Ok, this narrative that all you hope he enjoys blocking, and he won’t be used at UGA, as if he would at Tennessee has to stop. Your OC (formerly our OC, AND thanks for that by the way) inherited a 5 star tight end who made the All-SEC Freshman team, in I.Nauta. And he was criminally underused by Chaney.
But you all make it seem like he should have picked you guys because of your prolific use of your TE’s. well he are the TE Stats from 2019 for UTlite, and UGA.
Tennessee
Dominick Wood- 21 Receptions, for 268 yards and 1 td.
Austin Pope- 4 receptions, for 21 yards and 0 TD’s
Princeton Fant- 2 receptions, 15 yards, and 0 TD’s
UGA
Eli Wolfe- 13 receptions, 194 yards, and 1 TD (he had 8 reception in 3 years at Tennessee)
Charlie Woerner- 9 receptions, 78 yards, and 1 TD
John Fitzpatrick- 1 receptions, 22 yards, and 0 TD’s
2019 TE Stats Total
Tennessee- 27 receptions, 314 yards, and 1 TD
UGA- 23 receptions, 294 yards, and 2 TD’s
Summation.
Neither school used their TE’s very well as receivers. I think it is fair to say that they played a much bigger role in the running game (blocking) at UGA.
So this perception being put out that by UTlite fans that DW made a bad choice because UTlite develops TE’s better than UGA is crap. Chaney didn‘t use them at UGA, nor has he at UTlite. He will start day 1 at UGA (i dont know, he might have at UTlite as well). But he will have a much better chance at winning something at UGA than he would in Knoxville. Better academics at UGA (don’t know that this played any part in his decision as he looks to be a 3 and gone type of player).
And the perception that he trolled you all is crap. He has dropped many obvious hints that UGA was his destination. And it was widely known by ALL the experts that he had already signed his LOI, and that it was sent to UGA on ESD. If you were trolled it was by your own fans or supposed “insiders”. That is on you.