Luke Musgrave

Career StatsC

Year	Team	GP	Rec	Yards	TD
Career		35	65	649	1
2025		17	24	252	0
2024		7	7	45	0
2023		11

Season	Team	GP	Rec	Yds	TD	YPR	Grade
2025		17	24	252	0	10.5	F F Bottom 5%
2024		7	7	45	0	6.4	F F Bottom 5%
2023		11	34	352	1	10.4	D D Bottom 20%

Grades reflect the player's performance in each season. Header grade shows the current season.

Current Contract

Contract Value Index (CVI)

Performance versus salary tier earns Luke Musgrave a C+ Contract Value Index, with cap structure shaping the verdict. At $2.1M AAV on a rookie-scale deal, Musgrave carries minimal financial risk for Green Bay, but his 2025 production—252 receiving yards across 17 games—reflects a depth tight end operating below the impact threshold you'd want from a second-round pick three years into his career. The rookie contract structure itself is favorable; at his age and stage, there's no dead-cap exposure or franchise-tag complications looming, and the Packers retain full flexibility on his roster status when the deal expires. As a third-year player at 25, Musgrave theoretically sits in the window where tight ends often break through into featured roles, yet the team's recent offensive additions and quiet media narrative suggest Green Bay is building around other pieces—a signal that his role may remain complementary rather than ascending. The CVI reflects honest value: he's not overpaid, but he's also not delivering the production trajectory that would justify significant offensive investment going forward. His path to redefining that contract grade runs through consistent 2026 performance as a reliable role player; absent a notable uptick in on-field impact, he'll remain a roster-efficient but unremarkable contributor carrying a middle-tier contract for a rebuilding defense-first roster.

Contracts in the Same Value Band

Other same-position deals the Contract Value Index also places in the C band — a quick read on where Luke's contract sits relative to comparable money.

Performance Analysis

The C performance grade on Luke Musgrave reflects how his statistical baseline holds against the TE field. His 2025 season output of 252 receiving yards across 17 games represents below-average production for a player entering his third year on a rookie scale contract—the kind of depth-piece output that doesn't move the needle in a modern passing offense. Durability is a strength; he remained available for all 17 games, suggesting he can stay healthy and contribute on a consistent snap basis. However, the receiving yardage total exposes the core weakness: minimal impact as a pass-catcher, which limits his value in an era where tight ends are increasingly asked to be vertical and intermediate threats. His role currently sits as a complementary contributor rather than a featured receiving option, and the Packers' recent offseason activity—adding wide receiver Christian Watson and multiple defensive pieces—underscores that front office priorities lie elsewhere on the roster. At 25 and three seasons into his career, Musgrave still has time to develop into a reliable perimeter contributor, but without a significant production jump in 2026, he risks settling into a permanent rotation role or becoming expendable when cap space tightens. The narrative here is straightforward: solid durability paired with underwhelming receiving production leaves him occupying that middle-tier space where depth tight ends quietly accumulate games and contracts without generating either excitement or concern.

How Luke Compares at the Position

Luke Musgrave ranks 62nd of 164 graded tight ends by performance. That slots Luke between Mason Taylor (C) just ahead and Gunnar Helm (C) just behind.

Current Sentiment

Luke Musgrave's public profile sits at a quiet, uncontroversial B- — the kind of sentiment grade that reflects a player the fanbase neither rallies around nor worries about. The narrative driving that perception is almost defined by its absence: three seasons into his career, Musgrave has generated minimal media scrutiny, no significant breakout moments, and no red flags, leaving him occupying that middle-tier roster space where depth tight ends tend to disappear from the broader conversation. That muted public standing does track with his on-field production grade, which currently sits at F — a signal that his 252 receiving yards across 17 games in the 2025 season haven't translated into the kind of impact that moves the needle for either fans or analysts. Green Bay's recent offseason activity — signing Tyrod Taylor, adding corner Domani Jackson, and bolstering the defensive line and linebacker corps — reinforces a roster-building narrative focused elsewhere, which does nothing to elevate Musgrave's standing in the public eye heading into the 2026 regular season. At 25 and entering his third year on a rookie-scale deal, the window to redefine his narrative as something beyond a complementary piece is still technically open, but the momentum — or lack thereof — suggests he'll need a dramatically different 2026 to shift the conversation. Right now, the honest bottom line is that Musgrave is a name Packers fans know but rarely argue about, and in a results-driven league, that quiet indifference is its own verdict.