With Tommy Rees coming in as offensive coordinator after years of force feeding all-everything TE Michael Mayer the ball, there’s hope among Alabama fans that, after over a decade of waiting for the secret plays in the playbook for TEs, we’re finally going to see it.
O.J. Howard had his big games against Clemson, and Irv Smith had a good season when Tua Tagovailoa was slinging the ball all around the field to Jerry Jeudy, DeVonta Smith, and Henry Ruggs, but past that, the TE’s have had relatively small roles in the passing game for Nick Saban’s entire tenure.