Pat Freiermuth Sees Himself As Throwback ‘Three-Phase Tight End’

While Pittsburgh Steelers fans were frustrated that the name announced by Franco Harris last Friday was not an offensive lineman, they did get something that they’ve long clamored for, which is another old-school tight end, and Penn State’s Pat Freiermuth, their second-round draft pick, screams just that.

He talked about modeling his game off of a more traditional tight end role within an offense, which has a much bigger component in the blocking scheme, in contrast to the Travis Kelces of today’s offenses, who are, by and large, big receivers.

“I’m just kind of throwing it back to being able to do anything, not just being that one-dimensional tight end”, he told Missi Matthews in an…