The 2024 rookie class was stacked. Quarterback Jayden Daniels led the Washington Commanders to the NFC Championship Game, Joe Alt was one of the league’s best offensive tackles, Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean were major contributors in the Philadelphia Eagles’ championship run, and Brian Thomas Jr. was a Pro Bowler. But only one player from the class was named to the AP All-Pro First Team in his inaugural season: tight end Brock Bowers, a former Georgia target who was just about the Las Vegas Raiders’ only reliable offensive option.
There might not quite be a Bowers in the 2025 class, but Penn State tight end Tyler Warren definitely has shades of him. He finished seventh in Heisman Trophy voting as a senior and, along with edge rusher Abdul Carter, a projected top-three pick, he led the Nittany Lions all the way to the College Football Playoff semifinals, where they fell, 27-24, to Notre Dame.
DraftKings Sportsbook is offering odds on which team will bank on Warren to be its tight end of the future. Right now, the betting favorites are the New York Jets (+180), who are picking seventh overall, and the Indianapolis Colts (+180), selecting 14th.
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2025 NFL Draft Props: Which Team will Tyler Warren be Drafted By?
The highest-drafted tight end ever was the Atlanta Falcons’ Kyle Pitts, who they took fourth overall in the 2021 draft after a stellar career at Florida. He’s been okay in the NFL, making the Pro Bowl in his rookie season and following it up with three up-and-down seasons after that, but he probably hasn’t done enough to justify the fourth overall selection. Warren won’t break that record; Miami quarterback Cam Ward, Carter, Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders, Buffaloes cornerback/wide receiver Travis Hunter, and LSU offensive lineman Will Campbell are all top candidates to be selected in the first four picks of the draft, with Warren in the next tier with the likes of Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty, Michigan defensive tackle Mason Graham, and Georgia edge rusher Jalon Walker.
The earliest conceivable landing spot for Warren is Jacksonville with the fifth overall pick, but the Jaguars have several issues that are more pressing than tight end. The Jaguars’ first-choice tight end in 2024, Brenton Strange — a 2023 second-round pick — wasn’t elite by any means, but he is a serviceable player and Jacksonville needs defense far more than they need to replace Strange. A player like Graham or Walker would make the most sense, and the Jaguars would obviously take Hunter in the unlikely event that he falls that far. The Raiders, who pick sixth, won’t pick Warren with that selection and instead seem likely to land Jeanty.
That leaves New York with the seventh overall pick as Warren’s most likely landing spot, given that he’s a better fit than any of the other players who are likely to be available at this point. Missouri offensive tackle Armand Membou is too small to be a sure thing at his position, Texas cornerback Jahdae Barron doesn’t fill a position of need, and neither does Walker, if he falls. Warren does; the Jets’ Jeremy Ruckert was, by Pro Football Focus’ grading, the worst starting tight end in the NFL last season. Warren would be an immediate upgrade, given his sure hands, athleticism, and body control.
If New York opts for a different player — say, Sanders falls to the seventh overall pick and the Jets decide they don’t trust Fields, who signed a two-year, $40 million contract during free agency — Warren is likely to fall to the 14th overall pick, where the Indianapolis Colts are desperately in need of a tight end for quarterbacks Anthony Richardson and Daniel Jones. Neither Mo Alie-Cox or Drew Ogletree played a major role in the Colts’ offense, and Indianapolis opted not to re-sign Alie-Cox in the offseason.
