with enough receiving ability to keep expanding. The senior season showed that expansion was real.
Development Signal
Helm’s path is a slow-build tight end arc: develop, wait, break out late, then earn enough rookie usage to keep the next step plausible.
Profile Translation
The translation depends on Tennessee turning reliable tight end work into fantasy target value. Helm has the profile to grow; the ecosystem has to cooperate.
Analyst Notes
greg1287
respectfully, no personal take needed here
indyMANa
respectfully, no personal take needed here
cricks
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Source Notes
Core player data, roster context, jersey number, measurements, age, rookie production, draft slot, college production, background context, and Titans tight end room notes were checked against team, league, statistical, draft, college, and current roster source references where applicable.
The Late Thirds • Dynasty Dossier // Player Profile
Artwork Notice: This free public-facing fan artwork area is used for visual identification only and is not part of any paid product. It does not imply endorsement, affiliation, sponsorship, or partnership. Rights holder or player concern? Contact us for prompt review, removal, or replacement.
The Late Thirds Player File
Gunnar
Helm
Helm
Tennessee Titans • TE • #84 • 6’5″, 250 lbs • Texas • 2025 Round 4, Pick 120
Young TE Growth Bet
Round 4 Capital
Bad-Offense Context
31 Rookie Receptions
Texas Breakout TE
Bellinger Complement
The Read: Helm showed enough as a rookie in a bad offense to keep the growth case alive. He is not a clean breakout bet yet, but the receiving feel, size, and Year 1 usefulness are real. Daniel Bellinger helps more than hurts if Tennessee uses him as the physical stabilizer and lets Helm keep developing as the pass-game option.
Dynasty UseTEP bench growth stashBest held where young tight ends with rookie usage and a path to more routes are worth slow-building.
Risk ShapeOffense caps the runwayThe profile can grow, but the Titans passing ecosystem has to become stable enough for TE volume to matter.
Command Deck
Current file // Titans TE room // young growth bet
TeamTitansTennessee
PositionTE#84
Age23Sept. 18, 2002
Experience2seasons
Size6’5″ / 250classic TE frame
CollegeTexassenior breakout
Draft Capital2025 Round 4, Pick 120Titans TE investment
Player DescriptorDeveloping possession TEA young tight end with size, hands, route feel, and enough rookie involvement to believe the Titans see him as more than depth.
Current LaneTEP growth stashBellinger can handle dirty work and formation stability while Helm tries to become the more useful receiving answer.
Profile TypeY / move TE hybridInline snaps, seams, hooks, flats, red-zone releases, play-action leaks, and underneath chain-moving targets.
Fantasy ShapeUseful if offense risesThe player can grow. The question is whether Tennessee creates enough passing volume and scoring chances for that growth to matter.
2025 Rec31rookie usage
2025 Yards3019.7 Y/R
2025 TD2bad-offense output
Texas 20247867 TD breakout
Current Snapshot
Roster Reality
Helm is a young tight end who already showed he belongs in the offensive picture. The Titans added Daniel Bellinger, but that does not have to be a threat. Bellinger can be the stabilizing Y while Helm remains the more interesting receiving development bet.
Offensive Context
The limiting factor is Tennessee as a whole. A tight end can improve and still be capped if the passing offense lacks rhythm, touchdown volume, and weekly target quality.
Fantasy Lens
Helm is more interesting in TEP than standard formats. The rookie season gave enough evidence to hold, but the next step has to be route growth and higher-value targets.
Room note: Bellinger helps if he lets Helm avoid being overloaded as the every-down grinder. The problem is not Bellinger’s presence. The problem is whether Tennessee can make any tight end role consistently fantasy-useful.
NFL Production
Rookie Output
Helm’s rookie season was quietly useful: 16 games, 31 receptions, 301 yards, and two touchdowns in an offense that rarely made passing production easy. For a rookie tight end, that is enough to stay interested.
Growth Signal
The stat line does not scream breakout, but tight end development rarely arrives clean. The encouraging part is that he got on the field, caught enough passes to matter, and did not need a perfect environment to show signs of utility.
Season
Team
Receiving
Usage
Notes
2025
TEN
16 games, 31 rec, 301 yards, 9.7 Y/R, 2 TD
Rookie rotational TE usage
Showed enough in a poor offense to keep the dynasty growth case alive.
Career
TEN
31 rec, 301 yards, 2 TD
Year 2 role watch
Needs more target value, not just more snaps.
Usage / Role / Efficiency
Route Role
Helm fits as a middle-field target who can work hooks, flats, seams, crossers, and play-action leaks. He does not need to become a detached receiver to matter, but he does need routes that carry target value.
Bellinger Fit
Bellinger’s profile is more physical, assignment-stable, and traditional. That can protect Helm’s development instead of stealing the fantasy path, assuming Tennessee gives Helm enough receiving work.
Fantasy Translation
The useful outcome is a young TE who climbs into 70-plus targets with red-zone work. The miss case is a functional player trapped in a low-scoring offense without enough designed usage.
Development Arc
Current Phase
Helm is entering the second-year tight end growth pocket. He already cleared the first hurdle by earning rookie involvement. Now the question is whether the role becomes more intentional.
Appreciation Window
His value rises if Tennessee’s quarterback play stabilizes, the offense creates more scoring chances, and Helm becomes the preferred receiving tight end while Bellinger handles heavier inline work.
Depreciation Risk
The risk is not that Helm cannot play. It is that he becomes a useful NFL tight end without enough fantasy oxygen because the offense cannot support consistent TE production.
Film / Usage Profile
How He Wins
Size, hands, zone awareness, underneath reliability, seam access, red-zone size, and enough movement skill to avoid being treated as a blocker-only tight end.
Where He Fits
Inline Y, wing, short motion, play-action flats, seams, crossers, sit routes, checkdown answers, and red-zone leak concepts that let him work against linebackers and safeties.
Fantasy Translation
Helm can become useful in TEP if he grows into the preferred receiving tight end. He needs routes, touchdown chances, and offensive improvement more than a flashy highlight package.
Fragility Point
Low team scoring, split TE usage, limited target depth, and the risk that Tennessee values him as a complete player without feeding him like a fantasy asset.
Draft / Entry File
Draft Slot
Tennessee selected Helm in the fourth round of the 2025 NFL Draft, No. 120 overall. For a tight end, that is enough investment to take the development seriously without forcing a fantasy breakout timetable.
Entry Translation
The entry case was a senior-year receiving breakout at Texas, size, enough route feel to be a pass-game answer, and the frame to survive NFL tight end responsibilities.
Original Role
He entered as a developmental tight end with a chance to become more than a depth Y. The rookie year supported that path without fully paying it off.
College Profile
Texas Arc
Helm spent four seasons at Texas and waited behind a deep skill-position group before breaking through as a senior. The final year turned him from role player into real NFL tight end prospect.
Best College Signal
The 2024 season is the anchor: 60 receptions, 786 yards, and seven touchdowns. That was a major receiving season for a college tight end and the proof behind the Titans investment.
Season
School
Receiving
Usage
Notes
2024
Texas
16 games, 60 rec, 786 yards, 13.1 Y/R, 7 TD
Featured TE role
Senior breakout and draft-year launch point.
2023
Texas
14 games, 14 rec, 192 yards, 13.7 Y/R, 2 TD
Rotational TE
Useful role behind a loaded passing game.
2022
Texas
12 games, 5 rec, 44 yards, 0 TD
Depth role
Early development season.
2021
Texas
10 games, 2 rec, 5 yards, 0 TD
Freshman reserve
Special teams and developmental usage.
Career
Texas
81 rec, 1,027 yards, 9 TD
Late breakout TE
Production concentrated in final college season.
Measurements / Athletic File
Height
6’5″ on the current Titans listing. The size gives him a traditional tight end catch radius and keeps red-zone growth in the profile.
Weight
250 lbs on the team listing. He has enough mass to handle inline work, which matters for staying on the field while the receiving role develops.
Testing File
Helm’s profile is more functional tight end than explosive workout outlier. The appeal is size, hands, reliability, and enough movement to be useful in the middle of the field.
Role Utility
The more complete he becomes, the more route access he can earn. For tight ends, staying on the field is often the first step toward fantasy relevance.
Profile shape: Helm is a young tight end worth holding because the rookie year was encouraging. The ceiling is capped less by Bellinger and more by whether Tennessee’s offense becomes functional enough to feed him.
Background / Recruiting File
High School
Helm came out of Cherry Creek High School in Colorado, a strong prep program, before signing with Texas and developing through a crowded Longhorns depth chart.
Recruiting Status
He was a three-star recruit who grew into a legitimate NFL prospect through development and a major senior breakout rather than early blue-chip momentum.
Early Identity
The early identity was a traditional tight end with enough receiving ability to keep expanding. The senior season showed that expansion was real.
Development Signal
Helm’s path is a slow-build tight end arc: develop, wait, break out late, then earn enough rookie usage to keep the next step plausible.
Profile Translation
The translation depends on Tennessee turning reliable tight end work into fantasy target value. Helm has the profile to grow; the ecosystem has to cooperate.
Analyst Notes
greg1287
respectfully, no personal take needed here
indyMANa
respectfully, no personal take needed here
cricks
respectfully, no personal take needed here
Explore More
Source Notes
Core player data, roster context, jersey number, measurements, age, rookie production, draft slot, college production, background context, and Titans tight end room notes were checked against team, league, statistical, draft, college, and current roster source references where applicable.
The Late Thirds • Dynasty Dossier // Player Profile