Harold Fannin Jr.

Cleveland Browns·#44UNDERPAID

Pos TEHt 6'4"Wt 241 lbExp 1 yrCollege Bowling Green

Updated September 21, 2026

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Model Score

78.0 MODEL

Resting on limited playing time

How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →

Harold Fannin Jr. Stats This Season · 1 games

Rec

Rec Yds

Rec TD

Targets

21.0

Yds/Gm

4.1

Fantasy PPG

Advanced Metrics EPA & Next Gen Stats

0.565

EPA / target

0.0 yd

Avg separation

0.0 yd

Avg cushion

0.0

YAC over exp

0.0%

Catch %

Draft & College

Round 3, pick 67 · Cleveland Browns · 2025

Bowling Green (Mid-American)

Taken

#67

where he actually went

Consensus board

76th

average of the public big boards that spring

Our college model

#38

among TE in our college data

He went about where consensus had him.

In college · 2022-2024 · 32 games

175 rec, 2,337 yds, 17 TD, 13.4 yds/rec

Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.

Coming out

7.77

RAS

4.71s

40 yd

22 reps

Bench

118"

Broad

6.97s

3-cone

4.39s

Shuttle

STM Take

The empty 2025 dataset means the projection is purely the historic Bowling Green production (FBS-record 117 catches as a senior) and the 3rd-round draft slot. The path to meaningful 2026 reps depends on David Njoku's role and contract status. At 22 with the most decorated FCS-tier TE college career in modern history, the developmental ceiling is real even if Year 1 was invisible.

Fannin came out of Bowling Green as Cleveland's 3rd-round pick (67th overall) in 2025 after a senior season that produced the all-time FBS single-season record for TE receptions (117) and 1,555 receiving yards. He won the 2024 John Mackey Award as the nation's top TE despite playing at the Group of Five level. At 6'4" and 245 pounds, he profiles as a converted-WR move TE in the modern Travis Kelce mold. The empty 2025 STTM ranking and game log in our dataset reflects either an injury-shortened rookie season or a deep-depth role behind David Njoku.

Strengths

117 senior receptions at Bowling Green is the FBS single-season record for any TE, plus the 2024 John Mackey Award (best TE in college football) confirms unique college pedigree.
6'4"/245 frame with WR-converted route tree plus 3rd-round draft slot establishes a real developmental ceiling. Age 22 leaves multiple years of growth.

Concerns

Empty 2025 STTM ranking and no game log in our dataset is the failure mode for a 3rd-round rookie. Either injury or deep depth-chart status produced an invisible debut.
David Njoku's contract through 2026 plus the Browns offensive issues around Joe Flacco/Shedeur Sanders/Dillon Gabriel cap the realistic 2026 ceiling.

What to watch: Whether his 2026 snap share clears 40% across the first six weeks behind Njoku, the threshold that separates a developmental piece from a roster lock.