Zach Gentry and Sean McKeon gave the Michigan football team plenty of help on the receiving end of things in 2018.
Not only do they return this fall, but both have parlayed their successful seasons into early notoriety.
Gentry and McKeon were two of 64 players on the watch list released Friday for the John Mackey Award, handed out annually to the nation's most outstanding tight end.
MORE: Full Mackey Award watch list
Gentry, a redshirt junior, caught 17 passes for 303 yards and two touchdowns in 2017, earning honorable mention all-Big Ten honors.