2027 NFL Draft Tight End Rankings - 13-24

LAST UPDATED: 11/02/2026

Player Rankings - Tight End

# Player Pos H/W/S Team Weight Height 40YD AVG POS RANK AVG OVR RANK Rating Summary
29

TE
Amir
Jackson

6-5 232lbs 4.65
TE
Florida   Mascot
Florida Mascot
232lbs 6-5 4.65 31 469.5
67.3
Jackson is a fast, athletic tight end who can stretch the field. He averages 19 yards a catch this season, with a 48-yard grab at Auburn...
28

TE
Ethan
Davis

6-5 247lbs 4.68
TE
Tennessee   Mascot
Tennessee Mascot
247lbs 6-5 4.68 26 403
69.2
Davis is an athletic, pass-catching tight end with good speed and the body control of a former basketball star. He showed his upside with...
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,...
26

TE
Trey
Leckner

6-3 243lbs 4.72
TE
Washington State   Mascot
Washington State Mascot
243lbs 6-3 4.72 28 425
69.9
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...
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...
24

TE
Dorian
Thomas

6-4 255lbs 4.72
TE
California   Mascot
California Mascot
255lbs 6-4 4.72 25 397
70.7
Thomas is a receiving move tight end who broke out at New Mexico in 2025, leading Mountain West tight ends in receiving before transferring...
23

TE
Decker
DeGraaf

6-4 250lbs 4.71
TE
Washington   Mascot
Washington Mascot
250lbs 6-4 4.71 19 339.5
71.0
DeGraaf is an athletic, experienced tight end who has started for Washington since his freshman year. He blocks in-line, catches what comes...
22

TE
Jaden
Platt

6-5 255lbs 4.65
TE
Arkansas   Mascot
Arkansas Mascot
255lbs 6-5 4.65 40 573.5
73.0
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...
21

TE
Garrett
Oakley

6-5 249lbs 4.67
TE
Kansas State   Mascot
Kansas State Mascot
249lbs 6-5 4.67 20 378.5
74.0
Oakley is a productive, reliable tight end who has been a red-zone weapon for three seasons. He has good speed for the position, finds...
20

TE
Michael
Masunas

6-5 259lbs 4.71
TE
Texas   Mascot
Texas Mascot
259lbs 6-5 4.71 18 313
74.0
Masunas is a reliable, blocking-first tight end who has earned his coaches' trust at Texas. He handles his assignments in the run game and...
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...
18

TE
Rocky
Beers

6-5 240lbs 4.64
TE
Oklahoma   Mascot
Oklahoma Mascot
240lbs 6-5 4.64 17 306
76.0
Beers is an athletic tight end whose receiving skills have found a home in the Oklahoma offense. He has the speed to stretch the seam,...

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.