Luatua remains ND’s best blocking tight end. More two-tight end alignments – with the element of surprise mixed in – should include him as an option in the passing game.
It didn’t take Tyler Luatua long to earn a reputation as a freshman at Notre Dame in 2014.
At a robust 260 pounds, a figure that eventually would creep toward 270, the rookie from Paramount, Calif. – where he earned plaudits on both sides of the football at La Mirada High School – immediately put himself in the running as one of Notre Dame’s top blocking tight ends.