Consensus board vs. draft day: the full TE class, charted.
The Steal
Adam Trautman was ranked TE2 on the consensus board (#74 overall) but lasted until pick 105, where the New Orleans Saints took him in Round 3. A 31-spot fall, the largest gap between consensus and draft day of any TE in the class. Behind him, Stephen Sullivan (+28) and Harrison Bryant (+24) also outlasted their rankings.
The Conviction Pick
The Green Bay Packers took Josiah Deguara at pick 94, 95 spots ahead of his #189 consensus rank. That's the league's strongest disagreement with the public board at the position. Teams showed similar conviction on Dalton Keene (80 spots) and Devin Asiasi (40 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 #95 on the consensus board, went undrafted through all 255 picks.
| Pick | Player | Pos Rank | Consensus | Δ | School | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Cole Kmet | TE1 | #55 | −12 | Notre Dame | Chicago |
| 91 | Devin Asiasi | TE7 | #131 | −40 | UCLA | New England |
| 94 | Josiah Deguara | TE11 | #189 | −95 | Cincinnati | Green Bay |
| 101 | Dalton Keene | TE10 | #181 | −80 | Virginia Tech | New England |
| 105 | Adam Trautman | TE2 | #74 | +31 | Dayton | New Orleans |
| 115 | Harrison Bryant | TE3 | #91 | +24 | Florida Atlantic | Cleveland |
| 118 | Albert Okwuegbunam | TE5 | #110 | +8 | Missouri | Denver |
| 133 | Colby Parkinson | TE8 | #146 | −13 | Stanford | Seattle |
| 136 | Brycen Hopkins | TE6 | #120 | +16 | Purdue | LA Rams |
| 190 | Charlie Woerner | TE17 | #332 | −142 | Georgia | San Francisco |
| 206 | Tyler Davis | TE20 | #380 | −174 | Georgia Tech | Jacksonville |
| 251 | Stephen Sullivan | TE13 | #223 | +28 | LSU | Seattle |
| Undrafted (UDFA) | ||||||
| — | Hunter Bryant | TE4 | #95 | — | Washington | — |
| — | Thaddeus Moss | TE9 | #164 | — | LSU | — |
| — | Jared Pinkney | TE12 | #199 | — | Vanderbilt | — |
| — | Cheyenne O'Grady | TE14 | #248 | — | — | — |
| — | Charlie Taumoepeau | TE15 | #284 | — | Portland State | — |
| — | Jacob Breeland | TE16 | #285 | — | Oregon | — |
| — | Mitchell Wilcox | TE18 | #372 | — | South Florida | — |
| — | Sean McKeon | TE19 | #374 | — | Michigan | — |
| — | Giovanni Ricci | TE21 | #384 | — | — | — |