Consensus board vs. draft day: the full TE class, charted.
The Steal
Mark Andrews was ranked TE4 on the consensus board (#63 overall) but lasted until pick 86, where the Baltimore Ravens took him in Round 3. A 23-spot fall, the largest gap between consensus and draft day of any TE in the class.
The Conviction Pick
The Houston Texans took Jordan Akins at pick 98, 112 spots ahead of his #210 consensus rank. That's the league's strongest disagreement with the public board at the position. Teams showed similar conviction on Will Dissly (95 spots) and Durham Smythe (53 spots).
The Cliff
After Tyler Conklin went at pick 157, the next TE didn't come off the board for 54 picks. That's the sharpest drop in the class.
The Spend
Teams spent 14 picks on TE, 3 of them in the first two rounds. That's right at the position's average of 14.3 since 2018.
The Bet
The Baltimore Ravens spent more draft capital on TE than any other club: picks 25 and 86, 29% of their total draft investment.
The One Who Slipped
Marcus Baugh, ranked #294 on the consensus board, went undrafted through all 256 picks.
| Pick | Player | Pos Rank | Consensus | Δ | School | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Hayden Hurst | TE3 | #54 | −29 | South Carolina | Baltimore |
| 42 | Mike Gesicki | TE2 | #46 | −4 | Penn State | Miami |
| 49 | Dallas Goedert | TE1 | #40 | +9 | South Dakota State | Philadelphia |
| 86 | Mark Andrews | TE4 | #63 | +23 | Oklahoma | Baltimore |
| 98 | Jordan Akins | TE11 | #210 | −112 | UCF | Houston |
| 101 | Ian Thomas | TE5 | #93 | +8 | Indiana | Carolina |
| 107 | Chris Herndon | TE7 | #134 | −27 | Miami | NY Jets |
| 120 | Will Dissly | TE12 | #215 | −95 | Washington | Seattle |
| 123 | Durham Smythe | TE9 | #176 | −53 | Notre Dame | Miami |
| 137 | Dalton Schultz | TE6 | #132 | +5 | Stanford | Dallas |
| 156 | Troy Fumagalli | TE8 | #150 | +6 | Wisconsin | Denver |
| 157 | Tyler Conklin | TE10 | #185 | −28 | Central Michigan | Minnesota |
| 211 | Jordan Thomas | TE | — | — | Mississippi State | Houston |
| 250 | Ryan Izzo | TE13 | #241 | +9 | Florida State | New England |
| Undrafted (UDFA) | ||||||
| — | Marcus Baugh | TE14 | #294 | — | Ohio State | — |
| — | Adam Breneman | TE | — | — | — | — |
| — | Andrew Vollert | TE | — | — | — | — |
| — | Brandon Lingen | TE | — | — | — | — |
| — | Cam Serigne | TE | — | — | — | — |
| — | David Wells | TE | — | — | San Diego State | — |
| — | DeAndre Goolsby | TE | — | — | — | — |
| — | Deon Yelder | TE | — | — | — | — |
| — | Ethan Wolf | TE | — | — | — | — |
| — | Jeb Blazevich | TE | — | — | — | — |
| — | Nick Keizer | TE | — | — | — | — |
Pre-draft projections are from the Wide Left Consensus Big Board compiled by Arif Hasan, an aggregation of published analyst boards.