In the summer of 2021, Travis Kelce, George Kittle and Greg Olsen dreamt up Tight End University, a three-day convention in Nashville for the purveyors of what might be football's most peculiar position. T.J. Hockenson was a natural fit.
He played with Kittle at Iowa, a school that's had five tight ends drafted in the NFL in the past 10 years. Both live in Nashville in the offseason, and Hockenson jumped at the idea of an annual retreat to strategize and socialize with peers who occupy the space between offensive lineman and receiver.
"In our position, there's not really secrets," he said.