2025 NFL Draft prospect profile – Terrance Ferguson, TE, Oregon

Is Ferguson a sleeper in the tight end class?

For the second year in a row, we appear to have a deep, talented, and athletic tight end class.

The 2025 NFL Draft might not have a tight end who challenges rookie receiving records, but it looks to be a very strong class. That can make it relatively easy for good players to fly under the radar if they don’t truly stand out.

Oregon’s Terrance Ferguson is a well-rounded, “complete”, tight end who can fill a variety of roles in a modern offense. He’s a capable blocker, a reliable receiver, and a good athlete. However, he isn’t as widely heralded as some of his peers who have had a bigger role in their teams’ passing attacks.

In many ways, Ferguson has a similar game to New York Giants tight end Daniel Bellinger. The Giants already have Bellinger on their roster, but could they look at Ferguson as a low-cost successor if they choose to move on after 2025?

Prospect: Terrance Ferguson (3)
Games Watched: vs. Washington (2023), vs. UCLA (2024), vs. Oregon State (2024), vs. Ohio State (2024)

Measurables

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Strengths

Best traits

• Size
• Athleticism
• Versatility
• Route running
• Blocking discipline

Ferguson is a well-rounded and highly versatile tight end prospect.

Ferguson has a very good blend of size and athleticism for the position at 6-foot-5, 247 pounds, with 4.63 speed. He’s a competent blocker as well as a savvy receiver, which allowed Oregon to play him all over their offensive formation.

The Ducks used Ferguson as an attached and detached tight end, as an H-back, a slot receiver, as a screen blocker in wide alignments, and as a true wide receiver. He executed well from each of those alignments and is useful with and without the ball in his hands.

Ferguson showed improved discipline as a blocker in his senior season, with a good understanding of his role in the scheme and technique. He’s a functional blocker who’s able to sustain against off-ball linebackers and “lose slow” against bigger edge defenders and defensive linemen. He’s also more than athletic enough to block in space on screens or off-tackle runs.

He’s a smart route runner who also understands his role in larger route concepts. Ferguson understands how to weaponize his release and route stem to either find voids in coverage, or to pick up defenders and create traffic. Oregon frequently used him to help scheme separation, and he’s both unselfish and skilled in that regard. Finally, Ferguson has solid ball skills for a player who didn’t see many targets. He does a good job of locating and tracking the ball in the air, making adjustments and solid “hands” catches away from his frame.

Weaknesses

Worst traits

• Lack of elite traits (size, athleticism, or play strength)
• Occasional over-aggression

There are few real weaknesses in Ferguson’s game as a blocker or as a receiver.

His biggest flaw is an occasional bout of over-aggression as a blocker which can lead to lunging at defenders with poor leverage or outright whiffing.

Beyond that, the biggest criticism of Ferguson is that he isn’t elite in any area of his game. He lacks elite size, play strength, or athleticism. And while he’s at least solid in all of those areas, he won’t be a true match-up nightmare or a dominant blocker. That could lead teams to view him as more of a “number two”, as opposed to a starting tight end in an 11-personnel package.

Game Tape

(Ferguson is the Oregon tight end wearing number 3)

Projection

How Ferguson projects as an NFL player will likely depend on the team viewing him. Teams who already have a dynamic tight end would likely view him as more of a “number two” option. On the flip side, teams who lack a great tight end could view Ferguson as an adequate (or even above average) starter.

Ferguson’s greatest strength is his versatility and breadth of skills. He’s well-rounded enough to be the sole tight end on the field in an 11-personnel package, or serve as a counterpoint to a dynamic receiver or dominant blocker.

While he may never ascend to Pro Bowl or All-Pro status, Ferguson is more than good enough to see significant playing time and make his team feel good about him being on the field.

Does he fit the Giants?
Yes

Final Word: A Day 2 value