When the Pittsburgh Steelers used their fifth-round draft pick on a tight end, not many were surprised at that point. They knew that it had to be addressed with the loss of Jesse James in free agency. That it was Zach Gentry, a player who had marginal experience at the position at the college level, had a lot of people confused, and others upset.
That would be a fair way to describe the first conversation that Gentry had with Michigan Head Coach Jim Harbaugh when he was approached during his freshman season about making a position switch from quarterback to tight end.