You know us dudes love us some ancient Rome, so I had to break out the word Triumvirate from my lexicon while I had the opportunity. The first Triumvirate was formed in 60 B.C., and it starred Julius Caesar, Gnaeus Pompey Magnus, and Marcus Licinius Crassus. The modern-day equivalent has a roster of Tyler Warren, Colston Loveland, and Harold Fannin Jr.
I recently wrote about the uninspiring wide receiver class we are faced with in 2025 Dynasty Rookie drafts. While the receiver class may be best described as mid, the tight ends have an exciting trio of high-end talents. This is a triumvirate like we haven’t seen in recent years. No, there is no Brock Bowers, so don’t get your hopes up. I am on record in the past as a purveyor of using the word generational sparingly. However, Brock Bowers was truly generational. Bowers was multi-generational. He spanned Gen X, Millennials, everyone. He was 1 of 1.
Ok, now that I am done pumping Bowers tires once more, we can move on to this Triumvirate of Warren, Fannin, and Loveland. I don’t recall a time in my Dynasty career where we have ever had three tight ends selected before three wide receivers in a Dynasty league, whether it is tight end premium or not. This could and probably should be the year for that to happen, at least in some leagues. These guys are all that good.
Honestly, I have each very close, but let’s try to work through who should be ranked where for Dynasty. Tight end, along with quarterback, can be the trickiest position to rank for Dynasty. The NFL highly values the blocking attributes at the tight end position, and we care little about that in Dynasty. That can inflate a player’s draft capital.
Tyler Warren
The consensus in the market is that Tyler Warren is at one. NFL Mock Draft Database has him being selected in the first round, eighteenth overall.
Tyler Warren’s production profile looks a lot like Xavier Legette‘s at first glance. Both had very limited production their first four years, then had a huge fifth year. That is not typically what you want to see, but it is very important to add context here. Warren played behind four separate tight ends drafted into the NFL: Pat Freiermuth, Brenton Strange, Zach Kuntz, and Theo Johnson. And there are fewer total TE snaps than WR. Given there are three wide receivers on the field a lot of the time and one tight end, there simply isn’t the same opportunity to earn snaps at tight end as there is at wide receiver.
Warren is a monster at 6 feet 6 inches and 249 pounds. That mass of humanity contributes to him being an excellent blocker. Bryant McFadden was even quoted as saying he is a better blocker than all-world tight end George Kittle at this stage of his career. This will allow him to be on the field a lot. As far as his receiving chops, Warren earned a stellar 92.7 PFF receiving grade. His 104 receptions and 1233 yards receiving in 2024 are both rare air for a tight end.
Colston Loveland
Loveland is an early declare, so that is one notch in his belt over Warren. Our analysts compare him to Mike Gesicki in our Dynasty Rookie Guide. He was limited to only 10 games this year but was able to muster up an impressive 34.7% weighted dominator rating (share of the team’s touchdowns and receiving yards). He broke out as a sophomore with 649 receiving yards in the Wolverines championship run.
Loveland is currently expected to go at the 19th pick overall per NFL Mock Draft Database. This would be one spot behind Warren. I will have him slightly below Warren in my ranks. But it is truly very close. If both Warren and Loveland are on the clock at the pick before me, I won’t be trying to rush to get a deal done. I will be happy with whichever player falls.
Harold Fannin Jr.
That leaves us with Harold Fannin Jr. out of tiny Bowling Green University. For full transparency, I even had to double-check what state Bowling Green was in. (Update: my educated guess of Ohio was correct). The average attendance at a Bowling Green football game this year was 13,348. This is a far cry from the boys down the road in Columbus, who averaged 103,792.
Ok, so we know I have Loveland 2 and Warren 1 at this point, so surely Fannin will be 3, right? Not so fast, and don’t call me Shirley. Even when you adjust for the competition level, Fannin is my top tight end in this class for Dynasty. Fannin is an underrated run blocker. He grades out highest of the three in run-blocking by PFF with a 75.2. Now, this only matters for Dynasty in that it will get him on the field faster and more often.
Fannin’s 3.65 yards per route run is also incredible. It is the highest I have in my database. For comparison, Kyle Pitts‘ highest was 3.26, and Brock Bowers’s 3.01
Per PFF, Fannin also set these historic marks:
117 Receptions (FBS TE Record)
1,550 Yards (FBS TE Record)
868 Yards After Contact (PFF Era Record)
32 Missed Tackles Forced (PFF Era Record)
96.5 Receiving Grade (PFF Era Record)
In summary, all three of these tight ends are great prospects and should be in consideration for late-first or early-second-round Dynasty rookie draft consideration in all formats. As of this moment, Harold Fannin is considered the third-best prospect by NFL mock drafters and Dynasty analysts alike. I would take that value and make Fannin my top tight-end target.
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