2027 NFL Draft Tight End Rankings - 25-36

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
2

TE
Jamari
Johnson

6-5 255lbs 4.74
TE
Oregon   Mascot
Oregon Mascot
255lbs 6-5 4.74 2 25.7
85.9
Johnson is a long, athletic move tight end who wins one-on-one on slants, digs and seams and makes the most of his catch radius. He showed...
33

TE
Jaden
Reddell

6-4 240lbs 4.67
TE
Georgia   Mascot
Georgia Mascot
240lbs 6-4 4.67 35 546.5
64.9
Reddell is an athletic, improving tight end whose role at Georgia has grown this fall. He has a touchdown against Tennessee State and a...
31

TE
Christian
Bentancur

6-4 250lbs 4.68
TE
Clemson   Mascot
Clemson Mascot
250lbs 6-4 4.68 33 528
66.2
Bentancur is a smooth, productive tight end and a dependable red-zone option for Clemson. He scored against North Carolina and Florida...
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...
15

TE
Walker
Lyons

6-4 245lbs 4.75
TE
BYU   Mascot
BYU Mascot
245lbs 6-4 4.75 37 562.5
78.6
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...
10

TE
Willie
Rodriguez

6-4 249lbs 4.72
TE
Kentucky   Mascot
Kentucky Mascot
249lbs 6-4 4.72 11 187.5
80.7
Rodriguez is a dependable, versatile tight end who has grown into a focal point of the Kentucky passing game. He catches what he gets,...
9

TE
Andrew
Rappleyea

6-4 242lbs 4.65
TE
Penn State   Mascot
Penn State Mascot
242lbs 6-4 4.65 7 121
81.3
Reliability is the resume. Rappleyea caught twenty of his twenty-two targets without a single drop, posting the best hands tape of any...
8

TE
DJ
Vonnahme

6-4 241lbs 4.65
TE
Iowa   Mascot
Iowa Mascot
241lbs 6-4 4.65 6 116.6
81.3
The bowl game introduced him to everyone at once. Vonnahme caught seven passes for 146 yards against Vanderbilt, the second-biggest...
7

TE
Lawson
Luckie

6-4 240lbs 4.65
TE
Georgia   Mascot
Georgia Mascot
240lbs 6-4 4.65 5 106.8
82.1
One Saturday carries the file. Luckie caught five balls against Ole Miss and three of them were touchdowns, a red-zone exhibition that...
3

TE
Luke
Reynolds

6-4 250lbs 4.50
TE
Virginia Tech   Mascot
Virginia Tech Mascot
250lbs 6-4 4.50 3 78.3
84.7
Reynolds has turned his five-star pedigree into production in his first season at Virginia Tech. He leads all FBS tight ends with 50...
36

TE
Elija
Lofton

6-3 242lbs 4.66
TE
Miami   Mascot
Miami Mascot
242lbs 6-3 4.66 41 596
62.8
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...

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.