Can Auburn find role for all 6 tight ends this season? Brad Bedell thinks so.
The Tigers hope to build on that this season with a group that is arguably the deepest on the team. Auburn returns all five of its tight ends from last season—Shenker , Tyler Fromm, Luke Deal, Landen King and Brandon Frazier — and welcome in freshman Micah Riley-Ducker . It’s a bounty of talent, and continuity, that has made Bedell somewhat the envy of the Tigers’ coaching staff this spring.
Shenker last season emerged as one of Auburn’s most reliable options in the passing game. He set a program record for receptions and yards by a receiver, finishing with 33 catches for 413 yards but zero touchdowns. He announced after the season that he would be back for a sixth year, taking advantage of the NCAA’s free year of eligibility allowed due to the pandemic, with Bedell joking this week that the former 2017 signee is on track for his doctorate at this point.
Shenker’s return provides an inherent boost to Auburn’s passing game, especially with so little returning experience at receiver. He can be a safety valve, of sorts, for whichever quarterback emerges from the team’s offseason competition, whether it’s sole returner T.J. Finley or one of the three newcomers at the position: Zach Calzada, Robby Ashford or Holden Geriner.
“Boy, he’s gotten bigger and faster and stronger,” Bedell said. “And you’re seeing that. With him developing, you’ve got a lot of competition in that room, and it’s getting everybody better. Through this, I wanted to point that out. He’s done a real nice job. He’s pushed everybody else. That’s kind of that lost guy where everybody’s asking, ‘Where’s Brandon Frazier?’ Well, Brandon Frazier’s in the thick of it. He’s done a nice job.
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