Three pack of 2025 NFL prospects- TE's

The 2024 college football season is right around the corner, so you know what that means? The 2025 NFL draft is coming soon, as well. Draft Nation is here to guide you through the prospects and how they can help NFL teams.

Here is a three pack of tight ends who are looking to get selected in the 2025 NFL draft.

TE Caden Prieskorn, Mississippi

• 6-foot-5  255 lbs
• 2023 stats: 30 receptions 449 yards 4 touchdowns

What to like about Caden Prieskorn

Caden Prieskorn has reliable hands, NFL size, and excellent body control. He is a highly talented receiver with a large catch radius and uses his hands well when catching passes. His sizeable frame gives him an advantage in making contested catches and he plays with an uncanny level of balance which, paired with his size, makes him tough to tackle.

Reason for concern

Prieskorn has reliable hands, NFL size, and excellent body control. He is a highly talented receiver with a large catch radius and uses his hands well when catching passes. His sizeable frame gives him an advantage in making contested catches and he plays with an uncanny level of balance which, paired with his size, makes him tough to tackle.

Player comp: Dallas Goedert

Draft Projection

Fourth-round pick

TE Bryson Nesbit, North Carolina 

• 6-foot-5  235 lbs
• 2023 stats: 41 receptions  585 yards  5 touchdowns

What to like about Bryson Nesbit

Some upsides to Nesbit’s game are his reliable hands, contested catch ability, and run after catch. Nesbit appears as a tight end on the roster, but has the athletic ability of a wideout. This is the reason why UNC has split him out wide on so many snaps. He has great hands and a large catch radius. This combined with his impressive stature makes him a matchup nightmare for most DBs. He has a great ability to elevate and use his length to make contested catches while still having the moves to be creative after the catch. He may not be the fastest pass-catcher, but he has the agility and make-miss ability to be very effective in the open field. With these skills, he is a threat to make plays all over including around the line of scrimmage with TE screens or down the field with 50/50 balls. He is also a great red zone target with the ability to elevate for a pass.

Reason for concern

The part of Nesbit’s game which draws the most criticism is his blocking. He has a high center of gravity and tends to stand too high while setting blocks. This allows defenders to gain leverage on him by playing lower to the ground and pushing him backwards to affect the run. He is also a tweener who is not quite fast enough to play WR full time but has a slightly undersized frame for the average NFL tight end. 

Player comp: Greg Dulcich

Draft Projection

Fourth-round pick

TE Luke Lachey, Iowa

• 6-foot-6  253 lbs
• 2023 stats: 10 receptions  131 yards   (3 games)

What to like about Luke Lachey

Some upsides to Lachey’s game are his size, strength, and his reliable hands. He has this rare combination of size and hands, which is coveted in the NFL with the increased use of tight ends in recent years. At 6’6” and 253 pounds, he may still have room to add muscle mass to this frame as crazy as that sounds. He also has extremely reliable hands making him a definite matchup nightmare for most DB’s and even some smaller linebackers. 

Reason for concern

Some downsides to Lachey are his blocking and his quickness/agility. His blocking is still a work in progress, but has been steadily improving over the years. He is strong enough and has the size to become a very solid blocker which would round out his game very well. However, at this moment, he tends to play too vertical while attempting to block. This means he is giving up his leverage and does not have the proper technique to prevent pass rushers from reaching the backfield.

Lachey also lacks suddenness and agility when it comes to route running and movements in general. This makes him easier to cover than some of the more agile tight ends with Lachey’s size as he does not always run effective routes. His route running will need to be improved in order for him to have success at the next level.

Player comp: Zach Ertz

Draft Projection

Second-round pick