The Cleveland Browns lost starting tight end David Njoku, who said his goodbyes to the Cleveland fanbase after he joined the free agent list.<\/p>\n
Harold Fannin was brought to the roster in last year\u2019s NFL draft, played well, and was named to the NFL All-Rookie Team. Veteran Blake Whiteheart was re-signed, and Jack Stoll came to the roster in the second wave of free agency.<\/p>\n
In addition, in January, Sal Cannella and Caden Prieskorn were signed to reserve\/futures contracts. So, this group has plenty of bodies. Could GM Andrew Berry draft another young buck with the good luck he achieved with bringing in Fannin last year?<\/p>\n
Nate Boerkircher projects well as a potential dual-threat tight end. He has very good potential for any team that expects to run quite a bit. He has the ability as a receiver as well and has shown promise as a route-runner with a large catch radius and reliable hands.<\/p>\n
Draft projection: Round 5<\/p>\n
Accolades: Senior Bowl invitee<\/p>\n
Expert Draft Site Analysis<\/p>\n
Nate Boerkircher is a prime candidate to emerge as a \u201cJackson Hawes\u201d style of late-round TE. He caught just 38 passes in a five-year career at Texas A&M, but distinguished himself in other ways for the Aggies. At around 6\u20194\u201d, 250 pounds, with solid functional length, Boerkircher is built well as a two-phase TE, and he makes his most effusive mark in the blocking phase. He has a functional strength and power profile that can contend right away in the NFL, and he\u2019s a tenacious, technically sound blocker as well. He acquires leverage well and consistently drives his feet through blocks; he understands attack angles, he engages with forceful hands and imposing push, and he\u2019s a competent pass protector who can serve as a sixth blocker on passing downs with his steady footwork and anchor. The same functional athleticism that makes Boerkircher so imposing as a moving blocker also underlies some moderate receiving upside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cleveland Browns lost starting tight end David Njoku, who said his goodbyes to the Cleveland fanbase after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":849187,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2054],"tags":[86,85,54,4397,2337,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-849186","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-browns","8":"tag-browns","9":"tag-cleveland","10":"tag-cleveland-browns","11":"tag-cleveland-browns-draft","12":"tag-clevelandbrowns","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116335097018383199","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=849186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/849187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=849186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=849186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=849186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}