Former Iowa Hawkeye George Kittle is widely regarded as one of the premier Tight Ends in the NFL today. A pair of recent first-round picks from Iowa, Noah Fant and T.J. Hockenson, now enter year four in the league and are seeking to fully establish themselves at the position as well....
Ron Kramer's legendary status as one of the all-time great Green Bay Packers tight ends is well-deserved. Drafted in the first round, Kramer's fearless and bruising playstyle quickly earned him a reputation as a formidable weapon in the Lombardi era. A key component of two NFL Championship...
“So much of the spread offenses that have taken ahold in college football, they just started playing without tight ends or they really are playing with a big slot – the 225-pound slot receiver,” Gutekunst said. “There were very few teams that were playing with traditional tight ends –...
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He outright led all tight ends in weekly scoring three different times as a rookie, tied for the league lead at the position. What we saw from LaPorta as a prospect immediately translated to the NFL. Coming out of Iowa, LaPorta led last year’s draft class in routes run as an isolatio...
I’ll begin today by looking at quarterbacks and tight ends in this article and run things back with running backs and wide receivers on Friday. A look at the complete list of quarterback and tight end prospects can be found below, courtesy of NFL.com, which I linked to at the...
in 2018, vaulting himself to become the consensus top tight end in the draft. Both players have unique skillsets, and with the emergence of fellow Hawkeye, George Kittle, at the NFL level this past season, the comparison has begun between the trio of former Iowa tight ends. Here’s a ...
If Kittle was fed as heavily as the top tight ends in the NFL, his numbers would rival Kelce’s. Alas, he’s played like a traditional inline tight end and has to compete with several top-tier weapons for targets in the 49ers' offense. Kittle’s 87.8 receiving grade ranks second over...
GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Green Bay Packers enter the 2023 NFL Draft with a major need a tight end. Or tight ends. Sure-handed Robert Tonyan, who finished third on the team in receptions in his comeback season from a torn ACL, signed with the Chicago Bears in free agency. Sage veteran...
GREEN BAY, Wis. – Not only does the NFC North have a batch of , but it’s got a batch of powerful young tight ends, too. While the Green Bay Packers might have the best young tight end duo in the NFL, that wasn’t enough to earn Luke Musgrave or Tucker Kraft a spot on Sports...