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QB Tua Tagovailoa | Alabama
Jeremiah has Tagovailoa ranked as No. 7 overall prospect.
33 games; 474-of-684 passing for 7,442 yards, 87 touchdowns and 11 interceptions; 199.4 passer rating, which is an NCAA career record (min. 325 completions)
On decision to declare for the 2020 NFL Draft: "It was hard. It was hard because, first off, my teammates. I would be leaving a lot of the guys that I built relationships with on the team, but with Coach [Nick] Saban and Coach [Steve] Sark' (Sarkisian) and the guys on the coaching staff, I built a great relationship with all of those guys and ... it was a hard decision. I sat down and talked to my family about making the decision. I just thought that the NFL … I needed to move on to the next challenge, the next chapter of my life. That's the decision I stayed with."
QB James Morgan | Florida International University
Jeremiah mentioned Morgan as a possibility for the Vikings in the later rounds.
44 games (for Bowling Green State University and FIU); 699-of-1,221 passing for 8,654 yards, 65 touchdowns and 34 interceptions; 128.8 passer rating
On being from Green Bay and watching Brett Favre: "He was my hero growing up. Since before I can remember, I played football and just growing up with him in my background and watching the magic that he did, I remember that Monday night game the day after his dad died, I was up late watching that, my parents let me stay up late, I was just mesmerized with how amazing that was and the performances he consistently put out. Just the gunslinger mentality I've tried to emulate with my own game. I'm not scared to make any throw. At the same time, [a reporter] mentioned [Aaron] Rodgers, too. You've got to have the Rodgers [mentality of], 'It might be safer here to take the check-down or something instead of trying to force it.' I take a little bit from both of their games but definitely an inspiration for me."
TE Hunter Bryant | Washington
Brooks has Bryant as the No. 2 tight end.
26 games; 85 catches for 1,294 yards (16.4 average) and five touchdowns
On his earliest football memory: "Probably my first play ever. I was 5 years old, and I was playing running back. And the first time I touched the ball, I scored. It was like an 80-year touchdown. And like the next three times I touched it, I scored. So I had like four carries and four touchdowns that game. That's when I knew what I wanted to do."
TE Adam Trautman | Dayton
Brooks has Trautman as the No. 4 tight end.
44 games; 178 catches for 2,295 yards (12.9 average) and 31 touchdowns
On transitioning from QB to TE: "I was actually the one who brought it up to my coaches. High school-wise, I played with, like, 18 kids on my varsity team my junior year of high school, 22 my senior year. The team concept was a little rough, to be honest. And then when I got to Dayton, you play non-scholarship football. No one has any egos, and you truly play for each other. And that's something that I thought was so special, and I wanted to be a part of so fast. So I was the one that offered it up to our OC, and he kind of looked at me weird. It was only, like, seven days into camp, and I was like, 'Hey, I just want to be a part of this, and I know I can bring a whole new dynamic to the tight end position.' I eventually made the switch, and it was the greatest decision I've ever made in my life."
TE Jared Pinkney | Vanderbilt
Brooks has Pinkney as the No. 5 tight end.
50 games; 114 catches for 1,560 yards (13.7 average) and 14 touchdowns
On which tight ends he watched growing up: "Growing up, obviously I'm from Atlanta, and Tony [Gonzalez] showed up relatively early, so being able to watch him, it was unbelievable. Every Sunday. And then Rob Gronkowski, who came into the league in 2011. Now, I try and watch everybody, from the [Travis] Kelces and the [George] Kittles and the [Kyle] Rudolphs all the way to the rookies, like [T.J.] Hockenson and [Noah] Fant and Irv Smith [Jr.] and Foster Moreau. I just want to watch everybody because everybody offers a different skill set and they're able to win in different ways."