{"id":285300,"date":"2026-04-25T08:57:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T08:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/285300\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T08:57:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T08:57:17","slug":"los-angeles-rams-select-max-klare-in-second-round-of-2026-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/285300\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Rams select Max Klare in second round of 2026 NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Los Angeles Rams selected tight end Max Klare<\/a> with the No. 61 overall pick in the second round of the 2026 NFL Draft. Klare transferred to Ohio State ahead of the 2025 campaign after spending three seasons at Purdue.<\/p>\n

In his lone season with the Buckeyes, Klare made 14 appearances and 11 starts. He recorded 43 catches for 448 yards and two touchdowns. For his efforts, he was named an All-Big Ten First-Team selection by both the league\u2019s coaches and media.<\/p>\n

In his three years at Purdue, Klare amassed made 18 appearances and 12 starts. All of his starts occurred in the 2024 season, when he notched a career-high 51 catches for 685 yards and four touchdowns. In turn, he was an All-Big Ten Third-Team honoree.<\/p>\n

Max Klare played high school football at St. Xavier (OH), where he was a three-star prospect. He was the No. 1,220 overall player and No. 78 tight end in the 2022 recruiting cycle, according to the Rivals Industry Rankings.<\/p>\n

What NFL Draft analysts are saying about Max Klare<\/p>\n

At 6-foot-4 and 246 pounds, Klare\u2019s size won\u2019t be an issue at the next level. Ahead of the draft, NFL.com\u2019s Lance Zierlein provided an in-depth analysis of Klare, while weighing in on the 22-year-old\u2019s professional potential.<\/p>\n

\u201cHighly athletic, pass-catching tight end capable of earning volume targets on the pro level,\u201d Zierlein wrote<\/a>. \u201cKlare can live beyond the typical targeted depth for most tight ends thanks to his route inventory and ability to generate separation across the field. He\u2019s best from the slot but can widen out when a matchup presents itself.<\/p>\n

\u201cHands and ball-tracking are below average but his production could make teams forget the drops. He improved as a run blocker as the season progressed, but \u2018functional\u2019 might be the finish line there. In a league craving impact tight ends, Klare has a chance to inject life into an offense hunting mismatches.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zierlein isn\u2019t the only analyst who is confident Max Klare can carve out a role in the NFL. Before the draft, ESPN\u2019s Mel Kiper listed Klare as the No. 6 tight end in the 2026 draft class. Meanwhile, Kiper\u2019s fellow ESPN draft expert, Field Yates, ranked Klare as the fourth-best TE in the draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Rams selected tight end Max Klare with the No. 61 overall pick in the second…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285301,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[48,52,51,47,50,49,122271],"class_list":{"0":"post-285300","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-la","9":"tag-la-headlines","10":"tag-la-news","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","13":"tag-los-angeles-news","14":"tag-max-klare-22-st-xavier"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285300\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}