Kacey Kasem's four rookie tight end breakout candidates for 2025. Her top first-year TEs, including Colston Loveland, Tyler Warren, Terrance Ferguson, and Mason Taylor.

You're here because you want to know which rookie tight ends will break out this season in fantasy. It doesn't happen often. Between 2016 and 2024, only five rookie TEs truly broke out. Every one of those players was drafted in the first two rounds of the NFL Draft (top 35).

Hunter Henry recorded eight touchdowns in 2016 despite the presence of Antonio Gates. Evan Engram had a breakout rookie season, seeing an increased role due to injuries among wide receivers. Kyle Pitts topped 1,000 yards in 2021, a feat only accomplished by Mike Ditka and Brock Bowers (who finished as the overall TE1 in 2024). Sam LaPorta saw

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