Coach Mike Gundy signed five tight ends in the 2008 recruiting class. He signed zero the following three years.
“It’s turned a full circle,” Gundy said at Big 12 Media Days. “Years ago, you never saw an offense without one. Then nobody was using one.”
Oklahoma State included.
Over the next few years, Zac Veatch moved from fullback/tight end to offensive lineman and back again, and Keenen Brown went from receiver to cowboy back. It wasn’t until 2015 that cowboy back even became a recruited position.
Coach Jason McEndoo was pulled on board from Montana State, where he ran the offensive line, and was told to get creative.