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His coaches call him The Unicorn. Because it’s the universal symbol for a beautiful creature that combines both fantasy and rarity. And that’s Kyle Pitts, tight end from The University of Florida. His own college coach Dan Mullen might have been the first to hang that moniker on him, and it’s a title Pitts not only embodies but embraces.
Officially, he’s a tight end, but at 6-foot-6, 245 pounds, he plays like a wide receiver with freaky wide receiver skills. Many scouts think his ceiling in the NFL is so high that they expect him to completely redefine the tight end position.