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2015 Vanderbilt Football Positional Previews: Tight End

When you've got receivers like Jordan Matthews, Chris Boyd, and Jonathan Krause in the lineup, your other targets can become a bit of an afterthought. That's how Vanderbilt's tight ends wound up with 455 total receiving yards through James Franklin's three-year tenure*. In 2013, few analysts would have predicted that Steven Scheu would eclipse that mark in a single season as a junior.

Scheu broke into the Southeastern Conference's consciousness last fall when he emerged as the Commodores' top receiver. Despite the presence of four different quarterbacks and the offensive stability of two-wheeled tricycle, the big target became this team's safety valve on broken plays and an unlikely deep threat when Karl Dorrell decided to bomb it down the seams on third-and-eight.