The top two tight ends leading up to the 2013 NFL draft were Zach Ertz and Tyler Eifert. They were compared with each other during the pre-draft hoopla, and Ertz said half the teams preferred Eifert and half the teams preferred him.
"Going through the whole process, people were pitting it as me and him," Ertz said. "At the time, you think it's the most important thing to get drafted first. . . .I was drafted where I wanted to be, where I needed to be."
Eifert went first when the Cincinnati Bengals selected him No. 21 in the first round.