When it was announced that Cougar great Ty Detmer was taking over the BYU offense and would be bringing a form of the old BYU offense with him, it was met with great excitement by many BYU fans. One of the assumptions that many of us made was that it would also mean the return of the glorified tight end position. BYU football has produced great prolific quarterbacks, and the great passing quarterbacks have often been accompanied by great tight end play.
Unfortunately, last season there was only one tight end who caught a pass — Tanner Balderee had 13 catches for 156 yards and 2 touchdowns.