2023 NFL Draft Prospect Positional Rankings & Player Comps: Tight Ends

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2023 NFL Draft Prospect Rankings & Player Comps: Tight Ends

Here are Thor’s 2023 NFL Draft prospect rankings for each position.

Pos	Rank	Name	School	Comp	HT	WT	RAS	Hand	Arm	Wing
TE1	19	Dalton Kincaid	Utah	Todd Heap	6035	246	—	1028	3258	7838
TE2	24	Michael Mayer	Notre Dame	Jason Witten	6044	249	7.66	0948	3158	7628
TE3	39	Sam LaPorta	Iowa	Owen Daniels	6033	245	9.02	1028	3218	7748
TE4	50	Darnell Washington	Georgia	Martellus Bennett	6065	264	9.88	1100	3438	8368
TE5	54	Tucker Kraft	South Dakota St.	Dawson Knox	6050	254	9.68	1000	3268	7938
TE6	71	Luke Musgrave	Oregon State	Cole Kmet	6057	253	9.78	1038	3258	7948
TE7	85	Zack Kuntz	Old Dominion	Mike Gesecki	6065	255	10	1028	3400	8318
TE8	108	Luke Schoonmaker	Michigan	Dalton Schultz	6050	251	9.86	0900	3278	7818
TE9	149	Brenton Strange	Penn State	Jonnu Smith	6036	253	9.09	0958	3118	7518
TE10	175	Davis Allen	Clemson	Cole Turner	6054	245	8.58	1000	3228	7968
TE11	191	Josh Whyle	Cincinnati	Coby Fleener	6065	248	8.98	0948	3148	7738
TE12	213	Payne Durham	Purdue	Gavin Escobar	6055	253	6.58	0968	3338	8038
TE13	237	Cameron Latu	Alabama	Kaden Smith	6042	242	6.27	0948	3238	7918
TE14	265	Brayden Willis	Oklahoma	Josiah Deguara	6036	241	4.72	0968	3328	7918
TE15	294	Blake Whiteheart	Wake Forest	Chris Herndon	6037	247	8.99	0868	3218	7938
TE16	317	Noah Gindorff	NDSU	Quinn Sypniewski	6055	263	—	1000	3318	8028
TE17	332	Travis Vokolek	Nebraska	Ko Kieft	6060	259	7.95	0948	3278	7918
TE18	358	Leonard Taylor	Cincinnati	Richard Rodgers	6046	250	—	1018	3268	8048
TE19	374	Will Mallory	Miami	Michael Egnew	6045	239	9.05	0938	3228	7828
TE20	385	Daniel Barker	Michigan State	Brevin Jordan	6032	243	5.34	1028	3348	8078
TE21	401	Kyle Patterson	Air Force	Drew Sample	6051	260	—	0928	3248	7828
TE22	417	Ben Sims	Baylor	Jacob Breeland	6045	250	8.39	948	3318	8018
TE23	451	Luke Ford	Illinois	Trevon Wesco	6056	268	3.25	948	3328	7978
TE24	471	Jahleel Billingsley	Texas	Irv Smith Jr.	6040	223	8.05	938	3248	7878
TE25	489	Joel Wilson	Central Michigan	Noah Togiai	6035	242	4.33	1028	3258	7748
TE26	—	Michael Ezeike	UCLA	Jordan Akins	6052	241	4	900	3418	8178
TE27	—	Julian Hill	Campbell	Dalton Keene	6035	247	7.96	1000	3300	7958
TE28	—	Johnny Lumpkin	Louisiana	Justin Rigg	6053	264	6.63	1028	3528	8448
TE29	—	Thomas Greaney	Albany	Matt Bushman	6056	249	4.24	1000	3248	7958
TE30	—	Marshon Ford	Louisville	Tony Moeaki	6010	220	4.94	928	3128	7658
TE31	—	Christian Sims	Bowling Green	Quintin Morris	6023	243	7.09	828	3248	7768
TE32	—	Gunnar Oakes	Eastern Michigan	Jared Pinkney	6041	252	6.07	958	3138	7700
TE33	—	Princeton Fant	Tennessee	Jeremiah Hall	6012	243	—	968	3100	7628
TE34	—	Lachlan Pitts	William & Mary	David Wells	6054	253	7.44	1058	3228	7900
TE35	—	Kemari Averett	Bethune-Cookman	Rico Gathers	6061	260	3.15	0938	3400	8138
TE36	—	Jamal Turner	Toledo	Boo Williams	6046	239	2.62	858	3248	7668
TE37	—	Joel Honigford	Michigan	Brian Leonhardt	6050	260	3.75	958	3200	7828
TE38	—	Jordan Murray	Hawaii	Jacob Hollister	6035	242	6.69	1038	3318	8018
TE39	—	Brady Russell	Colorado	Marcus Baugh	6027	247	6.46	918	3448	7900
TE40	—	Camren McDonald	Florida State	Isaac Nauta	6042	237	2.52	928	3248	7618
TE41	—	Ben Redding	SMU	Miller Forristall	6035	240	2.26	958	3278	7668
TE42	—	Kemore Gamble	Central Florida	Cethan Carter	6034	234	5.68	1038	3228	7858
TE43	—	Jeremie Karngbaye	West Texas A&M	Nick Eubanks	6036	244	6.1	—	—	—
TE44	—	Jerome Jackson	Liberty	Fred Davis	6031	250	5.02	948	3248	7948
TE45	—	Josh Falo	USC	Randall Telfer	6053	248	5.04	1028	3358	8018
TE46	—	Sammy Wheeler	Kansas State	Cole Hikutini	6044	232	4.52	938	3128	7800
TE47	—	John Samuel Shenker	Auburn	Ravian Pierce	6027	242	2.5	938	3178	7728
TE48	—	Caleb Warren	Rhode Island	Garrett Graham	6022	244	5.56	968	3200	7648
TE49	—	Tyler Roberts	Merrimack	Blake Mack	6023	237	6.32	968	3068	7600
TE50	—	Logan Kendall	Utah	Gerald Christian	6024	249	4.17	900	3128	7528
TE51	—	Carson Swan	North Alabama	Blake Mack	6026	240	4.58	9.5	30.75	—
TE52	—	Nate Adkins	South Carolina	Cheyenne OGrady	6026	252	3.27	900	3138	7628