Consensus board vs. draft day: the full TE class, charted.
The Steal
Luke Lachey was ranked TE12 on the consensus board (#204 overall) but lasted until pick 255, where the Houston Texans took him in Round 7. A 51-spot fall, the largest gap between consensus and draft day of any TE in the class. Behind him, Thomas Fidone II (+20) and Gunnar Helm (+16) also outlasted their rankings.
The Conviction Pick
The Los Angeles Rams took Terrance Ferguson at pick 46, 39 spots ahead of his #85 consensus rank. That's the league's strongest disagreement with the public board at the position. Teams showed similar conviction on Jackson Hawes (25 spots).
The Cliff
After Harold Fannin Jr. went at pick 67, the next TE didn't come off the board for 53 picks. That's the sharpest drop in the class.
The Spend
Teams spent 16 picks on TE, 5 of them in the first two rounds. That's above the position's average of 14.3 since 2018.
The Bet
The Chicago Bears spent more draft capital on TE than any other club: pick 10, 29% of their total draft investment.
| Pick | Player | Pos Rank | Consensus | Δ | School | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Colston Loveland | TE2 | #12 | −2 | Michigan | Chicago |
| 14 | Tyler Warren | TE1 | #7 | +7 | Penn State | Indianapolis |
| 42 | Mason Taylor | TE3 | #47 | −5 | LSU | New York Jets |
| 46 | Terrance Ferguson | TE6 | #85 | −39 | Oregon | LA Rams |
| 50 | Elijah Arroyo | TE4 | #58 | −8 | Miami | Seattle |
| 67 | Harold Fannin Jr. | TE5 | #75 | −8 | Bowling Green | Cleveland |
| 120 | Gunnar Helm | TE7 | #104 | +16 | Texas | Tennessee |
| 163 | Mitchell Evans | TE8 | #151 | +12 | Notre Dame | Carolina |
| 165 | Oronde Gadsden II | TE9 | #167 | −2 | Syracuse | LA Chargers |
| 173 | Jackson Hawes | TE10 | #198 | −25 | Georgia Tech | Buffalo |
| 175 | Robbie Ouzts | TE15 | #378 | −203 | Alabama | Seattle |
| 202 | Gavin Bartholomew | TE13 | #270 | −68 | Pittsburgh | Minnesota |
| 219 | Thomas Fidone II | TE11 | #199 | +20 | Nebraska | New York Giants |
| 241 | Caleb Lohner | TE16 | #642 | −401 | Utah | Denver |
| 248 | Moliki Matavao | TE14 | #272 | −24 | UCLA | New Orleans |
| 255 | Luke Lachey | TE12 | #204 | +51 | Iowa | Houston |
| Undrafted (UDFA) | ||||||
| — | Marshall Lang | TE | — | — | Northwestern | — |
| — | Brant Kuithe | TE | — | — | Utah | — |
Pre-draft projections are from the Wide Left Consensus Big Board compiled by Arif Hasan, an aggregation of published analyst boards.