Class of 2027 · tight end
Drew Kessel
TE
6-6, 215 lb · Moorhead, MN
Committed to North Dakota State since Jun 576Model gradeiBetter offers than 84% of his classTop 1,000 board. Past boards here: 71% signed at a Power 4 school, 8% were drafted.
StarsiConsensus stars, as reported by CollegeFootballData.
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His offers, dated
His offers
11 offers · visited 2
Strongest program firstCommittedVisited
North Dakota StateCommittedoffered Jun 10, 2025Washingtoncoldoffered Jan 19Michigancoldoffered Sep 13, 2025Northwesterncoldoffered Oct 8, 2025Iowa Statecoldoffered Dec 28, 2025Wisconsincoldoffered Mar 25Minnesotacoldcamped Jun 16, 2025Kansas Statecoldoffered Jan 28West Virginiacoldoffered Nov 21, 2025Kansascoolofficial visit Jun 5Colorado Statecoldoffered Jan 22Strongest programs first (how strength is made). Warm: an offer, visit or camp in the last 60 days, or an official visit in the last 120. Cool: contact in the last 180. Cold: older, or a decommit. These are the offers on record, not every offer made.
His board on any day
May 2025 to todayMay 2025AugNovFebMayAugNov 2026
Drag to any month: the offers, the timeline and the grade become what they were on the last day of it, on today's scale. How the grade is made.
Every dated move
14 dated moves since May 15, 2025Committed North Dakota StateJun 5Official visit KansasJun 5Offered WisconsinMar 25Offered Kansas StateJan 28Offered Colorado StateJan 22Offered WashingtonJan 19Offered Iowa StateDec 28, 2025Offered West VirginiaNov 21, 2025Offered KansasNov 2, 2025Offered NorthwesternOct 8, 2025Offered MichiganSep 13, 2025Camp MinnesotaJun 16, 2025Offered North Dakota StateJun 10, 2025Offered MinnesotaMay 15, 2025Newest first, from recruit posts and the national recruiting data. An offer with no posted date sits in the offers list only.
His testing numbers
Testing numbers
none yetNo testing numbers for Drew yet. His family can add his 40, shuttle, jumps, bench and track times below, with proof.
How we know each number. Verified: a testing company or state meet result we matched to his name, class and date. Coach-confirmed: his coach said yes from a school email. Video-evidenced: a clip of the timer or tape that we watched. Self-reported, in grey: his family's word. Testing numbers here come only through this form.
Where he fits
Best fits
best 3 of 11 offersKansasA spot opens at tight end and they start players his size3 at tight end with 2+ years left · 1 leaves after this season · 1 starter his size since 20222West VirginiaA spot opens at tight end and they start players his size4 at tight end with 2+ years left · 2 leave after this season · 3 starters his size since 20223NorthwesternA spot opens at tight end and they start players his size2 at tight end with 2+ years left · 2 leave after this season · 1 starter his size since 2022Ranked by how thin each program is at his spot, whether it starts players his size, who leaves after this season and, while he is uncommitted, our odds. How it is made.
His role
Flex tight end6-6, 215 lb: built to split out. Built like Luke Lachey (6-6, 220), a starter at Iowa in 2024.
- Fitsan offense that throws more than most
- His offers that doWashingtonMinnesotaColorado State
- The rest8 of his offers play it another way
Read off his size at his position; schemes from each program's season article on Wikipedia (base defense) and our play-by-play (how much it throws). A guide to where he would line up, not a scouting report. How it is made.
Compare his offers
any 4 of 11Fit for him
No. 8of 11 offers
No. 1of 11 offers
No. 2of 11 offers
Program strength
66of 100
51of 100
54of 100
Players like him who went there: drafted
-none with his board signed there
-none with his board signed there
0 of 1closest: Johnson, 2012
Players like him there: a real season by year two
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-college seasons not on record
Room at tight end
-no roster on record
Average3 with 2+ years left
Average4 with 2+ years left
Leaving after this season
-no roster on record
1
2
2027 commits at tight end
-no roster on record
2Mason Oglesby, Luke Gazzaniga
1Luke Linder
Starts players his size
-no size data for this program
1starters his size since 2022
3starters his size since 2022
Offense
Multiple pro-stylethrows 42%, 122nd most
Pro spreadthrows 44%, 118th most
Spread optionthrows 29%, 135th most
Coaches tight end
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Michael Nysewander
From home
3 miND
552 miKS
979 miWV
Where it stands
Committed
Coolofficial visit Jun 5
Coldoffered Nov 21, 2025
His best-fitting offers first; pick any 4 of Drew's 11 to compare. Green is the best in each row. Room counts the players at his spot with two or more years left. Players like him: up to five past recruits whose offer boards looked most like his and who signed at that school, from classes whose careers are over; a real season means 100+ passes, 50+ carries, 15+ catches, 25+ tackles, 3+ sacks or 2+ interceptions. Offensive linemen and defenders from classes before 2016 are not in that row: the box score does not count linemen's work and has no tackles before 2016. History, not a forecast for him. Green on the scheme row: it plays the front or the offense his role fits. How fit is made.
Schools that should be calling
7 that have not offered
Purdue Even at tight endOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by May of sophomore year2
Michigan State Even at tight endOffered 4 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by May of sophomore year · tight ends coach Brian Wozniak3
Arizona Even at tight endOffered 3 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by December of junior year · tight ends coach Josh Miller4
Arkansas Even at tight endOffered 3 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by September of junior year · tight ends coach Morgan Turner5
Illinois Stocked at tight endOffered 3 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by May of sophomore year · tight ends coach Jared Elliott6
Missouri Even at tight endOffered 3 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by April of sophomore year7
Vanderbilt Even at tight endOffered 2 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by June of sophomore year · tight ends coach Brendan Flaherty
Missouri Even at tight endOffered 3 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by April of sophomore year7Vanderbilt Even at tight endOffered 2 of the 10 recruits most like himusually offers tight ends by June of sophomore year · tight ends coach Brendan FlahertyPrograms that offered the recruits most like him (same position, size, home state and offers), have not offered him, and sit near the level of the offers he holds. How it is made.
Where his size starts
126of 496 FBS starters at tight end since 2022 were his size6-5 to 6-7, 200 to 230 lb
- Most in
Big 1223
Big Ten22
SEC21 - Start his size most
Cincinnati5
Stanford4Missouri4 - His offers that doMichigan3Iowa State3Kansas State3West Virginia3
Who needs him
Northwestern is thinnest at tight end of his 11 offersEven- 2 with 2+ years left of 7
- 2 leave after this season
- 1 portal exit in 3 seasons
- 2 commits this cycle
A starter is six or more games in one of the position's starting slots, 2022-2026 (college snap counts are not public). How it is made. Room is players with 2+ years left plus 2027 commits, against the 68 programs mapped (the power conferences and Notre Dame). How it is made.
Players like him, and how they turned out
How 50 boards like his turned out
classes 2010-202214%Produced by year two4 of 29 had a real season by his second year
12%Transferred4 of 32 played for a second school
20%Drafted10 of 50, 3 in rounds 1-3
14%NFL starter7 of 50 started an NFL season
The 50 past recruits with the boards closest to his, from classes 2010 to 2022, whose careers are over. A real season: 100+ passes, 50+ carries, 15+ catches, 25+ tackles, 3+ sacks or 2+ interceptions. College seasons from CFBD rosters, on record for 32 of 50. The stats can judge a real season for 29 of those, because the box score does not count offensive linemen's work and has no tackles before 2016. History, not a forecast for him.
Boards that looked like his
2 of 10 drafted
Mavin Saunders TENot draftedmatch
Carson Meier TENot draftedmatch
Shamar Easter TENot drafted yetmatch
Max Stevenson TENot draftedmatch
Miller Forristall TENot draftedmatch
Past recruits whose offer boards looked most like his: same position, about the same size, offers from programs of the same strength, about as many. Past boards are offers at signing day; his is the board he holds today (Nov 12, 2026). Classes 2016 to 2025 are thin in our record today, so most matches come from 2010 to 2026. 6 of these 10 have finished their draft window. History, not a forecast for him.
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