In Week 2 of the 2018 NFL season, the idea of National Tight Ends Day was born. Facing the Detroit Lions, San Francisco 49ers QB Jimmy Garoppolo threw an 11-yard touchdown to now-retired TE Garrett Celek. After watching his pass catcher drag two defenders into the end zone, Garoppolo said one sentence that would leave a lasting legacy — a holiday even.
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What Is National Tight Ends Day?
George Kittle seems to be the official leader of this holiday and he set the record straight as to the date: “No, not at all. Not a made holiday. It’s the last weekend of October. Everyone has it circled on their calendar.”
This is a situation not like Christmas, were the date is the celebration point, as that would put us at risk of not having football on National Tight End Day and who wants that?
Upcoming National Tight End Days
- October 26, 2025
- October 25, 2026
- October 24, 2027
When Is National Tight Ends Day in 2024?
This season, National Tight Ends Day fell on Week 8 of the NFL season (October 27, 2024), a week that was concluded with Kittle facing the Cowboys on Sunday Night Football.
Need proof of the powers of this holiday? Kyle Pitts, an uber-prospect that has struggled to find paydirt throughout his career and hadn’t scored in six straight games, outmuscled the coverage (a flag was thrown for defensive holding),and took his first target of the day against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 36 yards to the house.
KYLE PITTS!!!! HAPPY NATIONAL TE DAY! 🚀
(🎥: @NFL)pic.twitter.com/OG271fba7V
— theScore (@theScore) October 27, 2024
Tight ends are asked to do plenty of dirty work in most offenses and only a few get the spotlight on them in this fantasy football world in which we live. They deserve their own day (maybe multiple celebrations?) and it’s only fitting that offenses scheme up their big men with regularity to celebrate.
We here at PFN hope you have a very happy National Tight Ends Day, we will be celebrating by watching football all day and amplifying every tight end highlight that we get on this glorious day.