This past weekend was my annual dynasty fantasy football draft. After talking up Kenyon Sadiq at last years draft and Sadiq delivering on those expectations in 2025 to become the No. 1 TE drafted in the 2026 NFL draft I think my league mates may have been rolling their eyes at me when I suggested that Oregon once again may have the No. 1 TE prospect in college football in 2026 as well.
Despite the excellent film Johnson put on tape in 2025 leading to 1 year out NFL draft hype, I feel in College Circles Jamari is shockingly still a bit of well kept secret outside of Oregon. “Technically” Johnson was a backup last year on paper, if you’re paper requires you to fill out a lineup in 11 personnel, and it can be pretty hard to believe that one college football team is on track to produce TE1 in back to back seasons. But that’s what Jamari is on track to do.
Johnson vs past NFL Oregon Tight Ends
Since 2007 Oregon has produced 10 NFL players at TE. 3 were drafted in the top 3 rounds of the NFL draft and 7 others signed UDFA’s but stuck in the league for at least 1 full season.
I decided to compare Jamari’s 2025 raw statistical season to 9 of those 10 players 2nd to last collegiate seasons as 2025 projects to be Jamari’s 2nd to last season. A couple of notes