Since the tight ends aren’t numerous enough to make up a full article by themselves, I’m including them this week with the two specialists in the 2017 class. Alabama lost a 3-year starter, O.J. Howard, at tight end, a 4-year starter, Cole Mazza, at long snapper, and a 3-year starter, Adam Griffith, at kicker. That’s a lot of shoes to fill.
I will, as usual, speak freely with terms such as SPARQ and Z-score when discussing athleticism, so if you don’t know what those are, look in the box below for some guidance.
For continuity within this series, I will always use 247sports.