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T.J. Hockenson

TE·Minnesota Vikings·#87·6'5"·248 lb·7th year·Iowa
Tier 1Round 1, pick 8 in 2019
Updated November 10, 2026
85.4
Model Score
Up from 78.2 last year
Trade value ·a 4th

Recruited

Class of 2016 · Tight end · High school: Chariton, IA

Recruiting sites
★★★★★
No. 1,464 in the nation. Composite 0.8278, the recruiting sites' average
Offers
Partial list
2 on record
Committed to
Iowa
Offers on record

Partial offer list. Offer lists for the 2016 class are partial everywhere we can read them: we hold 3 or more offers for 339 of 4,446 recruits, and we grade only those boards.

College: Iowa 2016-18

Every recruit in the 2016 class →

Our College Grade

96.0 MODEL
2017
82.2
2018
96.0
Ranked #31 among TEBroke out at 21.0

How good he was in college at what his position is supposed to do, out of 100. Scored against everyone else at his position, adjusted for the level he played at. This is not his NFL grade.

College Production

Iowa · Big Ten

SeasonGTgtRecYdsTDPos Rk
2017133324320329
201813624768744

The seasons in our college data. It does not always reach back to a player's first year.

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