(Photo: David Guralnick, Detroit News)
Indianapolis — Tight end Zach Gentry totally gets it. Yes, he’s enormous, and people built like him — even if they’re football players by trade — are rarely considered swift and agile.
Gentry, who decided after the Peach Bowl to head to the NFL rather than return to Michigan for his final season, measured 6-foot-8 1/8 at the NFL Combine this week, tallest among the deep class of tight ends. He also weighed in at 265. He fully expects to dazzle NFL coaches with his mobility.
“I think I’m athletic,” Gentry, who arrived at Michigan as a highly regarded quarterback before moving to tight end at Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh’s suggestion in 2015, said Friday.