March 29, 2026, 9:05 a.m. ET

Looking ahead to the 2026 NFL draft for the Jacksonville Jaguars, here are the tight ends from this year’s class who have stood out above the rest in the athletic testing portion of the pre-draft process.

To compare the athletic testing and measurements of each wideout, we will be using Kent Lee Platte’s Relative Athletic Score (RAS).

In short, RAS is a way to compare a player’s athleticism and size to the rest of his position group through an easily digestible number based on height, weight, and athletic testing numbers. The RAS scale ranges from 0-10, and the closer to 10 a player scores, the better the athlete.

While a player’s athletic testing certainly isn’t the be-all, end-all when it comes to the evaluation process, it very much is something that NFL teams pay attention to.

Here are this year’s standout performers from the tight end position.

Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.Sam Roush, Stanford

RAS: 9.99

Roush caught 49 passes for 545 yards with two touchdowns this past season. Nearly 50% of Roush’s snaps came as a blocker, according to PFF.

Evan Svoboda, Wyoming

RAS: 9.87

Svoboda caught just 10 passes last season for 87 yards with a touchdown. The bulk of his snaps came as a blocker.

Oscar Delp, Georgia

RAS: 9.82

Almost 70% of Delp’s snaps last season came as a blocker. As a pass-catcher, he hauled in 20 receptions on 28 targets for 261 yards with a touchdown.

Tanner Koziol, Houston

RAS: 9.72

Koziol has been a big pass-catching threat in his college career, totaling 337 targets over four seasons. He’s been a reliable target, catching 70% of those passes and recording 24 touchdowns.

John Michael Gyllenborg, Wyoming

RAS: 9.72

Gyllenborg has been targeted 120 times over the last three seasons. He’s caught 65% of those passes for 1,008 yards with seven touchdowns. His most productive year came in 2024, when Gyllenbord totaled 437 yards. In 2024, 36% of his snaps came as a blocker, while that figure jumped to 52% this year.

Other top RAS performers at the tight end positionMatthew Hibner, SMU: 9.66Eli Raridon, Notre Dame: 9.63Kenyon Sadiq, Oregon: 9.49Jack Endries, Texas: 9.44Eli Stowers, Vanderbilt: 9.39Carsen Ryan, BYU: 9.26