Tight End Rankings 2027 NFL Draft

#	Player	Pos	H/W/S	Weight	Height	40YD	AVG POS RANK	AVG OVR RANK	Rating	Summary
14	TE Trey Leckner	6-3 232lbs 4.72	TE	232lbs	6-3	4.72	15	264	74.8 MORE>>	The hands keep him on the field; the rest keeps him off draft boards. Leckner caught 24 passes with one drop for Washington State, scored...
15	TE Dorian Thomas	6-4 239lbs 4.72	TE	239lbs	6-4	4.72	12	234.5	73.7 MORE>>	Seventy-seven targets, zero drops. Thomas built the most reliable receiving season in this tight end group at New Mexico, catching 56...
16	TE Jake Johnson	6-6 240lbs 4.62	TE	240lbs	6-6	4.62	18	588.5	73.5 MORE>>	The recruiting services called him the best tight end in America four years ago, and the traits report still reads that way: six-foot-six,...
13	TE DJ Vonnahme	6-4 240lbs 4.65	TE	240lbs	6-4	4.65	9	149.3	74.8 MORE>>	The bowl game introduced him to everyone at once. Vonnahme caught seven passes for 146 yards against Vanderbilt, the second-biggest...
8	TE Lawson Luckie	6-4 240lbs 4.65	TE	240lbs	6-4	4.65	10	186	80.4 MORE>>	One Saturday carries the file. Luckie caught five balls against Ole Miss and three of them were touchdowns, a red-zone exhibition that...
1	TE Trey'Dez Green	6-7 240lbs 4.65	TE	240lbs	6-7	4.65	2	30.3	87.3 MORE>>	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...
7	TE Walker Lyons	6-4 245lbs 4.75	TE	245lbs	6-4	4.75	11	225.5	81.9 MORE>>	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...
4	TE Terrance Carter Jr.	6-2 245lbs 4.75	TE	245lbs	6-2	4.75	3	77	84.1 MORE>>	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...
17	TE Jelani Thurman	6-6 250lbs 4.75	TE	250lbs	6-6	4.75	16	518.5	72.0 MORE>>	Three years at Ohio State produced almost no targets and remarkably clean film. Thurman ran twenty-five routes all season behind a loaded...
6	TE Luke Reynolds	6-4 250lbs 4.50	TE	250lbs	6-4	4.50	7	137	82.1 MORE>>	Separating the player from the wreckage is the whole assignment. Reynolds was the top tight end recruit in the country two cycles ago and...
10	TE Andrew Rappleyea	6-4 251lbs 4.65	TE	251lbs	6-4	4.65	6	114.3	79.3 MORE>>	Reliability is the resume. Rappleyea caught twenty of his twenty-two targets without a single drop, posting the best hands tape of any...
9	TE Benjamin Brahmer	6-7 255lbs 4.65	TE	255lbs	6-7	4.65	5	111.3	79.5 MORE>>	The silhouette sells itself, six-foot-seven with elite timed speed, and the production finally caught up. Brahmer led Iowa State in...

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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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.