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Troy Niklas

TE •

Troy Niklas

Availability alertInjured Reserve
Photo: nflverse / NFL.com
General Value100No current projection, ECR, or recent production
Age27.0
Height6'6"
Weight270 lb
CollegeNotre Dame
Experience6 years

Current Sleeper availability

Injury & Availability

Injured Reserve
Injured Reserve
NFL roster statusInjured Reserve
Current designationNone
Body areaNot specified
Practice participationNot reported
Designation since
Sleeper record updatedAugust 6, 2019 11:50 pm
FLIQ checkedJuly 28, 2026 7:24 pm

Current availability is supplied by Sleeper’s player directory and is not a complete medical history. Sleeper’s documented player feed supplies status and practice context, not article headlines. No active designation does not mean the player has no prior injuries.

Complete athlete profile

Evaluation Evidence

Open and authorized data, normalized by position and kept separate from league scoring.

78%profile coverage
Athletic profile23th percentileCompared only with historical TE testing records
Dynasty value effect+0.1% value effectSmall supporting adjustment from athleticism, draft capital, breakout age, and explosive history; it fades with NFL experience
Weekly outlook inputsProjection + roleLeague scoring, expected usage, availability, and matchup drive weekly value—not workout testing
Speed38thBurst36thChange of direction5thShort-area quickness10thExplosion34th25PROFILE

Athletic shape

25th percentile profile

Every axis compares Troy Niklas with historical TE testing records—not with every NFL position.

Signature strengthsSpeed + Burst
4.84 sec28th percentile

40-yard dash

2014 TE class#8 of 10All-time TE#325 of 452
27 repsBenchmark pending

Bench press

More same-position results needed
32 in35th percentile

Vertical jump

2014 TE class#4 of 8All-time TE#254 of 388
114 in40th percentile

Broad jump

2014 TE class#8 of 8All-time TE#228 of 379
7.57 sec5th percentile

3-cone

2014 TE class#7 of 7All-time TE#294 of 308
4.55 sec10th percentile

20-yard shuttle

2014 TE class#7 of 7All-time TE#285 of 316
98.448th percentile

FLIQ speed score

2014 TE class#7 of 10All-time TE#234 of 452
43.434th percentile

FLIQ burst score

2014 TE class#5 of 8All-time TE#247 of 373
12.15th percentile

FLIQ agility time

2014 TE class#7 of 7All-time TE#288 of 302
Compared withTEs at the same position2014 draft class and all synchronized historical testing records

Workout source: nflverse. Percentiles and comparison groups are independent FantasyLeagueIQ calculations; unavailable metrics are omitted rather than estimated.

NFL Draft Capital

Draft year2,014
Draft round2
Overall pick52
Draft teamARI
Draft Age21
Draft CollegeNotre Dame

Source: nflverse. Draft capital affects dynasty only through a bounded, experience-decaying modifier.

Big-play ability + league scoring

Explosive Play Profile

This player’s play-by-play analysis has not been built yet. The section remains visible so missing evidence is never mistaken for a zero score.

NFL Explosive IndexAnalysis pending
Explosive history is not built yet

An administrator can start the complete recent-history build once in FantasyLeagueIQ → Player Data. It then populates every offensive player profile; league members do not need to sync players individually.

Selected league bonus overlayNo explicit big-play bonuses
Long gains still earn normal yardage and touchdown points.
How the explosive profile and league overlay work

The NFL Explosive Index compares a player only with the same position. Its season model blends impact per opportunity, impact per game, positional share, long-touchdown rate, and longest gain; the career index blends 50% peak season, 30% recent three-season form, and 20% career share percentile. The league overlay reads synchronized Sleeper scoring for long-play and yardage-threshold bonuses. Those rules affect league-scored projections and fantasy value without rewriting the player’s league-neutral NFL explosiveness. Source: nflverse play-by-play and Sleeper league settings.

How this affects value

No current projection, ECR, or recent production. Athletic and draft inputs are supporting evidence—not a replacement for current projections, ECR, production, availability, or the selected league’s rules.

Imported Player Data

Every metric retains its source and effective context.

2014
Draft Age
21
Draft College
Notre Dame
Draft Pick
52
Draft Round
2
Draft Team
ARI
Draft Year
2014
Workoutnflverse
2014
Agility Score
12.12
Bench
27
Broad Jump
114
Burst Score
43.4
Combine Height
6-6
Combine School
Notre Dame
Combine Weight
270
Cone
7.57
Forty
4.84
Shuttle
4.55
Speed Score
98.403901
Vertical
32