College TE Mason Taylor, LSU (1 Viewer)

[socrates]

Mason Taylor deserves his own thread. He has NFL Bloodlines and is a rising prospect in this class. He is the son of Hall-of-Fame DE Jason Taylor, and his uncle is Hall of Fame LB Zach Thomas. I currently have ranked him as my TE3 behind Warren and Loveland, but he is rapidly moving up toward that tier, IMO.

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[King of the Jungle]

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I currently have Taylor as a late-Round Two Fantasy Rookie pick, but I suspect when it is all said and done, he will be drafted in the top half of Round Two. The hope of getting him later is drying up, I fear.

 

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I currently have Taylor as a late-Round Two Fantasy Rookie pick, but I suspect when it is all said and done, he will be drafted in the top half of Round Two. The hope of getting him later is drying up, I fear.

@menobrown was posting positively about him awhile ago which caused me to take a closer look. I am almost to the point where I wouldn’t be shocked if he were the 1st or 2nd TE off the board. I personally like Warren at number one, however I think Taylor should be in the conversation with Loveland at two.

 

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Mason Taylor 2025 NFL Draft: Scouting Report For LSU Tigers TE

2025 NFL Draft scouting report: Mason Taylor, TE, LSU

Mason Taylor vs. Jason Taylor Combine performances: How LSU TE compares to NFL legend father

Baldinger: LSU TE Mason Taylor 'has some Travis Kelce to him' in his game | 'The Insiders'

 

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@NFL
Mason Taylor, son of HOFer @JasonTaylor, ran a picturesque gauntlet drill

: #NFLCombine on @NFLNetwork
: Stream on @NFLPlus

https://x.com/nfl/status/1895645823536361879?s=61

NFL Draft Files
Mason Taylor is an every-down tight end that can immediately impact an NFL team.

He is a big bodied pass catcher who wins at all three levels, at the catch point, and had just a 1.8% drop rate in 2024. He can also run and pass block inline.

High upside worth a day 2 pick.

https://x.com/nfl_df/status/1880638999855071518?s=61

Michael Detillier
@LSUfootball TE. Mason Taylor is a tremendous competitor.
Taylor catches the ball w/great ease, he has excellent length to catch ’s outside his body range & runs hard after the catch.
Also a good inline blocker.
Very focused young man
Late 1st/very early 2nd round projection

https://x.com/mikedetillier/status/1895868073464455458?s=61

 

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Mason Taylor Draft and Combine Prospect Profile (NFL.com)

 

[JohnnyU]

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I currently have Taylor as a late-Round Two Fantasy Rookie pick, but I suspect when it is all said and done, he will be drafted in the top half of Round Two. The hope of getting him later is drying up, I fear.

@menobrown was posting positively about him awhile ago which caused me to take a closer look. I am almost to the point where I wouldn’t be shocked if he were the 1st or 2nd TE off the board. I personally like Warren at number one, however I think Taylor should be in the conversation with Loveland at two.

I suppose need to learn more. From what I do know, Loveland is closer to Warren than Mason.

 

[King of the Jungle]

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Please keep it that way.

I currently have Taylor as a late-Round Two Fantasy Rookie pick, but I suspect when it is all said and done, he will be drafted in the top half of Round Two. The hope of getting him later is drying up, I fear.

@menobrown was posting positively about him awhile ago which caused me to take a closer look. I am almost to the point where I wouldn’t be shocked if he were the 1st or 2nd TE off the board. I personally like Warren at number one, however I think Taylor should be in the conversation with Loveland at two.

I suppose need to learn more. From what I do know, Loveland is closer to Warren than Mason.

Full disclosure…I have no idea what I doing and I do not suggest anyone follows my amateur feelings as advice.

 

[socrates]

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Please keep it that way.

I currently have Taylor as a late-Round Two Fantasy Rookie pick, but I suspect when it is all said and done, he will be drafted in the top half of Round Two. The hope of getting him later is drying up, I fear.

@menobrown was posting positively about him awhile ago which caused me to take a closer look. I am almost to the point where I wouldn’t be shocked if he were the 1st or 2nd TE off the board. I personally like Warren at number one, however I think Taylor should be in the conversation with Loveland at two.

I suppose need to learn more. From what I do know, Loveland is closer to Warren than Mason.

I think Loveland's dynasty value is nearly equal to Warren's. While I currently have Mason Taylor a full round later in my rankings, I am not sure he shouldn't be in the TE Tier One conversation. Neither Taylor nor Loveland has Warren's elite productivity, but TE college productivity is not nearly as important to me as RB or WR college productivity as a predictive measure of NFL success.

 

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Yeah, I held back for bit on talking about him and wondered if I had said to much, lol.

But way I see it when I'm doing my rookie drafts he'll be on everyone's radar since at that point I expect his high draft stock to be known. And in redraft I'm 4 for 4 on drafting him this year so already got a good sized filling of Taylor on those teams, which are all 1.5 PPR TEP.

On that note some feedback I've heard:

*mentioned this yesterday but what got him on my radar was Jim Nagy who did an interview before the Senior Bowl and spoke about him a few minutes with the most eye opening comment saying he thought before all was said and done he had a shot to be the first TE taken in the draft. The other eye opening comment he had on him was he said last year when teams went to LSU's pro day to look at Nabers and Thomas that Taylor participated and stole the show.

*after his combine performance both Bucky Brooks and Zierlien on a podcast labeled him a "riser" and thought he had a great shot to sneak into round one. They were both impressed with all of his drills, even said the way he moved the sled was "just different" and one of them noted that he would still be 20 on draft night and still had room to keep growing his frame.

*Dane Brugler on a podcast after the combine was asked if he had like any other thoughts he wanted to share and he brought up Taylor first, said he crushed the combine, could not find a single team with anything who had a negative thing to say about him and also said he thought he had a great shot to go round one.

*on slight negative note Daniel Jeremiah lowered him one spot in his top 50 after the combine. Probably had more to do with rising up other players, and still had him high, like 36 or 37 overall I think. Brugler has him about the same range in his top 100 but his was before the combine. Saw Nate Tice put out a top player list yesterday and it was almost identical.

That's what I've been hearing. Does not make a big deal to me if he's round one or not. Well no deal really. This class is deep on the lines and edge and that's a more premium position so that might push him back though for sure the two teams currently picking 31 and 32 could use a TE of the future. In fact if he fell to the Chargers in late round 2 I'd be pretty happy. Either way he's going to go high and despite his age and TE's sometimes taking time he's actually extremely polished and NFL ready. A true Y with pass catching skills. Only thing that I think keeps him from being an every down player form the jump is if he goes to a team like I just mentioned, KC or Philly, teams with incumbents on last year of their deals.

My only real question is the upside, will he just fall into that wide mass of similar or inconsistent producing TE's or be someone of legit tangible value at the4 position. I only play almost entirely in 1.5 TEP league and his odds are of course higher for success in this format.

 

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Fantasy Football: TE Mason Taylor's 2025 NFL Draft player profile

 

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Nate Tice
Mason Taylor (#86) receptions against Florida

Taylor is a smooth athlete at TE that nicely transitions in and out of his route breaks and can really eat up ground with his strides.

https://x.com/nate_tice/status/1909988372648710352?s=61

Benjamin Solak
I like Mason Taylor as a flex TE a fair bit. Good fluidity for his size and understands how to run routes to create separation. Makes some nice out-of-frame catches, too.

Reminds me of Tyler Higbee.

https://x.com/benjaminsolak/status/1904965182201147769?s=61

@scoutdnfl
Mason Taylor (TE - LSU) is an immediate contributor with a long career ahead of him.

• Size: 6’5, 251 lbs
• Natural separator + fluid athlete
• Open-space YAC threat
• Traditional prototype + versatility

https://x.com/scoutdnfl/status/1904974810133717405?s=61

Dave Kluge
I can’t stop gushing over this rookie tight end class.

Mason Taylor is still just 20 years old. He’s got an NFL frame and shocking fluidity.

It’s not every day you see a guy who’s 6’5” and can move like this.

https://x.com/davekluge/status/1904882727712940257?s=61

 

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Brian Baldinger
.@LSUfootball TE, Mason Taylor, has net with all 32 teams....He is your Flex Tight End at next level. Could be the next @ZERTZ_86 or more??? #geauxtigers #nfldraft #BaldysBreakdowns

https://x.com/baldynfl/status/1899092501366985172?s=61

Jordan Reid
#LSU TE Mason Taylor is a smooth route runner with great hands. Three traits that show why he’ll be an early second round target for teams in need of a versatile TE.

https://x.com/jordan_reid/status/1905348731794587751?s=61

Kent Lee Platte
Mason Taylor is a TE prospect in the 2025 draft class. He scored a 8.88 #RAS out of a possible 10.00. This ranked 150 out of 1331 TE from 1987 to 2025.

ras.football/ras-informatio…

https://x.com/mathbomb/status/1906435052767956994?s=61

 

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Anthony DiBona
Did Daniel Jeremiah inadvertently leak a potential conversation with Howie Roseman about LSU TE Mason Taylor?

Jeremiah was a west coast scout under Roseman for three seasons in Philadelphia.

Credit to @uncommoncurtiss for sharing this clip with me from “The Mina Kimes Show.”

https://x.com/dibonanfl/status/1914387106547556577?s=61

 

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What NFL Network's Daniel Jeremiah said about Mason Taylor ahead of 2025 NFL Draft

 

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The latest on LSU TE Mason Taylor’s NFL visits with draft approaching