2020 Senior Bowl Tight Ends

By: Ed Hunt

Adam Trautman, TE, Dayton

-tall target

-used as a wide receiver at times in Dayton’s offense

-not a good route runner

-active blocker

-can be a mauler as a run blocker

Charlie Taumoepeau, TE, Portland State

-violent in-line blocker

-needs to cut better as a route runner

-needs to square better when blocking

-lined up in-line and in the slot

-wasn’t getting separation in FCS football

Stephen Sullivan, TE, LSU

-can come up with the catch in traffic

-can high point the football

Jared Pinkney, TE, Vanderbilt

-average run blocker

-needs come up with 50-50 balls better

-needs to sustain blocks better on WR screens

-lined up in-line and in the slot

-needs to do better job as a route runner

Sean McKeon, TE, Michigan

-decent in-line blocker

-runs hard on routes

-lined up as a fullback

–needs to get better separation

-Shea Patterson also wasn’t getting him the ball

Brycen Hopkins, TE, Purdue

-good at sustaining blocks in the run game

-ran a lot of underneath routes

-needed to be used more in the Purdue Offense

-natural pass catcher

-not a huge playmaker in the pass game though

Josiah Deguara, TE, Cincinnati

-has good speed for a tight end

-moves well when blocking but needs to get more aggressive

-good run after catch tight end

-misses blocks way too often. Poor blocker but has some potential

-lines up in-line and in the slot

-best fit as a move tight end

Harrison Bryant, TE, Florida Atlantic

-lined up in the slot and as an H back

-decent YAC guy

-good blocker

-can pass catch

-able to go out and catch the intermediate/long passes