Keenan Bailey has stated several times that his standard as tight ends coach is to field the best tight end room in college football.
After a promotion to his current coaching role and his first bona fide assistant coaching job in 2023, Ohio State wasn’t in the mix for that title. Cade Stover collected the second-most receiving yards by a tight end in school history and finished as a finalist for the Mackey Award, but the Buckeyes’ line bookends lacked in the blocking department and there wasn’t much depth beyond Stover, though Gee Scott Jr. made some contributions.