PFF: Tennessee's Miles Kitselman is a tight end to watch for the 2026 NFL Draft
Tennessee’s Miles Kitselman is one of 10 tight ends to watch for the 2026 NFL Draft, according to Pro Football Focus. Kitselman is coming off a breakout season with the Vols, catching 22 passes for 301 yards and four touchdowns.
“He finished 2024 as the seventh-most-valuable tight end in the nation, according to PFF’s Wins Above Average metric,” PFF’s Max Chadwick wrote, “and ranks fourth among returning tight ends.
“Kitselman was also one of four tight ends in the country with top-25 PFF grades as a receiver and a run blocker. He hasn’t dropped a pass in his career and is capable of displacing defenders in the run game at 256 pounds.”
PFF’s 10 tight ends to watch for 2026 NFL Draft
The other tight ends on the list with Kitselman were Eli Stowers (Vanderbilt), Jack Endries (Texas), Max Klare (Ohio State), Justin Joly (North Carolina State), Tanner Koziol (Houston), Kenyon Sadiq (Oregon), Jack Velling (Michigan State), Luke Hasz (Ole Miss) and Oscar Delp (Georgia).
PFF has Stowers as “the early TE1 favorite” but didn’t have any tight ends in its Way-Too-Early 2026 NFL mock draft.
Tennessee was represented in the mock draft, with corner Jermod McCoy at No. 15 to the Miami Dolphins. McCoy debuted at No. 8 overall on PFF’s 2026 NFL Draft Big Board.
Kitselman announced in December that he would be returning for a fifth year of college football and a second season at Tennessee.
“Got some unfinished business,” Kitselman wrote on Instagram at the time, adding “let’s run it back” in the caption.
Kitselman, a native of Lyndon, Kansas, played at Hutchinson Community College in Kansas in 2021. He was a three-star prospect after playing on both the offensive and defensive line at Lyndon High School in Kansas.
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He played two seasons at Alabama after his JUCO year, before transferring to Tennessee. In 19 games with the Crimson Tide he caught just two passes for 18 yards, with both catches coming during the 2022 season.
Miles Kitselman last season: 22 receptions, 301 yards, 4 TDs
Kitselman had season highs with six catches for 97 yards and a touchdown in the win over Kentucky on November 2 at Neyland Stadium. He caught four passes for 46 yards at Georgia on November 16 and also scored on a 1-yard touchdown run in the first quarter.
He had three catches for 39 yards and at touchdown in the 51-10 win over North Carolina State in the Duke’s Mayo Classic in Charlotte in September and also had touchdowns against Kent State and Vanderbilt.
Kitselman was one of three tight ends on roster last season, alongside Staes and Ethan Davis, who caught 13 passes for 100 yards and two touchdowns during his redshirt freshman season.
Four-star tight end DaSaahn Brame signed with Tennessee in the 2025 recruiting class. The 6-foot-4.5, 225-pound Brame, a former Oregon commitment out of Derby, Kansas, was ranked No. 50 overall in the On3 Industry Ranking. He’s the No. 4 tight end in the country and the No. 3 overall player in the state of Kansas.
