So who else leaves before spring ball?
Thomas Fidone
Carter Nelson
Luke Lindenmeyer
Henrich Haarberg
Mac Markway
Ian Flynt
Eric Ingwerson
Thomas Fidone
Carter Nelson
Luke Lindenmeyer
Henrich Haarberg
Mac Markway
Ian Flynt
Eric Ingwerson
Tight ends 2025
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Forgot all about Mac. Was a big thing when he transferred here.
No clue. I have to wonder about Fidone but I'm fine with him coming back. I don't know the details on Markway, Flynt or Ingwerson - hopefully one of them is a bulldozer type like Lindenmeyer.
Marcway looks the part but coming off an injury in a loaded tight end room not sure what happens.
I could see Rhule hoping to keep all seven. We don't have any new TE's coming in with the next class. Some NFL teams keep four TEs these days in their 53 man roster and all teams roster at least four TEs at some point due to injury. So keeping seven TEs on a roster of 105 makes sense to me, especially when a couple of those guys can help at other spots.
I like to see Carter Nelson stay at receiver, I think he can be a nightmare for defense stretching the field..
I’m guessing at least one AFTER spring.
Lots of fighting for roster spots should make for a very competitive spring, which is needed.
Lots of fighting for roster spots should make for a very competitive spring, which is needed.
I hope out of that group that Fidone leaves. He's a practice all star and takes reps away from the younger guys, but never really shows up on game days. I want game day players on my squad, not practice players.
He had five catches in the bowl game.
Don't expect rational thought from that one. Fidone absolutely is a valuable player when used right. Only an idiot wouldn't see the difference in his role pre-Holgorsen vs post-Holgorsen.
Yes and all of those catches would have been better off with another TE who can actually get yards after the catch. Fidone is a waste of space.
That's rich coming from the biggest waste of space on this board
You don't have an actual argument, so you make it ad hominem. Talk about a waste of space.
I'll give you this, he did look better in the bowl game and in Holgorsen's scheme. He's still a monster liability in the run game and seems to have zero acceleration and lateral movement. For me, I could care less if he stays or goes. I like the depth, I just cringe when I watch him try to block. If he could shore that piece up I'd love to have him stay.
Rotate those big bodies constantly through to wear down the edge rusher and then call the slip screen occasionally . (OK, not Fidone, sorry)
If you can’t block consistently, you can’t be on the field. Period.
Be careful, mamma Fidone will come at you bro.
Frankly, I don’t care if Fidone moves on. For all his hype, he isn’t that good. He is decent+ I would say.
But if they all stay, that’s good, we’d have a nice mix of older and younger guys.
The question going into spring ball is, are Flynt and Ingwerson players? Also, I really think Nelson needs to add 15 pounds and be a TE that can exploit the seam. He’s not going to be a high end WR. IMO.
But if they all stay, that’s good, we’d have a nice mix of older and younger guys.
The question going into spring ball is, are Flynt and Ingwerson players? Also, I really think Nelson needs to add 15 pounds and be a TE that can exploit the seam. He’s not going to be a high end WR. IMO.
It was his aunt doing all the popping off on social media not his mom .
Makes me wonder what could have been without the injuries. I feel like he lost alot of his explosiveness coming off of those.
Do you say the same about Barney who had less yards per catch than Fidone??
Me too. And he is the one I worry the most about transferring. He was poorly utilized this year. I know he is a true freshman but he should have been on the field more.
Why not compare it based on actual position? Boerkircher had much higher ypc than Fidone.
You say you want a guy that shows up on game day, it is immediately pointed out to you that he showed up just a couple days ago on game day, and you admit it. You are a clown.
If he is still here, Dana can get the most out of him. He just needs to be in the vertical game, and nothing horizontal. He has shown that he can catch the ball. At this point, we do likely have the room for all of our contributors in the 105 next Fall.
Given that about 55 players would be considered contributors, we have 50 more spots for younger developing players.
I’m not disagreeing with your defending of Fidone, but this is a poor comparison. Barney’s yards per catch are dragged down by poorly blocked screen passes.
Yards after catch were abysmal in the bowl game. Blocking again was subpar. I expect a much higher standard from our TEs that #24 hasn't come close to meeting.
He had many good blocks in the bowl game, and had yards after catch n a key moment backed up against our end zone on a short pass.
You are full of shit.
Not making anything up. Saw it in real time. Fidone gets stood up immediately because he's a big lumbering oaf while most football players would get yac.
I agree. Completely different opinion of his play the last month. He's being set up for success more frequently.
No one on the team was used incorrectly more than Fidone. All those short passes at the line where he was expected to make multiple people miss and get up field. At least making people miss is Barney's forte.
Understandable to not remember- seemed like he tore his ACL driving from LSU to Lincoln.
Glad this guy is still with us. We need him at TE. Fidone is leaving, Nelson is recovering from hip surgery, and despite the people on here actually talking about HH as an all American TE, he is most likely not going to be a difference maker at that position.
Nobody has talked about Heinrich being an All American TE that I’ve seen. I think he can maybe better than Fidone.
I’m exaggerating of course, but to make a point. I think a lot of folks on here think HH is a much better athlete than what he is. I doubt he will ever be a real difference maker for us at TE. That is my point. On any top ten team he would not crack the three deep at TE.
