Florida Gators junior Kyle Pitts ran away with the John Mackey Award, presented to college football’s most outstanding tight end each season, at Thursday night’s College Football Awards.
He won the award over Iowa State’s Charlie Kolar and Texas A&M’s Jalen Wydermyer.
Aaron Hernandez (2009) is the only other Florida player to ever win the Mackey Award.
Despite finishing with 54 receptions a season ago (third most among tight ends), Pitts did not qualify for the award in 2019. In 2020, he made himself a household name with one of the most incredible season’s by a tight end ever.