Luke Reynolds TE Virginia Tech |
NFL Draft Profile & Scouting Report
| Jersey: #85 ROLE: Slot Multi-Role TE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Updated: 08/03/2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Draft Year: 2027 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FORTY time: 4.50 seconds (97%*) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Jersey: #85 | |
| ROLE: Slot Multi-Role TE | |
| Last Updated: 08/03/2026 | |
| Draft Year: 2027 | |
| Forty time: 4.50 seconds (97%*) | |
| Overall Rating: |
82.1 / 100
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| Average rating of opposition Defense player has faced | ||
| Defense Rating: |
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83% |
| Click the links below to view how player ranks vs other prospects. | ||
| QB Rating When targeted: | 78.7 | |
| Hands: |
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65% |
| Short Receiving: |
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72% |
| Intermediate Routes: |
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63% |
| Deep Threat: |
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53% |
| Blocking: |
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66% |
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DRAFT PROJECTION:
5th
Overall Rank:
#139
Position rank:
#6 (TE)
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| College Games: 29 College Snaps: 717 | ||
ESPN RATING: 84/100
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247 RATING: 98/100
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RIVALS RATING: 5.8 (95%)
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| Player Comparison* (Similarity level) | ||
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| Oscar Delp - Georgia |
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74% |
| Marlin Klein - Michigan |
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69% |
| Cade Otton - Washington |
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67% |
Draft Profile: Bio
Few recruiting rises matched Reynolds, who climbed from outside the top 1,000 to a five-star and the No. 1 tight end in the 2024 class within five months. A Massachusetts native who prepped at Cheshire Academy in Connecticut, he caught 48 passes for 754 yards and nine scores as a senior. He enrolled early and contributed as a freshman, even pulling off a fake-punt surprise on special teams at Minnesota.Working behind a deep tight end room, Reynolds caught 26 passes for 257 yards across thirteen games in 2025 while handling an inline blocking role and allowing just one pressure. The six-foot-five former quarterback entered the transfer portal afterward, a competitive, ascending two-way tight end with five-star tools still to fully tap. The meteoric rise from an unranked prospect to the nation's top tight end recruit still defines his profile, and the move keeps a five-star ceiling in play at his next stop.
Scouting Report: Strengths
- Rare timed speed for the position, the fastest profile in this tight end class.
- Former five-star and the top-ranked tight end recruit in his cycle.
- Caught 26 balls as a sophomore starter in a collapsing offense, four against Villanova for 73.
- True sophomore file: the age and the tools both leave room for a different ceiling.
- Famous for a freshman fake-punt conversion, a hint of the staff's trust in his hands.
Scouting Report: Weaknesses
- Zero touchdowns on 35 targets, vanishing production for the pedigree.
- Vertical receiving tape sits near the bottom of the group despite the speed.
- Three drops, a fumble, and a sack allowed scattered across an untidy season.
- Penn State's 2025 implosion means nobody knows what his role was supposed to be.
Scouting Report: Summary
Separating the player from the wreckage is the whole assignment. Reynolds was the top tight end recruit in the country two cycles ago and owns the fastest timed profile in this class, but his sophomore season produced 26 catches, 257 yards and zero touchdowns inside an offense that fired its head coach mid-year and cycled quarterbacks until December. The flashes exist, a four-catch Villanova day, chain-moving grabs at UCLA, and the freshman-year fake-punt conversion that told you what the staff thought of his hands.The production case is plainly thin. No scores on 35 targets is hard to write around, the deep tape sits near the bottom of the group despite a sprinter's forty, and the season's loose ends, three drops, a fumble, a sack allowed, read like a player carried sideways by a program coming apart. What cannot be known from this tape is what he looks like with competent structure, which is precisely why the recruiting file still matters.
Five-star tight ends with elite speed get a long rope, and his runs through 2026 under a rebuilt Penn State staff and a new quarterback room. A junior season that converts the athleticism into red-zone production rewrites this projection by two rounds; another silent year locks in the workout-warrior label. As the file stands he is a day-three traits flier with the widest range of outcomes at the position.
How other scouting services rate Luke Reynolds (Overall Rank)
All Scouts AverageOverall Rank
136.0
All Scouts AveragePosition Rank
7.0
*Percentile Ranking in Player's Position Group (NFL Combine Historical Data): This percentile reflects how a player's specific statistics rank
in comparison to historical performances at the NFL Combine, specifically within their position group. A higher percentile indicates a better performance.
For instance, being in the 90th percentile for a particular stat means the player outperformed 90% of their peers in that category.
*Similarity Percentage: This percentage is calculated based on a comprehensive analysis of various factors, including height, weight, 40-yard dash times, on-field performance statistics, and overall player rating. The analysis is conducted against our database of draft prospects from 2021 to 2023. This similarity score helps in evaluating how closely a current prospect aligns with past prospects. It is important to note, however, that this score reflects similarities based on college production and attributes, and does not account for eventual success or performance in the NFL.
*Similarity Percentage: This percentage is calculated based on a comprehensive analysis of various factors, including height, weight, 40-yard dash times, on-field performance statistics, and overall player rating. The analysis is conducted against our database of draft prospects from 2021 to 2023. This similarity score helps in evaluating how closely a current prospect aligns with past prospects. It is important to note, however, that this score reflects similarities based on college production and attributes, and does not account for eventual success or performance in the NFL.