Fantasy Football Rookie Predictions: Tight Ends (2025)

Everyone in the fantasy football world is knee-deep in dynasty rookie drafts. Yet, it’s never too early to prepare for redraft season and check into this year’s crop of fantasy football rookies.

Sometimes, rookies end up being league winners. Other times, they end up being a waste of a draft pick. Unfortunately, trying to project rookies is easier said than done. However, let’s look at who I think will be the top-scoring rookies for Tight Ends in half-point PPR scoring.

Fantasy Football Rookies: Predicting Highest Scoring Tight Ends

Tight Ends

1st – Colston Loveland (CHI)
2nd – Mason Taylor (NYJ)
3rd – Tyler Warren (IND)

Last year, many refused to draft Brock Bowers in redraft leagues after landing with the Las Vegas Raiders. While Loveland didn’t land in the ideal situation, it is significantly better than Bowers was a year ago. Unfortunately, Cole Kmet will be a Bear in 2025. Yet, expect Loveland to have a meaningful role on offense. Chicago made him the first tight end off the board in the NFL Draft. More importantly, the former Michigan star is the ideal fit to fill the Sam LaPorta role in Ben Johnson‘s offense.

Many mock drafts had the Jets taking a tight end with their first-round pick. While they waited until the second round to add a tight end, Taylor should have fantasy value early in his career. New York has one meaningful weapon in the passing game – Garrett Wilson. Furthermore, Justin Fields has made his starting tight end a weekly option for fantasy players in the past. Kmet finished as the TE7 in 2023, Fields’ last year as a full-time starter. Taylor should be a low-end TE1/high-end TE2 pick in redraft leagues.

Unfortunately, landing with the Colts threw a wet blanket on Warren’s fantasy outlook in 2025. Indianapolis has the least accurate quarterback unit in the NFL with Anthony Richardson and Daniel Jones. Furthermore, they have used a Day 2 pick on a wide receiver in four of the past six NFL Drafts. Warren will struggle to see a consistent target share and accurate passes as a rookie. Yet, he should have a breakout sophomore season after the team upgrades at quarterback and moves on from some of their pass catchers.