Neither Malcolm Colvin nor Bailey Lenoir can recall a time he lined up out wide.
Welcome to the new University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football offense.
It's very multiple under new head coach Tom Arth: one-receiver sets, two-receiver sets, three-receiver sets, running backs lined up as receivers.
And tight ends doubling as wide receivers.
UTC's tight end position, which totaled nine pass receptions over the last two seasons, could be used in a variety of ways this year. Two of those nine catches resulted in touchdowns - one each by Colvin and Lenoir in 2016 - and their group could become both more productive as well as versatile.
UTC head coach Tom Arth watches practice. Some of UTC's top newcomers practiced at Finley Stadium on July 25, 2017."Those guys really got better from the spring," tight ends coach Chris Cook said after Monday morning's practice. "We're asking a lot of them, but they've both embraced it and they're ready to do it. They're willing to put their hand in the dirt and get dirty; they're willing to go out and run routes - they love that aspect of it - but the fact is that the tight end has to know so much in this offense because they move around so much.
"Those guys are doing it best. They're working hard every day to pick things up, learn it and they're getting better every day at it."
Tight ends were asked some to line up in the slot in previous seasons, but never on the perimeter. Now they could be the "Z," the "Y" or the "H" - any of the receiver positions.
"You hear the word versatility a lot, pretty much every day," Colvin said. "For any position on the field, you have to be versatile in the system we run now. You can't just know one spot; you've got to know the whole offense."
Lenoir said the group was "limited" in depth last year, with Colvin and Lenoir the only available options. That won't be the case this year, as the coaches brought in freshman transfer Gage Upshaw from Air Force Prep and true freshman Parker Mallett to go with the two veterans and redshirt freshman Jack Keebler.
Keebler and Upshaw have proven to be capable pass-catchers through camp.
"We're going to be able to do a lot more things," Lenoir said. "There are a lot of different packages for us to make plays, so I think it's a good set-up for the tight ends."
Wherever on the field they set up.
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