Vanderbilt Football 2023 Position Preview: Tight End

It’s hard to remember the last time that a tight end didn’t feature prominently in Vanderbilt’s offense. You might have to go back to 2013 (and let’s not talk about who was supposed to play tight end for Vanderbilt that season) to find the last time, and Vanderbilt got away with it that year only because of a special group of wide receivers led by Jordan Matthews. Since then, Vanderbilt has always seemed to have a tight end who could at least give you something in the passing game, from Steven Scheu to Jared Pinkney to Ben Bresnahan and Gavin Schoenwald.

With Bresnahan and Schoenwald graduated, Vanderbilt’s five tight ends have combined to catch eight career passes. Making matters even…