Tight End Rankings 2027 NFL Draft

41 tight ends ranked

TIGHT END RANKINGS 2027 NFL DRAFT

Tight end is thin. None reaches our top fifteen and only one sits inside the top thirty-two, a top end bettered in five of the last seven classes.

LSU's Trey'Dez Green leads it, a basketball convert who checked into actual SEC hoops games before setting the school record for touchdown catches by a tight end, making second-team All-SEC as a sophomore and closing the year with two more scores against Houston. Oregon's Jamari Johnson caught 32 passes for 510 yards after transferring from Louisville, dropped two balls on 40 targets, and turned down the draft to return to Eugene. Temple's Peter Clarke is the outlier - born in London and developed at the NFL Academy, he dropped one ball on 42 targets and won six of nine contested catches while carrying a full inline blocking load.

Size is the common thread, all three at six-foot-six, and so is inexperience: one season of real production apiece.
LAST UPDATED: 11/03/2026

Player Rankings - Tight End

# Player Pos H/W/S Team Weight Height 40YD AVG POS RANK AVG OVR RANK Rating Summary
12

TE
Benjamin
Brahmer

6-7 250lbs 4.65
TE
Penn State   Mascot
Penn State Mascot
250lbs 6-7 4.65 8 134.2
79.9
The silhouette sells itself, six-foot-seven with elite timed speed, and the production finally caught up. Brahmer led Iowa State in...
1

TE
Trey'Dez
Green

6-7 237lbs 4.65
TE
LSU   Mascot
LSU Mascot
237lbs 6-7 4.65 1 22.8
87.1
The body and the ball skills come along once or twice a class. Green is a basketball-bred mismatch who played SEC hoops less than two years...
37

TE
Jake
Johnson

6-6 245lbs 4.62
TE
Auburn   Mascot
Auburn Mascot
245lbs 6-6 4.62 51 773.5
61.9
Johnson is a big, polished receiving tight end with a wide catch radius and refined routes who steps in as Auburn's starter for 2026....
34

TE
Hogan
Hansen

6-6 240lbs 4.67
TE
Michigan   Mascot
Michigan Mascot
240lbs 6-6 4.67 38 571
64.6
Hansen is a reliable, athletic receiving tight end who has worked his way back into Michigan's lineup. He has caught almost everything...
32

TE
Theo
Melin Ohrstr...

6-6 250lbs 4.70
TE
SMU   Mascot
SMU Mascot
250lbs 6-6 4.70 27 417.5
65.7
Melin Ohrstrom is a big, seasoned tight end and a red-zone weapon for SMU. He has four touchdown catches this season and gives the Mustangs...
27

TE
Gabe
Burkle

6-6 247lbs 4.73
TE
Penn State   Mascot
Penn State Mascot
247lbs 6-6 4.73 21 380
69.2
Burkle is a steady, experienced tight end who has settled into a blocking role at Penn State. He was a reliable target at Iowa State,...
25

TE
Brett
Norfleet

6-6 255lbs 4.66
TE
Missouri   Mascot
Missouri Mascot
255lbs 6-6 4.66 29 457
70.0
The outline is a pro tight end; the season kept smudging it. Norfleet set career highs with 31 catches and five touchdowns, saving his...
19

TE
Jelani
Thurman

6-6 245lbs 4.75
TE
North Carolina   Mascot
North Carolina Mascot
245lbs 6-6 4.75 39 573
74.4
Three years at Ohio State produced almost no targets and remarkably clean film. Thurman ran twenty-five routes all season behind a loaded...
13

TE
Alex
Honig

6-6 275lbs 4.78
TE
Northwestern   Mascot
Northwestern Mascot
275lbs 6-6 4.78 12 217.5
79.0
Honig is a big, athletic tight end with a quarterback's feel for coverage. He finds space on seam and crossing routes, catches what is...
11

TE
Brody
Foley

6-6 260lbs 4.65
TE
Louisville   Mascot
Louisville Mascot
260lbs 6-6 4.65 16 297
80.2
Foley is a 6-6, 260-pound target who broke out at Tulsa in 2025 with seven touchdowns and first-team all-conference honors, a big red-zone...
6

TE
Eli
Finley

6-6 246lbs 4.75
TE
Louisiana Tech   Mascot
Louisiana Tech Mascot
246lbs 6-6 4.75 9 144
82.8
Finley has been a steady presence at Louisiana Tech for three seasons, a tall, athletic tight end who can line up inline or in the slot and...
5

TE
Peter
Clarke

6-6 265lbs 4.65
TE
Temple   Mascot
Temple Mascot
265lbs 6-6 4.65 10 147.3
83.7
Clarke is an athletic, productive tight end whose journey from London to Temple's record book is one of the most unusual in the class. He...

2027 NFL Draft Athleticism Chart - Tight End

We've compared players post combine 40 times and weight and charted them on the scatter chart below. You'll find the 40 time on the Y-axis and on the X-axis the weight in pounds.
The exceptional athletic freaks (determined by the combination of speed vs weight) will be found at the top right of the chart while the less impressive athletes will be sitting towards the bottom left.

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2027 NFL Draft Athleticism Chart - Tight End

We've compared players 40 times and weight and charted them on the scatter chart below. You'll find the 40 time on the Y-axis and on the X-axis the weight in pounds.
The exceptional athletic freaks (determined by the combination of speed vs weight) will be found at the top right of the chart while the less impressive athletes will be sitting towards the bottom left.