The importance tight ends will play in offensive coordinator Jerry Kill's scheme has been mentioned time and time again. And the narrative has yet to change with the Rutgers staff prioritizing the position for the 2018 recruiting cycle.
At the top of Rutgers' board lies Kyle Pitts, a 6-5, 230-pound four-star from Archbishop Wood (Warminster, Pa.) -- the same school it signed three-star athlete Raheem Blackshear out of in February.
But will Blackshear have any bearing on Pitt's decision?
"Blackshear has taught me a lot," Pitts, the junior, told NJ.