Top 5 tight ends in college football for 2019

#5 Grant Calcaterra, Oklahoma

This guy is certainly not as massive as some of the tight ends I watched at 6’4”, 235 pounds. To me, he is basically a slightly oversized slot receiver, who shows soft hands and catches the ball at full extension on several occasions. He does a good job breaking down in open space and getting his hands on safeties in the run and screen game.

Calcaterra caught 26 passes for just under 400 yards and six scores despite being the third or fourth option in the OU passing game and almost having three separate 1000-yard rushers. Two plays that stood out about him were a crazy diving catch in the Orange Bowl versus Alabama and a tremendous one-handed touchdown grab versus Texas in the Big 12 title game with a defender right on his hip.

While he does line up next to the O-line at times, Calcaterra does not really bring you much upside as an in-line contributor and he never caught more than three passes in any game all of last season. As a pure receiver, he is better than most of what I have seen around the county.

Honorable mentions: Harrison Bryant (Florida Atlantic), Colby Parkinson (Stanford), Jake Ferguson (Wisconsin) and Matt Bushman (BYU)

Edited by Raunak J