Michael Trigg is a tight end and 2026 NFL Draft prospect who played his final two collegiate seasons at Baylor University after previous stops at USC and Ole Miss. A native of Tampa, Florida, Trigg was a consensus four-star recruit and an Under Armour All-American who excelled as both a tight end and defensive end, accumulating nearly 1,900 all-purpose yards and 29 touchdowns across his high school career while also averaging over 20 points per game in basketball. He committed to USC and saw limited action as a true freshman in 2021 with seven catches for 109 yards and a touchdown before transferring to Ole Miss, where injuries hampered his two seasons in Oxford and he managed just 25 receptions for 330 yards and four touchdowns across 10 games. He transferred again to Baylor, where he found stability, posting 30 catches for 395 yards and three touchdowns in 2024 before breaking out in his final season with 50 receptions for 694 yards and six touchdowns, earning first-team All-Big 12 honors and reaching the John Mackey Award finalist list.
Standing 6 feet 4 inches and approximately 240 pounds with 34.5-inch arm length and an 84-inch wingspan, Trigg is a long and athletic move tight end whose best football is played in space against linebackers and safeties who cannot match his combination of size and quickness. He operates with good route craft and feel for coverage structure, finding soft spots in zone with spatial awareness that traces back to his basketball background, and his physicality after the catch gives him the ability to drag defenders and generate significant gains once he has the ball in his hands. The consistent concerns in his evaluation center on blocking, where he plays with a high pad level and reaches rather than drives through contact, and concentration drops that have appeared across his tape despite the natural hands he possesses. NFL teams project him as a Day 2 to early Day 3 selection who fits best as a pass-catching mismatch piece in a creative offense willing to invest time developing his blocking technique at the next level.
