Koziol Placed on 2026 Senior Bowl Top 300 List

HOUSTON – University of Houston tight end Tanner Koziol earned a spot on the 2026 Senior Bowl Top 300 list entering the 2025 season, the organization announced Wednesday.

Koziol joined the Cougars this summer following three years at Ball State where he was a breakout star for the Cardinals. In total, Koziol has caught 163 passes for 1,507 yards and 18 touchdowns. The three-time All-MAC selection (Second Team in 2022, 2024; Third Team in 2023) was a 2022 College Football News Third-Team Freshman All-American and a 2023 HERO Sports Preseason Third-Team All-American.

In 2024, he was a College Football Network Third-Team All-American and a HERO Sports First-Team Group of 5 All-American after ranking fourth in the country with 7.8 receptions per game and breaking Ball State's single-season and career records for receptions by a tight end. He caught 94 passes for 839 yards and eight touchdowns enroute to an 87.9 offensive grade by Pro Football Focus, the third highest grade by a tight-end last year.

The Bloomingdale, Ill., native was the first tight end in Ball State history to eclipse both 80 receptions and 800 yards last year. He was one of three tight ends nationally to catch 8+ touchdown passes and one of five to surpass 800 receiving yards.

The Panini Senior Bowl is widely regarded as the preeminent college football all-star game and the first stage in the NFL Draft process. The longest continual-running all-star game has taken place in Mobile, Alabama, the past 76 years. This past April, the game produced 106 total picks, representing 40 percent of the entire NFL draft.

The Senior Bowl scouting department, comprised entirely of former NFL scouts, has been hard at work since last February, evaluating over 2,000 prospects from all levels of college football. From that extensive and competitive process, the Senior Bowl Top 300 was composed.

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