Former Ute Dalton Kincaid and his fellow rookie tight ends will have to buck history if they’re going to leave the same type of impression on the field this year. Tight end arguably is the toughest position for rookies to make huge contributions.
Buffalo Bills tight end Dalton Kincaid drinks water during the NFL football team's rookie minicamp in Orchard Park, N.Y., Friday May 12, 2023.This rookie class of tight ends already made quite an impact on the draft.“This Dalton Kincaid kid is insane,” the Bills veteran said after watching the former Utes star in minicamp.
The others are Buffalo’s Kincaid , Las Vegas’ Michael Mayer , Green Bay’s Luke Musgrave and Tucker Kraft , Dallas’ Luke Schoonmaker , Jacksonville’s Brenton Strange , Pittsburgh’s Darnell Washington and San Francisco’s Cameron Latu . Pitts caught 68 passes for 1,026 yards in 2021 after the former Florida star was selected fourth overall, the earliest a tight end had ever been drafted. But he’s an exception.
Pitts was the first rookie tight end to reach the 1,000-yard mark since Chicago’s Mike Ditka had 12 touchdown catches and 1,076 yards receiving – both rookie records – in 1961. The record for catches by a rookie tight end is owned by Keith Jackson, who had 81 receptions for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1988.
FILE - Buffalo Bills tight end Dalton Kincaid makes a catch during the NFL football team's rookie minicamp in Orchard Park, N.Y., May 12, 2023. Tight end is one of the toughest positions for rookies to make huge contributions. Only five rookie tight ends in NFL history have caught as many as 60 passes.
Mayer and LaPorta come from college programs known for producing NFL tight ends, which could help them make a fast adjustment. Mayer might have the best combination of receiving and blocking ability in this class.
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