If the Jets don’t get Michigan’s Colston Loveland or Penn State’s Tyler Warren in the first round, there are some intriguing tight ends they could consider after Round 1, including LSU’s Mason Taylor and Bowling Green’s Harold Fannin.
“Taylor to me is an emerging player in that everybody is comfortable with him,” said NFL Network draft analyst Daniel Jeremiah. “He’s a safe player. He’s rock solid. He had a nice week at the Senior Bowl. Obviously everybody knows about his dad and uncle with Jason Taylor and Zach Thomas. The kid has been around football his whole life. He’s going to start the next eight, ten years. Just a steady, solid player.”
“Fannin was the coaching favorite of the tight end coaches. They all really liked him. I like him too. He’s a really good player. I think he’s going to go in the second round when it’s all said and done. Maybe the middle to the back portion of the second round. When you go up against Penn State and do what he did and then you show against Texas A&M, when you are running away from everybody.
“[Fannin] ran 4.7 once. He didn’t blow it out, but he’s faster than you think, and he just has a knack for getting open, separating, and it’s kind of a different looking kind of a waddle that he uses as a runner. He covers ground. He can make people miss. He’s just excellent with the ball in his hands.”
While it’s possible Taylor could go late in the first round, he could slip to the early second, where the Jets could grab him or Fannin.
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