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T.J. Hockenson

TE · Iowa · age 21.8 · 6'5" · 251 lb
Draftanomics scout sheet
Board model
Generated August 7, 2026
Draftanomics pick
#24
1st Round
Bust probability
1%
Low risk
Actual NFL pick
#8
DET
Consensus rank
#7
27 sources

Why this projection

+1.0 ≈ pushed pick ~25 spots earlier; −1.0 ≈ ~25 spots later
Boards ranking him top-100+0.11
Pre-draft consensus+0.07
Boards ranking him top-50+0.04
Rank within his position class+0.04
Number of public boards+0.03
Year-over-year production growth-0.02
charting: intermediate-route grade, career avg-0.02
ppa vs p5 share-0.02

Pre-draft consensus (29 sources)

ESPN Scouts Inc.#6
Addicted To Quack (Joseph Yun)#11
Armchair Media Network (Rob Paul)#7
Bleacher Report (Matt Miller)#5
Bnb Football#16
Buffalo Rumblings (Dan Lavoie)#7
CBS (Chris Trapasso)#34
Da Windy City (Ryan Heckman)#14
Drafttek#9
Draftwire (Luke Easterling)#13
ESPN (Jeff Legwold)#8
Mile High Report (Christopher Hart)#5
Nbc Sports Washington (Ben Standig)#7
NFL Draft Blitz (Alex Khvatov)#5
NFL Draft Lounge (Garrett Ballard)#9
NFL Spin Zone (Cory Kinnan)#9

Active flags & events

  • T.J. Hockenson (MIN) listed as Out for week 5 of 2024 with Knee.
    nflverse injuries · week 5 · 2026-05-21

NFL outcomes (so far)

Seasons
7
Games played
15
Avg snap share
53%
2nd-deal AAV
$16.5M

Closest historical comps

PlayerDraftYear 1 grade (of 20)Arc
Evan Engram2017 · #2316.7Bust
David Njoku2017 · #2913.5Bust
Jordan Leggett2017 · #150TBD
Thomas Duarte2016 · #2316.1Bust
Gerald Everett2017 · #4411.2Bust
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