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RotoBaller's early 2025 fantasy football best ball tight end rankings. These pre-NFL Draft TE best ball rankings are for Underdog, DraftKings, NFFC, and more.
Sure, the 2024-25 fantasy football season has not been gone long, but it's already best ball draft season for many fantasy enthusiasts. As always, the tight end position presents difficult decisions and challenges, so we're here to help with our NFL team's early 2025 fantasy football best ball tight end rankings. Use these early best ball rankings for Underdog, DraftKings, NFFC, FanDuel, and more.
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Two of RotoBaller's lead fantasy football analysts -- Phil Clark and Nick Mariano -- have put together their consensus staff rankings, which will be updated regularly through the start of the 2025 fantasy football season. Let's see where Brock Bowers, Trey McBride, Sam LaPorta, Mark Andrews, Jonnu Smith, Travis Kelce, and Tyler Warren stand, among other TEs.
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2025 Best Ball Tight End Rankings for Fantasy Football
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| TE Tier |
TE Rank |
Player Name |
Pos. | Overall Rank |
| 1 | 1 | Brock Bowers | TE | 13 |
| 2 | 2 | Trey McBride | TE | 26 |
| 3 | 3 | George Kittle | TE | 38 |
| 3 | 4 | Sam LaPorta | TE | 68 |
| 3 | 5 | Jonnu Smith | TE | 71 |
| 3 | 6 | Mark Andrews | TE | 73 |
| 4 | 7 | Travis Kelce | TE | 79 |
| 5 | 8 | T.J. Hockenson | TE | 92 |
| 5 | 9 | David Njoku | TE | 93 |
| 5 | 10 | Dalton Kincaid | TE | 94 |
| 5 | 11 | Evan Engram | TE | 103 |
| 5 | 12 | Tucker Kraft | TE | 108 |
| 5 | 13 | Jake Ferguson | TE | 109 |
| 5 | 14 | Dallas Goedert | TE | 123 |
| 6 | 15 | Kyle Pitts | TE | 127 |
| 6 | 16 | Cade Otton | TE | 137 |
| 6 | 17 | Pat Freiermuth | TE | 146 |
| 6 | 18 | Zach Ertz | TE | 151 |
| 6 | 19 | Hunter Henry | TE | 154 |
| 6 | 20 | Tyler Warren | TE | 158 |
| 6 | 21 | Chig Okonkwo | TE | 177 |
| 6 | 22 | Dalton Schultz | TE | 195 |
| 6 | 23 | Cole Kmet | TE | 196 |
| 6 | 24 | Isaiah Likely | TE | 211 |
| 6 | 25 | Ben Sinnott | TE | 213 |
| 7 | 26 | Mike Gesicki | TE | 214 |
| 7 | 27 | Harold Fannin Jr. | TE | 222 |
| 7 | 28 | Tyler Conklin | TE | 229 |
| 7 | 29 | Theo Johnson | TE | 231 |
| 7 | 30 | Colston Loveland | TE | 238 |
| 7 | 31 | Noah Fant | TE | 245 |
| 7 | 32 | Noah Gray | TE | 249 |
| 7 | 33 | Ja'Tavion Sanders | TE | 252 |
| 7 | 34 | Mason Taylor | TE | 253 |
| 8 | 35 | Gunnar Helm | TE | 258 |
| 8 | 36 | Taysom Hill | TE | 261 |
| 8 | 37 | Juwan Johnson | TE | 263 |
| 8 | 38 | Michael Mayer | TE | 266 |
| 8 | 39 | Luke Musgrave | TE | 281 |
| 8 | 40 | Dawson Knox | TE | 284 |
| 8 | 41 | Terrance Ferguson | TE | 291 |
| 8 | 42 | Mitchell Evans | TE | 301 |
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