Before the Tampa Bay Buccaneers made him the 197th pick in the 2016 NFL Draft, Northwestern's Dan Vitale played a wildly versatile role in the Wildcat offense. Combining pieces of the job descriptions usually assigned to wide receivers, tight ends and fullbacks, Vitale's position in Northwestern's attack was known as the "superback." There were four other Wildcats on the depth chart with that designation last year, and the position was first mastered at NU near the end of the Aughts by Drake Dunsmore, coincidentally a Buccaneer draft pick in 2012.
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The Buccaneers hope to employ some of that same varied skill set and experience to their offense in the years to come, but they won't be adopting the superback term.