Jaguars selected Houston TE Tanner Koziol with the No. 164 overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft.

25 April 2026

Koziol (6’6.5/247) spent three seasons at Ball State honing his skills. He led the Cardinals with seven touchdowns as a rookie. While his three touchdowns in 2023 don’t pop off the box score, Koziol was the only player on the team to score more than one touchdown through the air. He then put it all together in 2024 with 94 receptions for 839 yards and eight scores. Having thoroughly dominated the MAC, Koziol got called up to the Big 12 for his final season of college ball. He led the conference with 74 receptions in his lone season at Houston. Koziol turned that into 727 yards and six scores. Despite his gaudy counting stats, Koziol has several limitations. He is a non-factor after the catch, averaging just 3.5 YAC per catch over his career. He’s also a lumbering route runner, leading to an inflated number of his targets being contested. All in, Koziol looks like a rim finisher in the red zone, but a high-leverage TE2 role may be his ceiling. The Jaguars double-down at tight end this draft, adding more of a receiving threat in Koziol after selecting a blocking tight end in Nate Boerkircher in the second round.