Consensus board vs. draft day: the full TE class, charted.
The Steal
Jack Endries was ranked TE9 on the consensus board (#128 overall) but lasted until pick 221, where the Cincinnati Bengals took him in Round 7. A 93-spot fall, the largest gap between consensus and draft day of any TE in the class. Behind him, Dallen Bentley (+83) and Justin Joly (+37) also outlasted their rankings.
The Conviction Pick
The Miami Dolphins took Will Kacmarek at pick 87, 118 spots ahead of his #205 consensus rank. That's the league's strongest disagreement with the public board at the position. Teams showed similar conviction on Matthew Hibner (108 spots) and Nate Boerkircher (107 spots).
The Cliff
After Kenyon Sadiq went at pick 16, the next TE didn't come off the board for 38 picks. That's the sharpest drop in the class.
The Spend
Teams spent 21 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 New York Jets spent more draft capital on TE than any other club: pick 16, 21% of their total draft investment.
The One Who Slipped
Michael Trigg, ranked #118 on the consensus board, went undrafted through all 257 picks.
| Pick | Player | Pos Rank | Consensus | Δ | School | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Kenyon Sadiq | TE1 | #16 | 0 | Oregon | New York Jets |
| 54 | Eli Stowers | TE2 | #58 | −4 | Vanderbilt | Philadelphia |
| 56 | Nate Boerkircher | TE12 | #163 | −107 | Texas A&M | Jacksonville |
| 59 | Marlin Klein | TE11 | #158 | −99 | Michigan | Houston |
| 61 | Max Klare | TE3 | #71 | −10 | Ohio State | LA Rams |
| 69 | Sam Roush | TE5 | #103 | −34 | Stanford | Chicago |
| 73 | Oscar Delp | TE4 | #101 | −28 | Georgia | New Orleans |
| 87 | Will Kacmarek | TE17 | #205 | −118 | Ohio State | Miami |
| 95 | Eli Raridon | TE8 | #126 | −31 | Notre Dame | New England |
| 133 | Matthew Hibner | TE20 | #241 | −108 | SMU | Baltimore |
| 152 | Justin Joly | TE6 | #115 | +37 | NC State | Denver |
| 164 | Tanner Koziol | TE10 | #153 | +11 | Houston | Jacksonville |
| 169 | Riley Nowakowski | TE19 | #240 | −71 | Indiana | Pittsburgh |
| 170 | Joe Royer | TE13 | #169 | +1 | Cincinnati | Cleveland |
| 173 | Josh Cuevas | TE16 | #196 | −23 | Alabama | Baltimore |
| 180 | Seydou Traore | TE24 | #309 | −129 | Mississippi State | Miami |
| 185 | Bauer Sharp | TE25 | #355 | −170 | LSU | Tampa Bay |
| 221 | Jack Endries | TE9 | #128 | +93 | Texas | Cincinnati |
| 225 | Jaren Kanak | TE22 | #273 | −48 | Oklahoma | Tennessee |
| 248 | Carsen Ryan | TE23 | #283 | −35 | BYU | Cleveland |
| 256 | Dallen Bentley | TE14 | #173 | +83 | Utah | Denver |
| Undrafted (UDFA) | ||||||
| — | Michael Trigg | TE7 | #118 | — | Baylor | — |
| — | Dae'Quan Wright | TE15 | #183 | — | Ole Miss | — |
| — | John Michael Gyllenborg | TE18 | #213 | — | Wyoming | — |
| — | Lake McRee | TE21 | #268 | — | USC | — |
| — | Miles Kitselman | TE | — | — | Tennessee | — |
| — | RJ Maryland | TE | — | — | SMU | — |
| — | Khalil Dinkins | TE | — | — | Penn State | — |
| — | DJ Rogers | TE | — | — | TCU | — |
| — | Lance Mason | TE | — | — | Wisconsin | — |
| — | Dan Villari | TE | — | — | Syracuse | — |
| — | Hayden Large | TE | — | — | Iowa | — |
Pre-draft projections are from the Wide Left Consensus Big Board compiled by Arif Hasan, an aggregation of published analyst boards.