Brett Norfleet
Missouri#176 overallDraft Movement
Down 38 spots since Jun 8
Scouting Report
The outline is a pro tight end and the season kept smudging it. Brett Norfleet is 6-6 and 263 pounds with near-elite timed speed, the frame-and-wheels combination scouting departments flag automatically. A consensus four-star out of St. Charles, Missouri, he starred in football and baseball at Francis Howell, won a Class 5 state football title as a senior, and drew Division I interest as a pitcher before a labrum injury turned his focus to football. He earned SEC All-Freshman honors in 2023 with 18 catches for 197 yards and three touchdowns, then added 26 receptions for 235 yards in 2024. In 2025 he set career highs with 31 catches, 254 yards and a team-leading five touchdowns while starting 10 of his 11 games. His loudest day came against Kansas in the renewed Border War, seven catches for 76 yards and two scores, and he opened the scoring against Alabama with a 26-yard touchdown from Beau Pribula on the game's first drive. Then the details. Four drops and a two-of-seven contested line undercut the catch-radius promise, the blocking graded soft for 263 pounds with a sack among the pressures allowed, and his yards per catch barely cleared eight because the targets die at the catch point. A shoulder injury at Vanderbilt cost him the Texas A&M game and December surgery ruled him out of the Gator Bowl. He has never strung together a fully healthy, fully productive season.
Strengths
- Career-best season as Missouri's red-zone outlet with five touchdowns on 31 catches, a team high
- seven catches, 76 yards and two touchdowns against Kansas in the rivalry renewal
- 6-6 with near-elite timed speed at 263 pounds, the frame-and-wheels combination scouts chase
- opened the scoring against Alabama with a 26-yard touchdown on the game's first drive, proof the size plays against the best fronts he saw
- SEC All-Freshman honors as a true freshman
- three straight seasons of production increases
- started 10 of 11 games in 2025
- two-sport athlete who drew Division I baseball interest as a pitcher
Weaknesses
- Four drops and a two-of-seven contested line undercut the catch-radius promise
- soft blocking tape for 263 pounds, with a sack among the pressures allowed
- shoulder surgery in December ended his season early and clouds the offseason
- yards per catch barely cleared eight, with targets dying at the catch point
- has never strung together a fully healthy, fully productive season
- 254 receiving yards is thin for a full year of starts
- the upside argument rests on measurables rather than the game log
NFL Comparison
Brenton Strange size-speed tight end still rounding out; Cade Stover blocking-first frame with red-zone value; Darnell Washington measurables ahead of production
College Stats
2023 (Fr): 18 rec, 197 yds, 3 TD, SEC All-Freshman; 2024 (So): 26 rec, 235 yds; 2025 (Jr): 11 G/10 starts, 31 rec, 254 yds, team-leading 5 TD, 4 drops, 2 of 7 contested; 7 rec, 76 yds and 2 TD vs Kansas; 26-yard TD vs Alabama; December shoulder surgery
College Market Value
Our model prices him at $500K on the open college market, built from production, pedigree, role and Missouri's program money. No credible deal has been reported for him this season.
The college fantasy model projects 6.4 PPG (TE9), after 6.4 PPG across 11 games last year.
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Awards & Honors
2023 SEC All-Freshman Team; team-leading five receiving touchdowns in 2025; consensus four-star recruit and Class 5 state champion at Francis Howell