Mathews and Holt turned in solid performances during the spring, according to Mendenhall.
"Austin Holt has done a nice job of establishing more of a physical role and Marcus Mathews is more of a down-the-field role," Mendenhall said. "They've both emerged in different areas."
While there appears to be a plentitude of players at tight end, Reynolds doesn't necessarily see it that way.
"It takes three of them just to play," he said. "Sometimes we play three tight ends in goal-line situations and we play a lot with double tight (two tight ends). We need a handful to run our formations."
And the Cougars need their tight ends to produce — in the form of catches, yards and touchdowns — like their predecessors have for decades.
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To me this was the most troubling position last year. After decades of high productivity the well went dry. And it is not that the talent was missing as almost all of the tight ends are highly regarded recruits from excellent programs. Size and More..
Well, the good news is there is no where to go but up for the tight ends!
One of the overlooked factors from last season is that BYU's wide receivers struggled for most of the year which meant defenses could pay more attention to the TEs. More..
I agree with slcwatch. Tightends were the biggest piece missing last year. A lot of balls were dropped by receivers as well but the tightends were MIA. The skill level of all of these freshman is amazing. I can't wait to see them develop.