After Butt—he’s pretty much as good as it gets—it’s not quite clear what Michigan football has to offer from the tight end position.
And that could be a problem.
Head coach Jim Harbaugh has a well-deserved reputation for developing quarterbacks, but what is less well known is that his record with tight ends is at least as good, if not better. Six tight ends from his Stanford days—they either played for him or were recruited by him—are still in the NFL: Jim Dray, Zach Ertz, Coby Fleener, Ryan Hewitt, Konrad Reuland and Levine Toilolo.
Beyond that, Harbaugh likes what tight ends can do in an offense.