Former LSU TE Mac Markway Joins Big Ten Program

It's an emoji dude lol.

He was very likely going to replace Taylor as the best balanced TE next year. He could have stayed. I get wanting to start and put yourself on the field but waiting would have benefited this guy. The other two aren’t going to be blocking like he can or Taylor can. They might block but it won’t be every down like he could have and Taylor will. They will play when we want two TE’s or need a mismatch or whatever. Taylor will be on the edge or split wide very very often. They were probably going to RS him if they didn’t already and he would have taken that every down TE position next season. The other two guys just aren’t built for that. They are specialist, with the ability to block but really create a receiving threat down field. We still need a bigger guy to play every down. Maybe with the two of them they can both rotate to play that every down position next year out of necessity but they are more of a receiving option. Which is great and just as or even more important but they are different for sure.

Not so much for Arik Gilbert.

Cuz he actually wanted to play and not ride the bench? He would have been #4 TE if he stayed…

Not how this works. He would have been a key rotational player.

I think it was more the way they were going to use him. More running plays then passing downs and he may want more catches