TU Spring Football: Tight Ends

[Bill Lowery]

At tight end, a big void will have to be filled at Tulsa. Cole Neph caught 14 passes for 200 yards and three touchdowns last season, which is by far the most for a tight end in a Montgomery coached offense. Fellow senior Chris Minter was a strong blocker during all of his time at TU.

https://tulsa.rivals.com/news/tu-spring-football-tight-ends

 

[TULOYAL]

"Chris Minter was a strong blocker during all of his time at TU."

WAAAY underutilized.

 

[Chris Harmon]

 

[Rjjackson4]

@Chris Harmon will the TE be more involved in the passing game this season.

 

[Chris Harmon]

@Chris Harmon will the TE be more involved in the passing game this season.

That's what coaches are alluding to, and it would make sense with the way they went after Denzel Carter.

 

[Rjjackson4]

The zone read and TE position are made for each other.

 

[Gmoney4WW]

That's what coaches are alluding to, and it would make sense with the way they went after Denzel Carter.

Can't figure out why it wasn't more involved with the two that we had here before.(Neph and Minter) Their play was signaling that it should have been. Can't imagine that Carter is that much better than the two of them in the passing game. Maybe the quarterback is the one expected to be that much better. But with those two's catches as opposed to catches by the receivers, it should have been more involved last year.

 

[Lumpuckeroo]

Can't figure out why it wasn't more involved with the two that we had here before.(Neph and Minter) Their play was signaling that it should have been. Can't imagine that Carter is that much better than the two of them in the passing game. Maybe the quarterback is the one expected to be that much better. But with those two's catches as opposed to catches by the receivers, it should have been more involved last year.

I always enjoyed the wheel route to Clay and later to Crocket . I don’t remember Nelf ever dropping a pass thrown his way .

 

[Rjjackson4]

Can't figure out why it wasn't more involved with the two that we had here before.(Neph and Minter) Their play was signaling that it should have been. Can't imagine that Carter is that much better than the two of them in the passing game. Maybe the quarterback is the one expected to be that much better. But with those two's catches as opposed to catches by the receivers, it should have been more involved last year.

The TE is one of those positions teams didn't account for when playing TU. We were not consistent in using our TE in the passing game. The TE will be a key weapon used properly because the position is naturally deceptive. Our offense forces the defense to play adjustments football. That's a pain if all the plays look the same.