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File TE-05 · National rank 132 · 2027 class

Benjamin Brahmer

#18· Penn State ·TE ·Sr ·2027 Draft · Pierce, Neb.
6'7"Height 250 lbWeight
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My Grade
7.5/10
Day 3 Caliber
Current · Draft Caliber
7.1 Floor range 0.6 Ceiling 7.7
7.7/10
Day 3 Caliber
Ceiling · +0.2
7.1/10
Day 3 Caliber
Floor · −0.4
Ceiling: 2026 rotation (TE2) — some opportunity; close to ceiling (+0.2) · TE lower-value.
Floor: Some college production — moderate floor; downside −0.4.
Grade last reviewed 1w ago
8.9+ Round 1 Caliber
7.8+ Day 2 Caliber
6.7+ Day 3 Caliber
5.6+ Priority UDFA
4.4+ UDFA
3.3+ Long Shot
2.2+ Raw Prospect
1.1+ Deep Project
0.0+ Non-Prospect
Grade History
7.5 2025
Re-graded after each season · 2025 is the beta baseline.
Scouting Notes

Towering 6-7, 250-pound target who spent three seasons at Iowa State and arrives at Penn State off a career year — 37 catches, 446 yards, six touchdowns — with Phil Steele preseason All-America billing waiting for him. Brahmer's catch radius is the sales pitch; small-town Nebraska production (back-to-back 1,000-yard high school seasons at Pierce) built a natural ball-winner, and the 17.9-yard average during his injury-shortened 2024 shows the seam-stretching lives in the frame. Penn State's recent tight end lineage gives him a proven usage template to step into. However, the career-best season was still only 37 catches — he has never been a volume weapon — and a 6-7 build raises the standard leverage questions tall tight ends always have to answer at the next level. The scheme fit is the bet here. If Penn State feeds him the way it has fed its recent tight ends, he is a Day 3 pick in 2027 with red-zone specialist value; the tools still read better than the target share.