2025 NFL Draft Guide: Get to know the tight ends

Welcome to our 2025 NFL Draft Guide rollout!

Today, we’ll be focusing on tight ends in our “get to know the prospects” series.

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Tyler Warren, Penn State

Consensus positional ranking: 1

Prospect bio: Warren was a three-star recruit out of Atlee High School, where he started at quarterback as a junior and senior. He originally committed to Virginia Tech before switching to Penn State. Due to playing a new position in a run-first offense behind NFL-caliber pass-catchers, Warren only had 15 catches in his first three seasons, but he paced the Nittany Lions with 7 touchdown receptions in 2023 before truly breaking out in 2024. Warren broke the school’s single-season tight end records for receptions and receiving yards as well as the Big 10’s single-game tight end records with 17 catches for 224 yards against USC.

2024 stats: 104 receptions, 1,451 yards from scrimmage, 12 total touchdowns

Player comp: Jeremy Shockey

Colston Loveland, Michigan

Consensus positional ranking: 2

Prospect bio: Loveland was a four-star recruit out of Gooding High School, where he won Idaho’s Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior. He committed to Michigan and caught 16 passes as a freshman before snagging 45 catches as a sophomore on the Wolverines’ national championship team. As a junior in 2024, Loveland broke the school’s single-season tight end record for receptions, and he finished top-three in career receptions, receiving yards, and touchdown receptions for a Michigan tight end. 

2024 stats: 56 receptions, 580 yards from scrimmage, 5 total touchdowns

Player comp: Zach Ertz

Harold Fannin Jr., Bowling Green

Consensus positional ranking: 3

Prospect bio: Fannin Jr. was an unranked recruit out of McKinley High School, where he starred on both sides of the ball playing on the stadium at Canton’s Pro Football Hall of Fame. He committed to Bowling Green and caught 19 passes as a freshman before emerging with 44 catches as a sophomore. As a junior in 2024, Fannin Jr. produced one of the greatest tight end seasons in college football history. He broke FBS single-season tight end records for receptions, receiving yards, receptions per game, and receiving yards per game; became the first tight end to lead the country in both receptions and receiving yards; and set single-game bowl record with 213 yards in the 2024 68 Ventures Bowl. 

2024 stats: 117 receptions, 1,620 yards from scrimmage, 11 total touchdowns

Player comp: Isaiah Likely

Elijah Arroyo, Miami

Consensus positional ranking: 4

Prospect bio: Arroyo was a four-star recruit out of Independence High School and committed to Miami. Due in part to injury, he only garnered 11 catches in his first three seasons, but he caught 35 balls for 590 yards in 2024 to earn second-team All-ACC honors. According to Reel Analytics, Arroyo hit a top speed of 21.8 miles per hour on a 74-yard score against Georgia Tech.

2024 stats: 35 receptions, 590 yards from scrimmage, 7 total touchdowns

Player comp: Eric Ebron

Mason Taylor, LSU

Consensus positional ranking: 5

Prospect bio: Taylor, the son of Jason Taylor and nephew of Zach Thomas (two Pro Football Hall of Famers), was a three-star recruit out of St. Thomas Aquinas High School. He committed to LSU and had an immediate impact, catching 4 passes for 34 yards in his debut and the game-winning 2-point conversion against Alabama in his first year. Taylor followed up his 38-catch freshman season with a 36-catch sophomore season before netting 55 catches, a single-season school tight end record, as a junior. 

2024 stats: 55 receptions, 546 yards from scrimmage, 2 total touchdowns

Player comp: Cade Otton

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