2027 NFL Draft Tight End Rankings - 13-24

#	Player	Pos	H/W/S	Weight	Height	40YD	AVG POS RANK	AVG OVR RANK	Rating	Summary
8	TE DJ Vonnahme	6-4 241lbs 4.65	TE	241lbs	6-4	4.65	6	116.6	81.3 MORE>>	The bowl game introduced him to everyone at once. Vonnahme caught seven passes for 146 yards against Vanderbilt, the second-biggest...
36	TE Elija Lofton	6-3 242lbs 4.66	TE	242lbs	6-3	4.66	41	596	62.8 MORE>>	Lofton is a reliable, versatile tight end whose role in Miami's passing game has grown. He has caught almost 80 percent of his targets this...
9	TE Andrew Rappleyea	6-4 242lbs 4.65	TE	242lbs	6-4	4.65	7	121	81.3 MORE>>	Reliability is the resume. Rappleyea caught twenty of his twenty-two targets without a single drop, posting the best hands tape of any...
26	TE Trey Leckner	6-3 243lbs 4.72	TE	243lbs	6-3	4.72	28	425	69.9 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...
37	TE Jake Johnson	6-6 245lbs 4.62	TE	245lbs	6-6	4.62	51	773.5	61.9 MORE>>	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....
30	TE Brady Prieskorn	6-5 245lbs 4.68	TE	245lbs	6-5	4.68	30	461.5	66.9 MORE>>	Prieskorn was one of the best tight end prospects in the country in high school, with strong production and a basketball background. He has...
19	TE Jelani Thurman	6-6 245lbs 4.75	TE	245lbs	6-6	4.75	39	573	74.4 MORE>>	Three years at Ohio State produced almost no targets and remarkably clean film. Thurman ran twenty-five routes all season behind a loaded...
15	TE Walker Lyons	6-4 245lbs 4.75	TE	245lbs	6-4	4.75	37	562.5	78.6 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	4	82.2	84.7 MORE>>	Carter is a productive move tight end who has been a reliable target at two programs. He caught 48 passes for 689 yards as a first-team...
6	TE Eli Finley	6-6 246lbs 4.75	TE	246lbs	6-6	4.75	9	144	82.8 MORE>>	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...
28	TE Ethan Davis	6-5 247lbs 4.68	TE	247lbs	6-5	4.68	26	403	69.2 MORE>>	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	247lbs	6-6	4.73	21	380	69.2 MORE>>	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,...

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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.