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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
18 |
6-5
273lbs
4.80
|
TE |
|
273lbs | 6-5 | 4.80 | 16 | 531 |
68.2
|
The 2025 season lasted two games, one catch and a torn labrum. Williams arrived at Oregon State by way of Miami, where he signed as a... | |
3 |
6-6
265lbs
4.65
|
TE |
|
265lbs | 6-6 | 4.65 | 4 | 90.3 |
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... | |
12 |
6-6
263lbs
4.66
|
TE |
|
263lbs | 6-6 | 4.66 | 10 | 162.3 |
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... | |
11 |
6-5
260lbs
4.65
|
TE |
|
260lbs | 6-5 | 4.65 | 13 | 234 |
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... | |
5 |
6-6
260lbs
4.65
|
TE |
|
260lbs | 6-6 | 4.65 | 11 | 170.5 |
82.3
|
The pedigree and the production finally met, one level down. Foley spent three buried seasons at Indiana, moved to Tulsa, and immediately... | |
2 |
6-5
257lbs
4.74
|
TE |
|
257lbs | 6-5 | 4.74 | 1 | 21.1 |
86.8
|
Oregon spent 2025 rotating two NFL tight ends, and the backup might have the higher ceiling. Johnson opened the season behind the... | |
9 |
6-7
255lbs
4.65
|
TE |
|
255lbs | 6-7 | 4.65 | 6 | 118.7 |
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 | 99 |
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... | |
17 |
6-6
250lbs
4.75
|
TE |
|
250lbs | 6-6 | 4.75 | 17 | 534.5 |
72.0
|
Three years at Ohio State produced almost no targets and remarkably clean film. Thurman ran twenty-five routes all season behind a loaded... | |
6 |
6-4
250lbs
4.50
|
TE |
|
250lbs | 6-4 | 4.50 | 9 | 137 |
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 | 14 | 241 |
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... | |
4 |
6-2
245lbs
4.75
|
TE |
|
245lbs | 6-2 | 4.75 | 3 | 76.8 |
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... |












