Which tight ends get the most targets in the two-minute drill?
Juwan Johnson leads all NFL tight ends with 27 targets in two-minute drill situations, on 17 receptions and 2 receiving touchdowns across 17 games.
NFL Tight End Targets in the Two-Minute Drill
Ranked by TGT · 2025 regular season| # | Player | TGT | REC | YDS | TD | CTH% | GP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juwan Johnson New Orleans Saints · #83 | 27 | 17 | 180 | 2 | 63.0% | 17 |
| 2 | Travis Kelce Kansas City Chiefs · #87 | 24 | 16 | 176 | 0 | 66.7% | 17 |
| 3 | Jake Ferguson Dallas Cowboys · #87 | 23 | 18 | 154 | 2 | 78.3% | 15 |
| 4 | Kyle Pitts Atlanta Falcons · #8 | 23 | 21 | 248 | 2 | 91.3% | 16 |
| 5 | Cade Otton Tampa Bay Buccaneers · #88 | 21 | 14 | 156 | 0 | 66.7% | 16 |
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Hurry-up offense rewards whoever gets open fastest and holds onto the ball, not whoever can win downfield. Tight ends often become the preferred outlet in these stretches because their releases are quick and predictable, which matters more than raw speed when the whole point of the play is a clean catch and an efficient clock stoppage.
Trust, not explosiveness, defines this role. A tight end can lead this list while rarely threatening a defense vertically, because the job is reliability under a ticking clock, not the kind of production that shows up on highlight reels or in a broader target-share breakdown.
Expect this group to overlap only partly with the tight ends who dominate red-zone or early-down work. Hurry-up trust is its own skill, tied to hands and route discipline in a phone-booth setting, and a team's top target in this split is not always its most featured receiving weapon overall.