Some folks go to college to continue a proud heritage.
Others go to have fun.
It appears that Tennessee junior tight end Holden Staes will have the opportunity to do both, having spent the past two football seasons at Notre Dame before transferring to the Volunteers.
“Notre Dame is obviously a prestigious tight end school,” Staes said Thursday in a news conference, “but here, for our offense to go, they’re dependent on us.”
The 6-foot-4, 248-pounder out of Westminster School in Atlanta played in 22 games with nine starts for the Fighting Irish, amassing 16 receptions for 187 yards and four touchdowns. Notre Dame’s run of tight ends through the years takes a back seat to no other school, with Mark Bavaro, Dave Casper, Tyler Eifert, Ken MacAfee and Kyle Rudolph among the more notable names.