East-West Shrine Game Tight Ends

Dennis Pitta (BYU) – 6041, 245, big hands 10 1/8”. Red zone target. Productive receiver with dependable and strong hands. Good week of practice. Demonstrated consistency blocking, route running, and catching the ball. Mismatch for safeties and linebackers in coverage. Physical downfield presence. Riar Geer (Colorado) – 6024, 252, big hands 10”. Occupies outside linebacker as a blocker. Works to finish. Good route runner. Sets down in cavity of zone and turns numbers to quarterback. Nathan Overbay (Eastern Washington) – 6043, 262. Caught the ball well during the week. Needs work on his routes. Catches the ball in a crowd. Biggest weakness is blocking. Needs more strength. Five tight ends lined up one time or another during the week for the East team. Andrew Quarless (Penn State) – 6042, 248, long arms 33 ¾” and big hands 10”. Looks the part physically. Many of the suspicions at Penn State came to the surface during the week of practice in Orlando. It always appeared that he gave a perfunctory effort during the game and the week of preparation. Inconsistent focus, play speed, and effort. Performed well at times making a one-handed catch and a leaping two handed game winning touchdown snatch on a seam route. At other times, he would cradle or body catch a ball and just go through the motions in his route running. Boom or bust draft choice. Nate Byham (Pittsburgh) – 6036, 268, long arms 33 3/8”, hands 10”. Snatched ball in practice. Ali Villanueva (Army) – 6090, 277, arms 33 ½”, hands 10 1/8”. Tall red zone target. He lopes when he runs routes. Extremely high cut (liability blocking). Struggles to bend. Richard Dickson (LSU) – 6024, 245, hands 10 ¼”. Fullback/tight end combination.Used as an H-back where he lines up at a variety of positions. Clay Harbor (Missouri State) – 6030, 240. Was a late add, but made the most of his time running good routes and catching the ball in his hands. Can separate versus linebackers. A poor man’s Dallas Clark. Has the speed to run down the middle against Cover 2.