Consensus board vs. draft day: the full TE class, charted.
The Steal
Stephen Sullivan was ranked TE15 on the consensus board (#214 overall) but lasted until pick 251, where the Seattle Seahawks took him in Round 7. A 37-spot fall, the largest gap between consensus and draft day of any TE in the class. Behind him, Adam Trautman (+33) and Brycen Hopkins (+30) also outlasted their rankings.
The Conviction Pick
The New England Patriots took Dalton Keene at pick 101, 83 spots ahead of his #184 consensus rank. That's the league's strongest disagreement with the public board at the position. Teams showed similar conviction on Josiah Deguara (67 spots) and Devin Asiasi (42 spots).
The Cliff
After Brycen Hopkins went at pick 136, the next TE didn't come off the board for 54 picks. That's the sharpest drop in the class.
The Spend
Teams spent 12 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 New England Patriots spent more draft capital on TE than any other club: picks 91 and 101, 23% of their total draft investment.
The One Who Slipped
Hunter Bryant, ranked #98 on the consensus board, went undrafted through all 255 picks.
| Pick | Player | Pos Rank | Consensus | Δ | School | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Cole Kmet | TE1 | #62 | −19 | Notre Dame | Chicago |
| 91 | Devin Asiasi | TE7 | #133 | −42 | UCLA | New England |
| 94 | Josiah Deguara | TE9 | #161 | −67 | Cincinnati | Green Bay |
| 101 | Dalton Keene | TE12 | #184 | −83 | Virginia Tech | New England |
| 105 | Adam Trautman | TE2 | #72 | +33 | Dayton | New Orleans |
| 115 | Harrison Bryant | TE4 | #104 | +11 | Florida Atlantic | Cleveland |
| 118 | Albert Okwuegbunam | TE6 | #111 | +7 | Missouri | Denver |
| 133 | Colby Parkinson | TE10 | #164 | −31 | Stanford | Seattle |
| 136 | Brycen Hopkins | TE5 | #106 | +30 | Purdue | LA Rams |
| 190 | Charlie Woerner | TE | — | — | Georgia | San Francisco |
| 206 | Tyler Davis | TE | — | — | Georgia Tech | Jacksonville |
| 251 | Stephen Sullivan | TE15 | #214 | +37 | LSU | Seattle |
| Undrafted (UDFA) | ||||||
| — | Hunter Bryant | TE3 | #98 | — | Washington | — |
| — | Thaddeus Moss | TE8 | #139 | — | LSU | — |
| — | Jared Pinkney | TE11 | #178 | — | Vanderbilt | — |
| — | Jacob Breeland | TE13 | #205 | — | Oregon | — |
| — | Cheyenne O'Grady | TE14 | #206 | — | — | — |
| — | Charlie Taumoepeau | TE16 | #242 | — | Portland State | — |
| — | Mitchell Wilcox | TE17 | #277 | — | South Florida | — |
| — | Sean McKeon | TE18 | #300 | — | Michigan | — |
| — | Giovanni Ricci | TE | — | — | — | — |
Pre-draft projections are from the Wide Left Consensus Big Board compiled by Arif Hasan, an aggregation of published analyst boards.