Tag: Tight Ends

Texas Longhorns have new leading candidate for tight ends, special teams coach

Oklahoma’s special teams coordinator and running backs coach Jay Boulware may return to Texas for a similar position.

It appears the Longhorns have narrowed in on a potential tight ends and special teams coach. Although the current special teams coordinator and running backs coach at Oklahoma, Jay Boulware has previous ties to the University of Texas.

According to Rivals.com reporter Anwar Richardson, head coach Tom Herman could sway Boulware back to where his coaching career began.

Boulware was a backup offensive tackle at Texas in 1991-92, before his collegiate career was prematurely ended due to cardiac arrhythmia. As a student-athlete, Boulware became a student-assistant coach before ultimately working with the tight ends as a graduate assistant in 1996.

An extensive resume of Boulware’s coaching experience includes Stanford, Auburn, Utah, and Oklahoma.

 

 

 

Notre Dame Football: Tight End U Past, Present and Future – A Conversation

This conversation began moments after Cole Kmet declared for the NFL Draft.  It was entirely conducted through Twitter DM’s which may as well be the modern-day AOL Instant Messenger.

What a week to be a Notre Dame tight end, whether it be from past, present or future.

It began with Cole Kmet declaring for the 2020 NFL Draft after previously saying he’d be around for his senior season.  It’s impossible to fault the top-rated tight end in the class but still stings when you wanted to see him in blue and gold and as the ultimate weapon for Ian Book in 2020.

The week continued into the Saturday when Michael Mayer, part of Notre Dame’s latest recruiting class playing in the Adidas All-American Game.  Not only did he play but he provided one of the biggest highlights of the afternoon, going 37 yards on a touchdown reception.

Finally, perhaps one of the best to ever play tight end at Tight End U sent the Vikings to the Divisional Round of the NFL Playoffs as Kyle Rudolph pulled down a Kirk Cousins pass in overtime to send Minnesota to the second round and the Saints home.  We’ll leave the pass interference debate for a later date.

With that in mind, Nick Shepkowski and I had a conversation.  It includes a bunch of former tight ends at Notre Dame and discussion as to what the future of the position may hold.  I hope you enjoy a slightly different post than you’re probably used to at Fighting Irish Wire.

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Irish in the NFL: Kyle Rudolph Finds the End Zone. Again.

After failing to find the end zone the first six weeks of the season, Rudolph has now done so six times in the six games since.

For the sixth time in the last six games, Minnesota Vikings tight end and Notre Dame product Kyle Rudolph found the end zone, cutting the Seahawks lead on Monday Night Football to just four.

Like we’ve seen from Rudolph time and time again, it was a one-handed snag that wound up a score.

It’s starting to feel like a weekend tradition here on Fighting Irish Wire, recapping Rudolph’s score.

After failing to find the end zone the first six weeks of the season, Rudolph has now done so six times in the six games since.

Rudolph’s catch and score wasn’t enough however as the Vikings fell to Seattle, 37-30 and to 8-4 on the season.

Packers will have healthy TE group for first time in 2019 vs. 49ers

Robert Tonyan is expected to make his return against the 49ers on Sunday night.

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The Green Bay Packers will have their top four tight ends available for the first time this season on Sunday night against the San Francisco 49ers.

According to Rob Demovsky of ESPN, Robert Tonyan is expected to make his return against the 49ers after missing five straight games with a hip injury.

Coach Matt LaFleur said the bye week was big for Tonyan to get over the injury.

“He’s looked good out there,” LaFleur said Thursday.

Tonyan will re-join a tight end group that includes veterans Jimmy Graham and Marcedes Lewis and rookie Jace Sternberger, who came off injured reserve on Nov. 2 and played in the last two games.

In the first five games, Tonyan caught four passes on five targets for 66 yards, including two receptions over 20 yards. He was injured in Dallas on Oct. 6 and hasn’t played since.

The Packers went into the 2019 season with Graham, Lewis, Tonyan and Sternberger as the team’s top four tight ends. Sternberger got hurt to end the preseason, and Tonyan went down in Week 5.

Having both Tonyan and Sternberger available should provide LaFleur with a pair of athletic “move” tight ends who can threaten in the passing game and also hold up as inline blockers in certain personnel groupings.

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