Jace Amaro is now the top tight end on the board after TE Eric Ebron was drafted and teams like the Seattle Seahawks, Baltimore Ravens, New England Patriots, NY Giants and Washington Redskins all could be in the mix for the Texas Tech star and this comes after a fantastic season last year and he comes in rated higher than Austin Seferian-Jenkins by many scouts and that could be a factor on Friday if he is drafted on Day 2 in the second or third rounds.
Amaro is coming off of a record setting season and he comes into the league after being an athletic tight end that was used as a receiver and that is the way many teams are starting to look at the position. Names like Jimmy Graham and Rob Gronkowski and even Aaron Hernandez have had teams looking at the TE position as one where weapons can be and Amaro could be a huge one for any of those teams. Amaro could be the first TE off the board on Friday and the Patriots, Ravens and Seahawks may be too far back to get him.
The Giants like Amaro and what he can do, but they likely will pass on taking on that high since they have so many other needs to deal with. The team often doesn't put an emphasis on that position when it comes to the offense, but with Ben McAdoo coming in, it could change. Eli Manning sure could use an athletic tight end and Amaro is coming out of college after making 106 receptions for 1352 yards and seven touchdowns last season and that makes him a prize for whoever gets him. Amaro set records for receiving yards by a tight end and the way the league is going, he could fit in perfectly in the right system.
Amaro has ideal size at 6-foot-5, 265 pounds and while his hands could be a bit better, that's something that NFL teams can work on and since he is so athletic, someone will be willing to do that. Many see him as a second or third round option and a team like the Pats would love to add him as insurance for Gronk, but they also like Seferian-Jenkins and C.J. Fiedorowicz from Iowa and he is coming off of a solid year as well.
Amaro showed he is very fast and he put up a 4.74 in the 40-yard dash and that is impressive for a TE and that could make him an option for all those teams. The Pats need a tight end, while the Seahawks have been weak at that position over the past few years and could use an upgrade as well. Seferian-Jenkins could be a fit since he is local and while he doesn't have the stats like Amaro, he has the size with him being 6-foot-6, 276 pounds. Seferian-Jenkins is from Washington and he is coming off of a year with 36 catches for 450 yards and an impressive eight touchdowns and he also averaged over 123 yards per catch. The Cowboys also could be in the mix for one of the TEs, as they will need a replacement for Jason Witten someday.
