With less than 70 days until the Panthers begin their season at home against Bryant University, here’s our look at the tight ends in our position-by-position preview of the 2022 FIU football team.
Sterling Palmer held down the starting role for the previous four seasons and, as a whole, the position was well recruited by the previous coaching staff, yielding three-star signees in each of the last three recruiting classes. With Palmer gone, the returnee with the most eyes on him is Broward County native Rivaldo Fairweather.
After a collegiate debut that saw the ultra-athletic Fairweather haul in a spectacular sideline catch to put FIU in position to upset Liberty in 2020, he had an excellent freshman season — followed by a see-saw 2021.