Consensus board vs. draft day: the full TE class, charted.
The Steal
Jerell Adams was ranked TE4 on the consensus board (#113 overall) but lasted until pick 184, where the New York Giants took him in Round 6. A 71-spot fall, the largest gap between consensus and draft day of any TE in the class. Behind him, Beau Sandland (+50) and Nick Vannett (+10) also outlasted their rankings.
The Conviction Pick
The Los Angeles Rams took Temarrick Hemingway at pick 177, 60 spots ahead of his #237 consensus rank. That's the league's strongest disagreement with the public board at the position. Teams showed similar conviction on Tyler Higbee (33 spots) and David Morgan (32 spots).
The Cliff
After Tyler Higbee went at pick 110, the next TE didn't come off the board for 67 picks. That's the sharpest drop in the class.
The Spend
Teams spent 9 picks on TE, 1 of them in the first two rounds. That's below the position's average of 14.3 since 2018.
The Bet
The SDG spent more draft capital on TE than any other club: pick 35, 22% of their total draft investment.
The One Who Slipped
Bryce Williams, ranked #199 on the consensus board, went undrafted through all 253 picks.
| Pick | Player | Pos Rank | Consensus | Δ | School | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | Hunter Henry | TE1 | #45 | −10 | Arkansas | SDG |
| 81 | Austin Hooper | TE2 | #74 | +7 | Stanford | Atlanta |
| 94 | Nick Vannett | TE3 | #84 | +10 | Ohio State | Seattle |
| 110 | Tyler Higbee | TE5 | #143 | −33 | Western Kentucky | LA Rams |
| 177 | Temarrick Hemingway | TE12 | #237 | −60 | South Carolina State | LA Rams |
| 184 | Jerell Adams | TE4 | #113 | +71 | South Carolina | NY Giants |
| 188 | David Morgan | TE10 | #220 | −32 | Texas-San Antonio | Minnesota |
| 217 | Rico Gathers | TE | — | — | Baylor | Dallas |
| 252 | Beau Sandland | TE7 | #202 | +50 | Montana State | Carolina |
| Undrafted (UDFA) | ||||||
| — | Bryce Williams | TE6 | #199 | — | East Carolina | — |
| — | Benjamin Braunecker | TE8 | #211 | — | — | — |
| — | Henry Krieger-Coble | TE9 | #216 | — | — | — |
| — | Jake Mcgee | TE11 | #231 | — | Florida | — |
| — | Kyle Carter | TE13 | #276 | — | — | — |
| — | Darion Griswold | TE14 | #295 | — | — | — |
| — | Braxton Deaver | TE | — | — | — | — |
| — | David Grinnage | TE | — | — | North Carolina State | — |
| — | Ryan Malleck | TE | — | — | Virginia Tech | — |
Pre-draft projections are from the Wide Left Consensus Big Board compiled by Arif Hasan, an aggregation of published analyst boards.