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2025 Fantasy Football TE Rookie Rankings (Pre-NFL Draft) - Tyler Warren, Elijah Arroyo, Harold Fannin Jr., and more

Tyler Warren - College Football Rankings - NCAA CFB DFS Lineup Picks - NFL Draft

RotoBaller's 2025 fantasy football TE rookie rankings for 2025 NFL rookies by Matt Donnelly. These early TE rookie rankings are from before the NFL Draft and include edge, safety, linebacker, and cornerbacks.

The positional strengths of certain positions cycle every year. Last year, the quarterback and wide receiver classes were strong. This season, they give way to the running back and tight end positions.

As prospects prepare to hear their names called at the NFL Draft, fantasy managers look to gain the upper hand on their competition by gaining more insight into some of the top prospects.

If you want to take the next step, you have come to the right place. The tight end position in 2025 is shaping into one of the strongest tight end classes in recent memory. Here are the Top 10 tight ends ahead of the NFL Draft.

Be sure to check all of our fantasy football rankings for 2025:

 

NFL Rookie Rankings for Fantasy Football (Pre-Draft)

Rookie rankings are from before the NFL Scouting Combine and before the NFL Draft

Tier Rank Player Name Pos
1 1 Ashton Jeanty RB
1 2 Tetairoa McMillan WR
1 3 Omarion Hampton RB
1 4 Luther Burden III WR
1 5 Emeka Egbuka WR
1 6 Kaleb Johnson RB
2 7 TreVeyon Henderson RB
2 8 Tyler Warren TE
2 9 Quinshon Judkins RB
2 10 Tre Harris WR
2 11 Matthew Golden WR
3 12 Travis Hunter WR
3 13 Colston Loveland TE
3 14 Elic Ayomanor WR
3 15 Cam Ward QB
3 16 Isaiah Bond WR
3 17 Devin Neal RB
4 18 Dylan Sampson RB
4 19 Elijah Arroyo TE
4 20 Cam Skattebo RB
4 21 Tez Johnson WR
4 22 Shedeur Sanders QB
4 23 Harold Fannin Jr. TE
4 24 Jalen Royals WR
4 25 Xavier Restrepo WR
4 26 Ollie Gordon II RB
4 27 Jayden Higgins WR
4 28 Savion Williams WR
4 29 RJ Harvey RB
4 30 Bhayshul Tuten RB
4 31 Jalen Milroe QB
4 32 Tahj Brooks RB
4 33 Trevor Etienne RB
4 34 D.J. Giddens RB
5 35 Damien Martinez RB
5 36 Jordan James RB
5 37 Jack Bech WR
5 38 Jo'Quavious Marks RB
5 39 Brashard Smith RB
5 40 Mason Taylor TE
5 41 Jaydn Ott RB
6 42 Jaxson Dart QB
6 43 Tory Horton WR
6 44 Ricky White III WR
6 45 Quinn Ewers QB
6 46 Chimere Dike WR
6 47 Jaylin Noel WR
6 48 Ja'Corey Brooks WR
6 49 Tai Felton WR
6 50 Kalel Mullings RB
6 51 Kyle Monangai RB
6 52 Jarquez Hunter RB
6 53 Will Howard QB
6 54 LeQuint Allen RB
7 55 Raheim Sanders RB
7 56 Gunnar Helm TE
7 57 Luke Lachey TE
7 58 Dillon Gabriel QB
7 59 Riley Leonard QB
7 60 Corey Kiner RB
7 61 Kaden Prather WR
7 62 Phil Mafah RB
7 63 Kyren Lacy WR
7 64 Arian Smith WR
7 65 Oronde Gadsden II TE
7 66 Jaydon Blue RB
7 67 Marcus Yarns RB
7 68 Antwane Wells Jr. WR
8 69 Pat Bryant WR
8 70 Nick Nash WR
8 71 Terrance Ferguson TE
8 72 Jonah Coleman RB
8 73 Da'Quan Felton WR
8 74 Donovan Edwards RB
8 75 Tyler Shough QB
8 76 Jake Briningstool TE
8 77 Bru McCoy WR
8 78 Theo Wease Jr. WR
8 79 Kobe Hudson WR
8 80 Jackson Hawes TE
9 81 Kyle McCord QB
9 82 Kurtis Rourke QB
9 83 Dont'e Thornton WR
9 84 Jaylin Lane WR
9 85 Kyle Williams WR
9 86 Efton Chism III WR
9 87 Seth Henigan QB
9 88 Jacory Croskey-Merritt RB

Pre-Draft Top 10 Fantasy TE PIcks

10. Jake Briningstool, Clemson

You are in luck if your fantasy roster requires a tight end this year. At No. 10 is former Clemson Tiger Jake Briningstool, who is bringing plenty of talent with him to the NFL this season. Bringingstool is a red zone threat at 6-foot-4 with a 78" wingspan. Briningstool's size, ball skills, and leaping ability allow him to gain the upper hand on linebackers and safeties alike.

Since 2023, in 26 contests, the former Tiger averaged 10.3 yards per reception and accounted for 1,098 yards in Clemon's offense. 

Briningstool will need to bulk up and get stronger this offseason if he is to produce in the NFL as a tight end.

9. Terrance Ferguson, Oregon

This tight-end class is loaded and will send some tight ends in the league to the unemployment line. Terrance Ferguson, in any other year, would be a top-5 tight end; this year, he barely cracks the top 10. Watching him throughout the season, he and Dillon Gabriel took advantage of their timing to work out leverage and angles to create separation.

Versatility is the name of the game these days, and Ferguson showed his running 40% of his snaps as an in-line tight end and 43% from the slot. If it weren't for the drops in 2024, Ferguson would be a little higher on this list.

8. Gunnar Helm, Texas

At the start of the 2024 season, Gunnar Helm was likely much higher on teams' draft boards. There was a stretch during the season in which Helm struggled, yet he only had a pair of drops and produced 786 receiving yards on 60 receptions. Like most prospects, "you either die a hero or live long enough to be the villain."

As the draft process plays out through the Combine and Pro Days, Helm is one of those prospects who can regain some value. He's arguably the best blocking tight end in this year's class, which will earn him some snaps early on. While he isn't a freak athlete like some of his peers, Helm is smart enough to find open space and uses his body well. He's not sexy; he's Dalton Schultz.

7. Oronde Gadsden II, Syracuse

Over the last three seasons, Oronde Gadsden II has played in 28 games: 13 in each of his sophomore and senior seasons and just two as a junior in 2023. In those two 13-game campaigns, Gadsden produced more than 930 receiving yards in each of those seasons while hauling in 134 passes. That works out to roughly 14.2 yards per reception to go along with his 13 touchdown receptions.

It will be interesting to see what position he plays at the next level. He could be labeled as a wide receiver, which would hurt his fantasy value. He is much more valuable to fantasy managers as a tight end, where he can be used all over the field. He is too big for nickel corners to defend and too fast for linebackers to keep up with.

6. Luke Lachey, Iowa

Can Luke Lachey continue the Iowa Hawkeye tight end talent tree? 

Iowa has produced some very good fantasy tight ends. From Dallas Clark to George Kittle. To more recent pass-catchers such as Noah Fant, Sam LaPorta, and T.J. Hockenson. The tight end position may be a fantasy wasteland, but it seems like a right of passage at Iowa.

Let's see how well Lachey tests at the Combine before selecting him in drafts. The production over the last couple of seasons has been a letdown after showing promise as a prospect as a freshman and sophomore. College production as a tight end is not as important as it is at other positions, but it also can not be ignored.

5. Mason Taylor, LSU

Mason Taylor may never be a Hall of Famer like his father, Jason, but he is one of those tight ends who is in line to have an excellent career as a pro.

Taylor's buzz grew throughout the Senior Bowl as the LSU product showed an ability to create separation against elite talent. He doesn't have that elite athleticism of, say, Harold Fannin Jr., Elijah Arroyo, or Tyler Warren, but he has good hands and runs good routes with a knack for finding soft spots in zone coverages.

In three seasons down in the Bayou, while competing for targets with some elite pass-catchers, Taylor quietly put up reasonable production, accounting for over 1300 yards in 39 career contests, averaging more than 10 yards per reception throughout college.

4. Harold Fannin Jr., Bowling Green

No player in the FBS averaged more receiving yards than Bowling Green's Fannin. Fannin's 1,555 receiving yards topped that of elite receiver prospects Tetairoa McMillan (1,319) of Arizona and Travis Hunter (1,258) of Colorado.

Some will push Fannin down the board because he does not measure up to traditional tight-end standards when it comes to size. At 6-foot-3 and 231 pounds, he will struggle to be an in-line blocking tight end. However, he is as exciting to watch as they come after the catch. There won't be many linebackers who can match his speed in the open field or when the ball is in the air.

3. Colston Loveland. Michigan

Like many tight ends in today's game, the position can be advantageous for offensive coordinators if appropriately schemed, as they create mismatches all over the field. Colston Loveland is another tight end who fits that mold. 

Loveland possesses the size, athleticism, and catch radius to be a productive tight end in the NFL, especially down in the red zone. If put in the right situation, Loveland is more than capable of attacking the seams of opposing defenses, much like we had envisioned Darren Wallerdoing when he became a Giants.

In Loveland's final 25 games at Michigan, he turned 101 receptions into 1,231 receiving yards and nine scores.

2. Elijah Arroyo, Miami

Elijah Arroyo helped his stock more than just about anyone at the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama. What many saw in person was on display on film all season long. Arroyo created separation all week and showed a quickness that 251 pind individuals should not have. The former Hurricane was also a dominant presence in the red zone, where he proved to be a mismatch nightmare.

Arroyo has plenty of speed and athleticism to spare. Not only is he a nightmare in the red zone, but he also has the vertical speed to blow past defenders in the vertical game while refined enough as a route runner to create separation. 

Let's see how those Combine medical checks go. The one knock on Arroyo and some reasoning why he didn't have more hype heading into the Senior Bowl was his lack of production, having played in just eight contests the previous two seasons.

1. Tyler Warren, Penn State

Tyler Warren led all Penn State pass-catchers a season ago with 104 receptions for 1,233 receiving yards (seventh-most in FBS)  and eight touchdown grabs in 16 Nittany Lion contests in 2024.

Since 2021, Warren has averaged 12 yards per reception, and in his senior season, he posted 77.1 receiving yards per game. That is more yards receiving per outing than Tez Johnson, Elic Ayomanor, and Emeka Egbuka.

Warren will make an immediate impact for fantasy managers. Maybe not at Brock Bowers's level, but he should be considered a top-12 dynasty option at the position for years to come. Not only does he have elite playmaking ability as a receiver, but he has also proven to be a more than willing in-line blocker, which will suit him well at the next level.

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