Shane Zylstra

TE · #48

BUF • Age 29 • Season 5

🎓 Minnesota State📏 6'4"⚖️ 244 lbs📝 Draft: UDFA

XFP Summary

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Season	Team	Adj GP	XFP	FP	XFP/G	FP/G	Opp +/-	OEX%	%TM XFP	%TM FP	RZ XFP/G	RZ FP/G	RZ OEX%	%TM RZ XFP	%TM RZ FP
2021	DET	2.75	10.6	4.9	3.85	1.78	-17.5%	-54%	7.2%	3.5%	1.36	0.00	-100%	14.7%	0%
2022	DET	12.00	25.3	35.5	2.10^TE20+	2.96^TE20+	+3.5%⁹²	41%⁹⁸	3.2%⁰	4.3%⁰	1.12^TE20+	2.27^TE12	102%⁹⁹	5.2%¹	9.7%³⁰
2024	DET	7.75	1.2	2.7	0.15^TE20+	0.35^TE20+	+11.3%¹⁰⁰	126%¹⁰⁰	0.2%⁰	0.4%⁰	0.00^TE20+	0.00^TE20+	—	0%⁰	0%⁰
2025	DET	4.75	6.7	3.5	1.42^TE20+	0.74^TE20+	+11.5%¹⁰⁰	-48%⁰	2.2%⁰	1.2%⁰	0.50^TE20+	0.00^TE20+	-100%⁰	2.3%⁰	0%⁰
ALL	—	27.25	43.8	46.6	1.61	1.71	—	7%	2.4%	2.5%	0.72	1.00	39%	3.2%	4.3%

XFP Splits

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Season	Team	Type	Adj GP	XFP	FP	XFP/G	FP/G	OEX%	%TM XFP	%TM FP	RZ XFP/G	RZ FP/G	RZ OEX%	%TM RZ XFP	%TM RZ FP
2025	DET	REC	4.75	6.7	3.5	1.42^TE20+	0.74^TE20+	-48%⁵	2.8%²⁰	1.4%¹¹	0.5^TE20+	0.0^TE20+	-100%⁸	2.9%²¹	0%¹⁷

WOWY (With / Without)

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Metrics — Receiving Efficiency

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Season	Team	Tgts	Share	XFP/Tgt	Catchable XFP/g	EPA/Tgt	Success%	xCP%	CPOE	aDOT	xYAC	YAC OEX	%YOE	BT / Rec	TTT	Cush	Sep	Drop%	Ctchble%	Created%	Cntst%
2021	DET	7	8%	1.51	—	-0.77	29%	68%	-25.47	8.97	2.32	-2.12	—	0.00	2.82	6.75	1.82	0%	—	—	—

Metrics — Receiving % of Team

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Core

Season	Team	Tgts	Share	Man	Zone	Deep	RZ	Horiz Route	RPO/PA	1st Read	Shotgun	Under Ctr
2021	DET	7	7.9%	5.0%	9.7%	0.0%	16.7%	20.0%	—	—	9.0%	6.7%

Situational

Season	Team	Tgts	Screen	Blitz	Pressure	Early TTT	Late TTT	Obv Pass	No-Huddle	Contested	Scramble	QB OOP
2021	DET	7	0.0%	0.0%	18.8%	0.0%	6.7%	14.3%	25.0%	—	—	—

Snap Share by Situation

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Season	Team	Segment	Adj GP	Snaps %	Rush %	Pass %	High RZ %	GL %	Early Down %	Late Down %	Late Short %	Late Medium %	Late Long %	Blowout Down %	Blowout Up %	No-Huddle %	1 TE %	2+ TE %
2025	DET	Early	0.75	11%	22%	4%	0%	0%	13%	8%	25%	0%	0%	—	—	—	0%	29%
2025	DET	End	4.00	56%	60%	54%	58%	68%	57%	55%	75%	43%	50%	—	—	36%	48%	86%
2025	DET	All	4.75	50%	54%	48%	45%	63%	51%	47%	65%	32%	46%	—	—	36%	42%	76%

Injury History

Season	Weeks	Injury	Status
2025	Week 15	Knee	Questionable
2025	Week 14	Knee	Out
2025	Weeks 9-13	Unknown	IR

Current Contract

Year	Age	Base Salary	Cash	Cap Hit	Cap %	Team Pos %	Guaranteed $	Cap Savings
2026CY	30	$1.22M	$1.22M	$1.07M	0.4%	6.7%	$0.00M	$1.07M

Weekly Game Logs

Week	Team	Opp	Score	v Pos Avg	v Pos Rk	QP	Snaps	% Snaps	% Rush	% Pass	% Rush Sh	% Tgt Sh	XFP	FP
16	DET	PIT	24-29 (L)	13.7	30	4	44	64.7%	45.5%	68.4%	0%	9.6%	6.7	3.5
17	DET	—	—	—	—	4	42	65.6%	80%	52.9%	0%	0%	—	—
18	DET	—	—	—	—	4	29	40.3%	40.7%	40%	0%	0%	—	—