2024 NFL Draft Prospects: Tight End

12/2/23: In 2023, Bowers recorded 51 receptions for 666 yards and six touchdowns. He missed some time with a high ankle sprain, but returned to action for Georgia. Bowers came up with a huge performance in helping Georgia to avoid an upset to Auburn.

7/5/23: In 2022, Bowers recorded 63 receptions for 942 yards and seven touchdowns. He was phenomenal, showing great athleticism, speed, and receiving ability. Bowers was a freshman sensation for the Bulldogs in 2021 and a huge receiving weapon in helping Georgia win its first National Championship since 1980. Immediately, Bowers was a mismatch weapon with excellent speed, athleticism, and run-after-the-catch ability. In 2021, he recorded 56 receptions for 882 yards and 13 touchdowns.

12/2/23: Sanders has 31 receptions in 2023 for 502 yards and a touchdown. He turned in a big game versus Alabama to help Texas get a huge win.

7/5/23: Sanders emerged as a dangerous receiving weapon in 2022, showing mismatch speed and athleticism. In 2022, he recorded 54 receptions for 613 yards and five touchdowns. Sanders needs to improve as a blocker, but he has upside to be even better in 2023.

12/2/23: The South Carolina transfer has played well for Florida State this season with 39 receptions for 503 yards and two touchdowns. He also has a rushing touchdown. In 2022 (25-231-2) and 2021 (30-497-5), Bell was a solid contributor for the Gamecocks. Bell is a physical player who is dangerous with the ball in his hands. He runs after the catch, and has the quickness, route-running and athleticism to get open.

12/2/23: Team sources have called Sinnott a solid, draftable prospect. In 2023, he has 49 receptions for 676 yards and six touchdowns. In 2022, he turned 31 catches into 447 yards and four scores. Sinnott is a tough player with the ability to contribute in both phases.

12/2/23: Spann-Ford is a Y tight end prospect who offers big size at the point of attack. In 2023, he has 25 receptions for 239 yards and two touchdowns. In 2022, he caught 42 passes for 497 yards and two touchdowns. Team sources say Spann-Ford impressed them in their film study.

12/2/23: Lachey was off to a great start in 2023 before going out for the season with a broken leg. He finished his abbreviated year with 10 receptions for 131 yards. While paired with Sam LaPorta in 2022, Lachey contributed well, recording 28 catches for 398 yards and four touchdowns.

Lachey is a big tight end who is a tough and physical blocker at the point of attack while also being a functional receiver. It would make sense for him to go back to school to have a healthy season before going pro. Lachey looks like he has the potential to be a starting Y tight end in the NFL.

12/2/23: Morales has 11 catches for 158 yards so far this year.

7/5/23: Morales contributed as a receiver for Drake Maye in 2022 with 29 receptions for 358 yards and four touchdowns. In 2021, Morales had 24 catches for 220 yards and five touchdowns.

12/2/23: Castles has 21 receptions for 265 yards and four touchdowns in 2023.

7/5/23: Castles showed some receiving potential in 2022 (30-347-2) and 2021 (27-387-4). It would help him to impress at an all-star game against better competition after the 2023 season.

12/2/23: In 2023, All recorced 21 receptions for 299 yards and three touchdowns. He tore his ACL in mid-October, ending his year. If All doesn’t go back to school, he will enter the NFL with major medical red flags.

7/5/23: All went out for the year in 2022 after having undergone successful “life-changing surgery” at the BioSpine Institute in Florida. Some pro team sources thought All was the best tight end prospect for the 2023 NFL Draft prior to him going out for the season. All impressed evaluators with his 2021 season, in which he made 38 catches for 437 yards and two touchdowns. He recorded just three catches for 36 yards for his 2022. The sources who like All believe he is faster and a better blocker than Notre Dame’s Michael Mayer was.

12/2/23: This season, Culp has 14 catches for 181 yards and two touchdowns.

7/5/23: In 2022, Culp turned 29 receptions into 266 yards and one touchdown. He is sleeper who has the potential to rise.

12/2/23: Arroyo had an ACL tear on September 22, 2022 and suffered a setback in the 2023 preseason. He didn’t play until late November. He should return to Miami in 2024 to put together a healthy season.

7/5/23: Arroyo has some physical talent, but he has yet to break out. With Will Mallory in the NFL, Arroyo could take over as the starting tight end for Miami.

12/2/23: Gilbert has not played yet. While his eligibility was in question, Gilbert was arrested for burglary in the preseason.

7/5/23: In the scouting community, Gilbert has been known to be a freak athlete with a special skill set for years. He started out his collegiate career at LSU before a winding transfer process that went through Florida and ended up at Georgia. Gilbert did not play in 2021, and 2020 was his only season of play thus far, with 35 catches for 368 yards and two touchdowns. In 2022, Gilbert was behind Brock Bowers and Darnell Washington. Gilbert caught two passes for 16 yards and a touchdown. After the season, he transferred to Nebraska.

Gilbert has character concerns, but he is said to have a tremendous skill set. That physical talent saw NFL advance scouts giving him an early-round projection entering the 2022 season.