EVANSTON, Ill. — Please don’t call him a mere fullback. Or just an undersized tight end. "Superback" is the preferred nomenclature.
Any chance to use the Northwestern-coined role the better, and when you combine a do-it-all, made-up position with insane athleticism you have one very intriguing NFL draft prospect in the Wildcats' Dan Vitale.
Yes, fullbacks might be a dying breed in the NFL, but tight ends are not. What about combining the two positions? Some know that role as an H-back, and that’s fine. But Vitale took the “superback” role created at Northwestern (even though he was not the progenitor of it), a hybrid of those positions, and has made quite an impression on NFL scouts, many of whom descended on campus Tuesday to witness his skill set.