Hey everyone, with many people mocking the Jets tight ends like Ebron, Amaro, Seferian-Jenkins and so on, I wondered what round was best value for a tight end. I looked at rounds 1 to 4 from the draft class of 2006 to 2011. I excluded the 2012 and 2013 draft class because they are still in the early development phase. I decided to separate players by focusing on their career best season (in terms of receiving yards). Below are the results:
|
0-399 Yard Season |
400-699 Yard Season |
700-899 Yard Season |
900+ Yard Season |
Round 1 |
|
|
Jermaine Gresham = 83% |
Vernon Davis = 17% |
Round 2 |
= 18%
|
Kyle Rudolph Lance Kendricks = 46% |
= 27% |
Rob Gronkowski = 9% |
Round 3 |
Travis Beckum = 57% |
Rob Housler Tony Moeaki = 21%
|
= 14% |
Jimmy Graham = 7% |
Round 4 |
Luke Stocker Clay Harbor = 50% |
Dennis Pitta Garrett Graham Jacob Tamme = 25% |
Julius Thomas = 12.5% |
Jordan Cameron Aaron Hernandez = 12.5% |
Obviously there is more to the tight end position than getting receiving yards but in general, I thought this chart did a good job at separating the great tight ends from the bad ones. This leaves me with one question: Is Eric Ebron or Jace Amaro a good first round pick for the Jets assuming they fall under the 700-899 yard category like many of the recent first round tight ends?