THE NFL 2025 draft is almost there, and the sports experts of Yahoo Nate Tice and Charles McDonald decompose the position of the superior prospects by position. Here are the quarters. Discover Nate and Charles' Big Board consensus herewith Nate's large final board And Final Big Board de Charles.
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4. Harold Fannin Jr., Bowling Green
Here are the first five prospects tight in the draft of the NFL 2025. (Davis Long / Yahoo Sports)
1. Colston Loveland, Michigan
Nate Tice: Loveland is a match nightmare which is a terror in the seams and the intermediate area of the field. It has a good height and a good size (6-5, 248 pounds), with a frame in which it can continue to grow and add strength. Loveland has speed, body control, speed and road varnish to win through the formation, even outside to beat smaller and faster defensive backs. Loveland has good hands and a range of capture, and fluid athletics with cowardly hips that can easily enter and get out of its routes. It is also a big body that is comfortable working in the middle.
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Loveland shows more capacity as an online blocker than what he gets credit and has a legitimate advantage to be a real “y” online tight at the next level. The advantages that Loveland offers as a receiver makes it a strong perspective and one of the best sensors of global passes in this class.
The production was not there in 2024 because of the poor quality quarter to Ann Arbor, but Loveland is a real gap as a receiver of passes which will be a valid weapon with each bottom and in the red zone due to his easy skills of athletics and ball. The fact that he already presents online capacities at such a young age (he has just been 21 years old) and has a framework to continue filling makes me optimistic about what it can be at the next level.
Charles McDonald: Return to 2023 to see the most true form in Loveland. The Michigan quarter game was so bad last season that it hampered the whole offensive, but Loveland should always be considered a leading player in the classroom.
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Loveland is not the most rough or hardest blocker, but he is a fluid athlete on the open ground and can really move with the ball in his hands. It can be closer to a great player of a slot machine than a real tight end online, but these players have a lot of use in today's NFL.
2. Tyler Warren, Penn State
Charles McDonald: Penn State used Warren everywhere in his offense. At almost 6 feet 5 inches and 260 pounds, the Nittany Lions felt comfortable with Warren managing the ball in all kinds of different ways. Although he spent most of his time with traditional tasks tight, he also allowed Penn State to perform a package of Wildcat Jumbo where he was aligned with quarter-Arrières!
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In addition to 1,200 yards and more than 100 catches, Warren wore the ball 26 times for 218 yards (8.4 yards per race !!) and four affected. It is also a solid blocker, which makes him one of the most well -balanced and talented players in the class.
Nate Tice: A modern “Sacper” For the Nittany Lions, Warren aligned himself with the entire training, even as a quarter of a quarter of reading parts designed.
Warren is a talented athlete Who can gain against defensive backs when he is aligned in the slit and is a clean runner with strong hands that are able to maximize his capture window with its high -end coordination. Warren is also a real threat to the ball in his hands, generally making the first defender miss with his playing force and his balance. His competitive style of play appears when Warren is a runner and also as a blocker too.
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Warren is a strong player and a voluntary blocker, but measured with shorter arms (31 3/4 inches) who could hinder him against larger and better NFL athletes. He has already shown certain problems that were constantly supporting when blocking college defenders. And Penn State would try to limit his blocks against larger defenders, keeping his assignments more on DBS and LBS and on zone racing concepts. I always think that Warren is a dynamic tight end that can be invited to do dirty work stuff, and a creative offensive coordinator will be the best to unlock his talents. The jersey n ° 44, the explosive play capacity and the shorter arms make me think of Dallas Clark when I look at Warren.
3. Mason Taylor, LSU
Nate Tice: Taylor has a strong pedigree being the son of Jason Taylor and the nephew of Zach Thomas. He has a good setting and is a clean runner who can quickly go from the receiver to the runner – while having the speed to be an intermediate threat in the seams.
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Taylor will compete as a blocker, but must always become physically stronger. It always shows the potential to suspend as an online blocker.
Taylor was an instant contributor when he started the university and the LSU deposit in the talent of the receiver allowed him to be more highlighted last season. He is a best friend of classic QB with good hands and a wide range of capture; Taylor is more than comfortable to expand and tear it away from his body and is such a fluid athlete that he can always keep his feet even when he needs to reach throws.
Taylor is size, athletics and football Qi to be a beginner who can be a positive player in any type of offense.
Charles McDonald: Like his father, the renowned temple of professional football Jason, Taylor seems to have been built in a laboratory to be an NFL player. Taylor may not be as flashy or explosive as Tyler Warren and Colston Loveland, but he should be a tight starting quality in the NFL as soon as possible.
4. Harold Fannin Jr., Bowling Green
Charles McDonald: Fannin led the country both in reception receptions and yards, but it is a bit of a tight end which is not large (6-3, 241 pounds) during the project at the next level. However, he is a talented player with the ball in his hands and an intelligent offensive game player should be able to maximize it. Fannin even had 33 races above his university career.
5. Elijah Arroyo, Miami
Nate Tice: Arroyo looks at the part in the tight end position. He is a receiver first as a player who was generally kept at the back of the racing games and did not ask to reach the most difficult blocks at the attack. His effort is there, but his technique and his playing force will have to improve at the next level to become more viable in this area.
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Arroyo is explosive with the ball in his hands that can take place in a hurry. He was dangerous (and most of his production came from flat roads on RPOs where Arroyo was able to accumulate steam and put himself down with the ball in his hands in a hurry. He has good hands, but most of his receptions have come out in space and in motion and not in contested situations. There are real shots of him that run an enlarged – and winning road tree – What is encouraging.
Overall, Arroyo did not have a ton of production at university, but it is an easy easy athlete that moves. He can be a stretcher that can generate a big game from time to time at the start of his career while working on the more technical aspects of the position.
