Future TE room

[wmcovol]

For a position long a second thought in the Tennessee offense, Heupel has brought a new dimension to the offense with emphasis on the TE as a playmaker. Fant was a Swiss Army knife LY. Warren, Castle & Davis gives him 3 great options this yr.

Future TE room has sick athletic potential with Davis, Okoye & Echols already together. Forget covering these guys with safeties or OLB.

 

[OrangeTsar]

For a position long a second thought in the Tennessee offense, Heupel has brought a new dimension to the offense with emphasis on the TE as a playmaker. Fant was a Swiss Army knife LY. Warren, Castle & Davis gives him 3 great options this yr.

Future TE room has sick athletic potential with Davis, Okoye & Echols already together. Forget covering these guys with safeties or OLB.

Heupel is extremely creative and adaptable. If there is a way to squeeze more points out of this offense by utilizing the TEs, he will find it and implement it

 

[AlsaceFreak]

we will have multiple pass-catching tight ends on the field at the same time this year.... it should be exciting to watch!

 

[TNVOLFN]

we will have multiple pass-catching tight ends on the field at the same time this year.... it should be exciting to watch!

Has there been an update on Ethan Davis or have I missed it?

 

[Vol_guy]

Has there been an update on Ethan Davis or have I missed it?

He has been a full go at practice

 

[OrangeTsar]

I want to see defenders trying to tackle Okoye after a catch

 

[DaddyChad]

I want to see defenders trying to tackle Okoye after a catch

Idk I’m fine with them not even trying.

 

[OrangeTsar]

Idk I’m fine with them not even trying.

It’s funnier when try do and fail

 

[Vol in Buckeye Land]

Is there any expectation that Castles will be able to fill Prince Fant’s role? From the practice videos he looks to be a more compact, h-back type where Warren has the frame of your traditional, Luke Stocker/JasonWitten TE.

 

[Volfan1000]

Is there any expectation that Castles will be able to fill Prince Fant’s role? From the practice videos he looks to be a more compact, h-back type where Warren has the frame of your traditional, Luke Stocker/JasonWitten TE.

I think Okoye could be a bigger version of Fant.

 

[Vol in Buckeye Land]

I think Okoye could be a bigger version of Fant.

Long-term, yeah, but I’m talking this year.

 

[TNVOLFN]

He has been a full go at practice

That’s fantastic, thank you for the reply!

 

[butchna]

Is there any expectation that Castles will be able to fill Prince Fant’s role? From the practice videos he looks to be a more compact, h-back type where Warren has the frame of your traditional, Luke Stocker/JasonWitten TE.

He’s 6’5 251 lbs and a more noted receiver than Warren. Where do you see “compact”?

 

[ntxVOL]

I love when Heup lines one up in the backfield.

 

[Vol737]

I want to see defenders trying to tackle Okoye after a catch

That will look like a freight train meeting a Yugo on the tracks.

 

[ankh83]

I think we got some options here... lol

 

[Eastknox865]

For a position long a second thought in the Tennessee offense, Heupel has brought a new dimension to the offense with emphasis on the TE as a playmaker. Fant was a Swiss Army knife LY. Warren, Castle & Davis gives him 3 great options this yr.

Future TE room has sick athletic potential with Davis, Okoye & Echols already together. Forget covering these guys with safeties or OLB.

The position is very thin right now but the future looks bright. TE is a position we can't afford any injuries

 

[butchna]

One could claim we’re way deeper at the position than last season.

 

[lifeisdeep]

we will have multiple pass-catching tight ends on the field at the same time this year.... it should be exciting to watch!

I can’t ever remember seeing such with the Vols. Would be amazing.

 

[brentcontractor]

Fant was 6'1" 236 lbs. Who fills that roles? (RE: Georgia's Bowers 6'4" 230
RB possibilies:
Keith 6'1' 230
Seldon 6'2" 222
TE on roster (lot of bodies)
Okoye 6'5" 230
Castles 6'5" 252 UC Transfer
Rohrer 6'7" 249 wo
Shouse 6'6" 250 wo Ole Miss Transfer
Duncan 6'2" 239 wo Virginia Tech transfer
Davis 6'5" 232
Warren 6'6" 253
Browder 6'7" 250 wo UCF Transfer
Salmon 6'5" 249 wo

 

['Boro-vol]

Georgia’s Brock Bowers, a legitimate freak, should impress upon everyone what a weapon an elite Tight End can be. I’m sure Heupel paid attention. He probably has it all schemed up already.

 

[JohnWardForever]

Tight end "Room". I wanta know who started this Room bidness. (I think some NFL guy) Attempt at clever, not so much. It was always Running Back GROUP. We all know what a room is; in the house. Just a pet peeve, from a Traditionalist. I'm LIKE over it........lol

 

[BruisedOrange]

By his senior year, if Okoye learns and develops in the position, I could foresee him forcing defenses to go to their dime package, just to prevent Okoye from being covered by a LB.

'Cause Okoye + LB = TD ev-er-y-time!

 

[BruisedOrange]

Tight end "Room". I wanta know who started this Room bidness. (I think some NFL guy) Attempt at clever, not so much. It was always Running Back GROUP. We all know what a room is; in the house. Just a pet peeve, from a Traditionalist. I'm LIKE over it........lol

Because they each have their own meeting ROOM.

It's not because we're traditionalists... it's because we played at schools that didn't have a 50th of UT's sports facilities!

 

[VOLSBEERS1992]

For a position long a second thought in the Tennessee offense, Heupel has brought a new dimension to the offense with emphasis on the TE as a playmaker. Fant was a Swiss Army knife LY. Warren, Castle & Davis gives him 3 great options this yr.

Future TE room has sick athletic potential with Davis, Okoye & Echols already together. Forget covering these guys with safeties or OLB.

I agree and love the potential with these guys athletically but its a largely unproven group to be calling them great options as of this year. Warren didn't even score a touchdown last year and the rest of those guys have either never played a down of college football or if they did it was at the FCS level which is a far cry from the SEC.

With that said, if anyone can get great production out of them immediately and develop them quickly its Josh Heupel.