Terrance
Ferguson.
Terrance
Ferguson.
Oregon· 6'5"· 247 lb· 4.63s 40
"Ferguson is a smooth, big-bodied receiving tight end who offers immediate value as a detached big-slot mismatch, though his ultimate upside hinges on developing a more complete route tree and functional run blocking."Pre-draft read
Ferguson is a move tight end who lives detached — flexed to the slot, split out wide, occasionally in the backfield — and threatens the intermediate middle. He builds speed smoothly rather than exploding out of the stance, eats up cushion against linebackers and gets on top of safeties down the seam. Hands are natural and away from the frame, and he tracks the ball well over either shoulder.
The separation comes from length of stride and body control more than short-area suddenness; he is a strider, not a shake artist. Blocking is willing but positional — he screens and sustains rather than displaces. The signature is the vertical seam shot: put him on a safety in space and he wins the leverage battle before the ball is even out.
Play-action spread offense built on 11 and 12 personnel that flexes its tight end away from the formation and attacks the middle of the field — McVay/Shanahan timing concepts, or an Air Raid-influenced system that treats the TE as a big slot.
Year 1: 350-450 snaps as a detached receiving specialist on passing downs and in the red zone. Ceiling: 700-snap starting move tight end with 60-70 catches and double-digit yards per target as a defined seam and red-zone weapon.
A heavy 12-personnel, in-line power run offense that asks its tight end to base block a 260-pound edge on first and second down — he is not built to hold up there and the passing value never gets on the field.
Value spikes with a quarterback who throws with anticipation into the seam; he needs the ball out before the safety closes.
NFL DRAFT HIGHLIGHTS: TE Terrance Ferguson | Oregon Football
Draft-year reel of the seam work, the tracking downfield and the red-zone finishes at Oregon.
Terrance Ferguson | Full 2024 Oregon Highlights | 2025 NFL Draft
Complete senior-season cutup — every target from the 43-catch, 591-yard year.
Terrance Ferguson Rookie Highlights | Los Angeles Rams
Rookie-year clips from his 11-catch, 231-yard, three-touchdown first season with the Rams.
Ferguson is a big, smooth, four-year-starting receiving tight end whose value is tied to what he does detached from the formation. He is a matchup piece — too fast for most linebackers, too big for most nickels — and the offense that gets the most out of him is one that treats him as a receiver who happens to line up at tight end.
The production curve is the story: 17 catches as a true freshman, then 32, then 42, then 43 for 591 yards as a senior in Oregon's Big Ten championship offense, finishing with 134 receptions and 16 touchdowns across 53 games. Those aren't overwhelming volume numbers, but they came in a loaded offense where he was never the first read, and the tape rewards more than the box score does. The flags were real too — the run blocking is functional at best, he wins with pace instead of separation quickness, and he wasn't asked to work a full route tree from an in-line alignment.
The board had him as the third or fourth tight end in a deep class, a clean second-round grade with a receiving-only floor. Los Angeles traded back from 26 with Atlanta and took him at 46, betting that Sean McVay could scheme a big slot into production while Tyler Higbee handled the dirty work.
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Seam threat
Builds to top speed with long, clean strides and consistently gets vertical on linebackers and safeties, turning the middle of the field into a target area.
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Hands and tracking
Catches away from his frame and adjusts naturally over either shoulder, giving quarterbacks a reliable window on downfield throws.
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Alignment versatility
Flexes to the slot, splits out wide or works from the backfield, letting an offense move him to find the coverage matchup it wants.
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Four-year résumé
Started from his freshman year and improved every season, finishing with 134 catches, 1,537 yards and 16 touchdowns in a high-level Oregon offense.
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Testing profile
A 4.63 forty and 39-inch vertical at 6-5, 247 confirm on tape what shows up on Saturdays: he is a genuine athletic mismatch at the position.
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Run blocking
Willing but positional; he screens and rides defenders rather than displacing them, which limits how often he can stay attached on early downs.
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Short-area quickness
Wins with pace and stride length instead of suddenness, so man coverage from a physical, athletic defender can stall him early in routes.
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Route tree
Oregon used him mostly on verticals, seams and crossers; the underneath detail work and option-route feel are still projections rather than proof.
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Contested volume
Never carried a heavy target load in a stacked offense, leaving real questions about how he responds as a defense's primary concern.
— — — positional median (p50)
- 40 yd
- 4.63sp50
- Vertical
- 39inp50
- Broad jump
- 122inp50
- Three-cone
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- Shuttle
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- Bench
- —rep
| Yr | Team | G | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Oregon | 14 | 17 | 141 | 2 |
| 2022 | Oregon | 13 | 32 | 391 | 5 |
| 2023 | Oregon | 14 | 42 | 414 | 6 |
| 2024 | Oregon | 12 | 43 | 591 | 3 |
| Career | — | 53 | 134 | 1537 | 16 |
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
- Dillon GabrielQB28%
- Tez JohnsonWR12%
- Jordan JamesRB11%
#6 of 18 tracked contributors · Produced in line with his snap share · Offense explosiveness 1.21 (p22) · CFBD — usage x PPA per tracked player
Reliable flex-first tight end who produces steady mid-volume receiving numbers and red-zone scores without ever being an every-down blocker.
Big, smooth receiving tight end who became a genuine offensive centerpiece once the route detail and blocking caught up to the athletic profile.
Athletic move tight end whose limited blocking and narrow route usage kept him in a rotational, matchup-only role throughout his career.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
Los Angeles brought him in as a developmental complement, not a plug-and-play starter, and that's exactly how year one went. Ferguson played 14 games as a rookie in 2025 behind Tyler Higbee and Colby Parkinson, and the raw numbers stayed small — 11 catches for 231 yards and three touchdowns. But the efficiency was loud: 21.0 yards per reception, which is a wide receiver's number at tight end, and three scores on eleven catches. Sean McVay used him almost exclusively as a downfield chess piece in an offense that finished 12-5 and second in the NFC West.
In hindsight this is exactly the kind of pick the flags predicted and the traits justified. The blocking limitation kept him off the field on early downs, so the snaps were rationed — but on the reps he did get, the seam-stretching profile translated immediately and cleanly. He hasn't proven he can carry a tight end room, and he won't until the Higbee-era depth clears out. What he did prove is that the one elite thing on the college tape is an NFL skill, which is the best result you can ask for from a rookie in a crowded room.