TIGHT ENDS IN THE 2026 NFL DRAFT
Last night, as I do most Thursdays, I appeared on the Misses Are Relevant podcast. Me and three other draft professors talked through our tight end big boards. Please go check out the video, give it a like and subscribe to the Football With Chaw YouTube channel.
I spent most of yesterday grinding film and updating numbers in a spreadsheet to try and get my “final” grades on these players. There are still a few weeks left and tweaks will be made - there are still numbers coming in. Here are the 22 I have graded so far:
Kenyon Sadiq, Oregon - Grade 86.48
Eli Stowers, Vanderbilt - Grade 82.02
Eli Raridon, Notre Dame - Grade 79.66
Sam Roush, Stanford - Grade 79.02
Oscar Delp, Georgia - Grade 78.39
Max Klare, Ohio State - Grade 78.16
Tanner Koziol, Houston - Grade 77.54
Jack Endries, Texas - Grade 77.21
Dae’Quan Wright, Ole Miss - Grade 76.63
Carsen Ryan, BYU - Grade 76.21
Justin Joly, NC State - Grade 75.34
Dallen Bentley, Utah - Grade 75.27
Michael Trigg, Baylor - Grade 75.07
Matthew Hibner, SMU - Grade 74.14
Chamon Metayer, Arizona State - Grade 72.76
Joe Royer, Cincinnati - Grade 72.32
Riley Nowakowski, Indiana - Grade 72.29
Marlin Klein, Michigan - Grade 71.64
John Michael Gyllenborg, Wyoming - Grade 69.51
Josh Cuevas, Alabama - Grade 69.42
Jaren Kanak, Oklahoma - Grade 68.03
Jack Velling, Michigan State - 65.77
QUICK LOOK AT SCOUTING MODEL
As I mentioned at the beginning, this is a work-in-progress. Here’s what I did last night and earlier this morning just to prep for corners - a position I’m tragically behind on. I’ve already done this for most positions, but this was a huge reminder of how much time it takes.
Name, school, verified height/weight, PFF grades and CFB 26 rating. This is the stuff in addition to film that takes time. I’d love to post a video mock draft every day and get hundreds of views, but sometimes the boring stuff needs to get done. That being said, I’ll be posting a video this weekend for my final mock draft before draft week.
