Sparks, himself, said they see him as a Cordarrelle Patterson type player. So I'd imagine he has visions of a lot of sweeps, perhaps some direct snaps, as well as primarily running routes (probably similar to Bru in that regard).
I never threw support in favor of those suggesting he was a flex TE. I was just cutting thru the speculation, both yours and others, and giving you what he said straight from the horse's mouth.
We don't know if they told him CP from that quote. We just know that he used CP as an example in that interview. So, there should be no assumption of the coaches potentially lying to him. Like I said, Huepel has used a player in that capacity but unless you're a college football junkie or UCF fan, you'd have no clue who Otis Anderson is.
Well, considering Sparks was maybe 5 years old when CP played at UT, I doubt he pulled that example out of thin air on his own. I don't think it's really taking a great deal of artistic license to assume that as part of that quote from him, that he's been told that by the coaching staff as an example of someone they see him profiling like.
It could have come from the staff OR it wouldn't be much of a stretch for it to have come from a high school coach, trainer, or Vol fan. He's an in state kid from Chattanooga. Same pitch that was given to Cam Seldon with the exception of the mention of CP. CP is still very relevant because he's still in the NFL.
