FAYETTEVILLE -- Of the Arkansas Razorbacks' seven non-coordinators among nine full-time assistant football coaches, only tight ends coach Barry Lunney coaches one position.
Yet Lunney coaches nearly as many players at his one position as most of his comrades who coach multiple positions.
It seems like Coach Bret Bielema collects tight ends like Scrooge collected cash.
Unlike Scrooge, Bielema doesn't just miserly collect. He spends.
Because even if not used as often as conventional tight ends, those recruited to play the most versatile position along the offensive line generally have the size and skills to fill a variety of roles -- on special teams, in two-tight-end sets, as fullbacks or H-backs, or on the other side of the ball as defensive ends or linebackers.