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How Kyle Pitts' plan made him into the highest-drafted tight end in history

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Florida tight ends coach Larry Scott had been offering the same advice for years, trying to push life skills along with the blocking and catching. And at the end of Kyle Pitts' sophomore year with the Gators, the player sat in Scott’s office listening to a variation of the message many others before him had heard.

Find a schedule. Manage your world. Pitts listened and understood.

“This was the first time I had a guy turn around and the very next day walk in my office and have it laminated, color-coded and say, ‘Here, this is what I think it is.