Tight End Rankings 2027 NFL Draft
LAST UPDATED: 08/03/2026
Player Rankings - Tight End
| # | Player | Pos | H/W/S | Team | Weight | Height | 40YD | AVG POS RANK | AVG OVR RANK | Rating | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
|
6-7
240lbs
4.65
|
TE |
|
240lbs | 6-7 | 4.65 | 2 | 28.2 |
87.3
|
The body and the ball skills come along once or twice a class. Green is a basketball-bred mismatch who checked into actual SEC hoops games... |
2 |
|
6-5
257lbs
4.74
|
TE |
|
257lbs | 6-5 | 4.74 | 1 | 22.8 |
86.8
|
Oregon spent 2025 rotating two NFL tight ends, and the backup might have the higher ceiling. Johnson opened the season behind the... |
3 |
|
6-6
265lbs
4.65
|
TE |
|
265lbs | 6-6 | 4.65 | 4 | 86.3 |
84.9
|
Every cycle hides one of these in the Group of Five. Clarke is a London product still new to the sport who put together the most efficient... |
4 |
|
6-2
245lbs
4.75
|
TE |
|
245lbs | 6-2 | 4.75 | 3 | 70 |
84.1
|
Call him whatever the depth chart needs, the ball keeps finding him. Carter caught 55 passes for 624 yards in Texas Tech's Big 12... |
5 |
|
6-6
260lbs
4.65
|
TE |
|
260lbs | 6-6 | 4.65 | 8 | 139 |
82.3
|
The pedigree and the production finally met, one level down. Foley spent three buried seasons at Indiana, moved to Tulsa, and immediately... |
6 |
|
6-4
250lbs
4.50
|
TE |
|
250lbs | 6-4 | 4.50 | 7 | 136 |
82.1
|
Separating the player from the wreckage is the whole assignment. Reynolds was the top tight end recruit in the country two cycles ago and... |
7 |
|
6-4
245lbs
4.75
|
TE |
|
245lbs | 6-4 | 4.75 | 10 | 206.5 |
81.9
|
The efficiency hints at a bigger role that never arrived. Lyons spent 2025 as USC's second tight end and turned 26 targets into twenty... |
8 |
|
6-4
240lbs
4.65
|
TE |
|
240lbs | 6-4 | 4.65 | 14 | 242.5 |
80.4
|
One Saturday carries the file. Luckie caught five balls against Ole Miss and three of them were touchdowns, a red-zone exhibition that... |
9 |
|
6-7
255lbs
4.65
|
TE |
|
255lbs | 6-7 | 4.65 | 6 | 121.3 |
79.5
|
The silhouette sells itself, six-foot-seven with elite timed speed, and the production finally caught up. Brahmer led Iowa State in... |
10 |
|
6-4
251lbs
4.65
|
TE |
|
251lbs | 6-4 | 4.65 | 5 | 94 |
79.3
|
Reliability is the resume. Rappleyea caught twenty of his twenty-two targets without a single drop, posting the best hands tape of any... |
11 |
|
6-5
260lbs
4.65
|
TE |
|
260lbs | 6-5 | 4.65 | 12 | 227 |
79.1
|
Arkansas asked him to do the quiet work, and the file reads accordingly. Platt logged the heaviest inline workload of any tight end in this... |
12 |
|
6-6
263lbs
4.66
|
TE |
|
263lbs | 6-6 | 4.66 | 2 | 213 |
78.0
|
The outline is a pro tight end; the season kept smudging it. Norfleet set career highs with 31 catches and five touchdowns, saving his... |