NFL Combine – Tight End
As the NFL heads towards its annual Combine next week, the invitation list helps narrow the field on the top prospects in the country, both seniors and underclassmen. Over the next week we’ll preview and review each position.
The tight end position is not one of strength as the NFL Combine is set to begin in a week. The top two prospects are Notre Dame’s Kyle Rudolph (above left) and Arkansas’ D.J. Williams (above right).
There are a couple of SEC tight ends that along with Williams are attracting a lot of attention: Luke Stocker out of Tennessee and Wesley Saunders from South Carolina. Saunders was added in just the last week when the NFL declared him eligible for the April Draft.
TIGHT END (17)
| Player | School |
Class |
HT |
WT |
| Jordan Cameron | Southern Cal |
SR |
6-5¼ |
244 |
| Charles Clay | Tulsa |
SR |
6-3 |
239 |
| Charlie Gantt | Michigan State |
SR |
6-3¾ |
255 |
| Cameron Graham | Louisville |
SR |
6-3 |
240 |
| Virgil Green | Nevada |
SR |
6-3¼ |
248 |
| Daniel Hardy | Idaho |
SR |
6-3½ |
248 |
| Robert Housler | Florida Atlantic |
SR |
6-5½ |
249 |
| Lance Kendricks | Wisconsin |
SR |
6-3 |
240 |
| Schuylar Oordt | Northern Iowa |
SR |
6-5¾ |
258 |
| Zack Pianalto | North Carolina |
SR |
6-3¼ |
250 |
| Allen Reisner | Iowa |
SR |
6-2¼ |
248 |
| Kyle Rudolph | Notre Dame |
JR |
6-5¾ |
265 |
| Wesley Saunders | South Carolina |
JR |
6-5 |
272 |
| Lee Smith | Marshall |
SR |
6-5¾ |
269 |
| Luke Stocker | Tennessee |
SR |
6-4¾ |
255 |
| Julius Thomas | Portland State |
SR |
6-4½ |
251 |
| D.J. Williams | Arkansas |
SR |
6-1¾ |
236 |
Height-weight in red = official numbers from all-star games.
Three things you can count on…death, taxes, and Pioli drafting a Tight End.