Tight End

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0 R1 picks·0 avg/year·Consensus Prediction Score: N/A·Consensus Position Accuracy: N/A

Tight End (TE) First Round Draft Trends

This page tracks every tight end selected in Round 1 of the NFL Draft from 2021 through 2025, with pick-by-pick scoring under both the Huddle Report and FantasyPros systems. Use the year toggles to isolate individual draft classes or compare TE selection patterns across all five years.

Understanding how many tight ends go in Round 1 each year — and where in the round they cluster — is one of the most effective ways to improve mock draft accuracy. Position-specific trends help you decide whether to project a tight end at a given slot or anticipate a position run that could push TEs into a different range than expected.

Build your 2026 mock draft with these historical TE trends in mind, then check the accuracy leaderboard after draft night to see how your tight end picks scored.

Teams Likely to Draft a Tight End in 2026

Based on current team needs, the following teams have tight end as a top-3 positional need heading into the 2026 NFL Draft. As an offensive position, tight ends are part of the offensive side of the ball — see the offense vs defense analysis for how each side has trended from 2021–2025:

Related Analysis

Offense vs Defense — how side-of-ball distribution shapes Round 1 each year
Accuracy by Pick Range — where in the round predictions are hardest
Position Runs — consecutive same-position picks that shift TE draft slots
1st Round Misses — projected Round 1 players who fell to Day 2
Consensus Big Board — 86.3% of top-32 ranked prospects go in Round 1