A lot of teams were considering Notre Dame’s Chase Claypool as a potential tight end heading into the 2020 NFL Draft, some requesting that he run through tight end work at the NFL Scouting Combine in February. That was not an issue for the big man, even if he saw himself as a wide receiver.
At 6’4” and 232 pounds, it’s reasonable for some teams to feel that way, and for practical purposes, a distinction is largely going to be arbitrary. There are plenty of situations in which the Pittsburgh Steelers use their tight ends as a wide receiver.