Mason Taylor

21-Year-Old Tight EndTE
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Taylor found an ideal landing spot in the second round of the 2025 Draft, going to the Jets with the 42nd overall pick after a college career in which he averaged 436 yards and two touchdowns per season at LSU. He’s one of the youngest incoming rookies, celebrating his 21st birthday two weeks after the draft, but he may nonetheless prove a quick study in the NFL, seeing as he was a three-year starter in the SEC and is the son of Hall of Famer Jason Taylor. (Mason) Taylor skipped drills at the combine before boosting his draft stock at LSU's pro day, where he ran a 4.65 40 and put up a lineman-like total of 28 bench-press reps at 6-foot-5, 246 pounds. While impressive raw strength doesn't always translate to good blocking, Taylor has a nice opportunity to be the Week 1 starter for a team whose veteran tight ends have failed to make a mark in the NFL as either blockers or pass catchers (combined career totals of 644 yards and one TD). The Jets figure to deploy a run-first offense with dual-threat quarterback Justin Fields, but there's nonetheless an opportunity for the rookie to see a good number of targets, as the team lacks weapons beyond WR Garrett Wilson and RB Breece Hall. Read Past Outlooks
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Signed a four-year, $10.47 million contract with the Jets in July of 2025.
Likely to start immediately
TENew York Jets
July 31, 2025
Taylor looks ready to start out of the gate and has been operating ahead of Jeremy Ruckert and Stone Smartt in training camp, Zack Rosenblatt of The Athletic reports.
ANALYSIS
Taylor has demonstrated good chemistry with quarterback Justin Fields and drawn praise from wide receiver Garrett Wilson for his playmaking ability. The rookie second-round pick's main competitors for snaps at tight end, Ruckert and Smartt, have combined for only one touchdown catch in 79 regular-season NFL games.
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Snap Distribution / Depth Chart
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New York JetsJets 2024 TE Snap Distribution
#% of Team Snaps

76475%
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How often does Mason Taylor run a route when on the field for a pass play?
This data will let you see how Mason Taylor and the other tight ends for the Jets are being used. Some tight ends may have a lot of snaps, but they're not that useful for fantasy purposes because they're not actually running routes. This data will help you see when this is the case.
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143 routes   28 targets
38%
105 routes   19 targets
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Gets $9.6 million guaranteed
TENew York Jets
July 18, 2025
Taylor signed a four-year, $10.5 million contract with the Jets on Friday, Rich Cimini of ESPN.com reports.
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Lands with Jets
TENew York Jets
April 25, 2025
The Jets selected Taylor in the second round of the 2025 NFL Draft, 42nd overall.
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Making waves at camp
TENew York Jets
August 1, 2025
Taylor has been impressive through early training camp practices and appears set to be the primary receiving option at tight end, Rich Cimini of ESPN.com reports.
ANALYSIS
The rookie out of LSU has been standing out with the same athleticism and hands that led to him being selected in the second round for the tight-end-needy Jets. Taylor, who posted a 55-546-2 receiving line in his final college season in 2024, recorded a 26-yard touchdown grab from Justin Fields in Friday's session, and Cimini notes Taylor's emergence could relegate position mate Jeremy Ruckert to a blocking role.
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