A Film Review
Name: Kyle Pitts
School: University of Florida Gators
Position: Tight end
Size: 6’6/ 239 Pounds
I rate all TEs on a 1-10 scale. I rate them on the following:
- Hands: 9
- RAC Ability Overall: 8
- Routes Overall: 9.5
- Blocking: 9
- Speed: 9.5 for a TE
- Strength: 9
- Passion (Fight in the Dog): 9
- Contested Catch Ability: 9.5
- Route Tree Capability: 9
- Line Of Scrimmage Ability: 8
- Body Control: 9
- Ball Tracking: 8.5
I also tally the following:
*Just from what I saw. These aren’t final stats in any way.
***KEY:
- Successful contested grab = Less than 1 yard separation and a completed catch.
- Broken Tackles: Anytime he gets past a would-be tackler for an extra 2 yards or more
- Successful Run Block: He clears a hole for RB and RB gains another yard or more and/or he doesn’t get pushed back, or blown up.
- Successful Pass Block: He gives the QB enough time to throw, he doesn’t get pushed back affecting the throw, or miss his assignment.
- Routes Won: He generates 2 yards or more of separation.
- Pancakes: Knocks defender on his butt in either pass or run blocking.
Games Watched: 7
Successful Contested Grabs: 15
Broken Tackles: 13
Successful Run Blocks: 39
Successful Pass Blocks: 13
Routes Won: 46
Fumbles (Fumbles not lost counts here): 0
Pancakes: 4
Overall : 95 /100
Upside: He can be a Top 3 TE for nearly a decade. I’m not sure what other player I have personally studied who is as talented and as unstoppable as Kyle Pitts. He can line up as an X WR, Slot WR, Traditional TE, or wherever else they want to line him up. He’s a monster in the red zone, especially in goal to go situations. If he ends up on an elite offense he will feast, but he is probably “QB proof. “ He can fit in any offense and be productive, immediately boosting any offense he lands on.
College Stats:
2018: 3 Rec./73 Yards/ 1 TD
2019: 54 Rec./ 649 Yards/ 5 TDs
2020: 43 Rec/ 770 Yards/ 12 TDs (8 Games)
NOTES:
Routes/RAC
- Great speed for TE- Almost unbelievable
- Finds the soft spots in the zones easily
- Once he gets behind defenders he’s an absolute menace. Good luck catching him
- Can pull away from all DBs with his speed
- He was knocked off some routes vs. Georgia in 2019. They pressed him and assaulted him often- this may be his one weakness in passing game
- Good feet at LOS
- Comes back hard towards QB if he’s under duress
- Beats CBs with a mix of his route running and his physical dominance – Also uses his hands very well
- His feet are quick at line
- Can sometimes run away from secondary with EASE
- Can run right by bracketed coverage – beats triangles too (safety over the bracketed coverage)
- Great at finding where to get open during scramble drills
- Can win routes at X position
- Great at check and release- He makes an impactful check and then quickly gets open
- Deadly with slant routes
- Has a well timed and nasty stiff arm
- Does a great job with his routes to open up a ton of green grass for the WRs to operate – immediate boost for all skill positions on whatever team he lands on
- Good field awareness – knows where he is
- Does a great job on inside routes, extending his arms to make the catch and uses his body to shield defenders from making a play on the ball (Trustworthy)
- Great at working back to the ball in man coverage on the outside
- Reads his blockers well in RAC situations to gain as many yards as possible
- A beast in goal to go situations
- He stretches seams well – He actually rips the seams wide open for his QB (lol)
Ball Skills
- Goes up and attacks ball – “My Ball” mentality
- Catches ball with hands and away from body when possible
- Monster in red zone – Doubles do nothing with his size and strength
- Great hand strength
- Texas A&M triple teamed him at times and sometimes unsuccessfully – sells out for the ball
- Can make circus catches
- He beat a Georgia triple team for the ball in 2020
- Sure handed – I didn’t see any terrible drops
- Capable of stretching for the ball in contested situations and maintaining possession after taking a big hit with his type of strength
- Catches ball vs an Alabama triple team to keep drive and game alive in 2020
- Top notch ball tracking skills
- Vs Ole Miss in 2020 he beats double team in the end zone using his ball tracking, high pointing skills, and his power – nightmare to cover on jump balls
Blocking
- Often uses good angles when run blocking
- He can miss sometimes in run game but often uses correct leverage and quickness to take his assignment out of the play ultimately
- Doesn’t mind running to block for a teammate after the catch
- He took a lineman six yards out of the play vs Ole Miss in 2020
- Quick enough to clean up bad angles he started with in run plays
- Definitely going to boost a team’s run game
- He’s always looking to hit someone when ball is not in his hands
- Great in screen blocking assignments
- Makes a ton of key blocks after the catch for his teammates
- Almost always pushes defender two yards back in either pass pro or run block
- Great goal line blocking
- Can win run blocks against DEs with great leverage.
