Michigan State’s Tight End Room Is Unproven, But Alessio Milivojevic Isn’t Worried

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Michigan State football is just 26 days away as of Sunday, August 9.

With that information at the forefront of my mind, it’s hard not to stare at the Spartans’ roster and try to decide just who will be the most impactful player on the team.

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With every starting position seemingly still up for grabs, the question remains: Who is going to step up and take the starting position across the entire field?

One painfully apparent position waiting for someone to step up, in my eyes, is the tight end position.

So, when I was able to get in front of the only starter who seems to be locked in at this point, quarterback Alessio Milivojevic, the question weighed on me.

Who among the tight end group was stepping up in a way that was noticeable?

Now, this was before fall camp had gotten underway. However, the Spartans had already been working together for a while, so I was hoping Milivojevic would share a bit of inside information as to who was taking over as his security blanket at tight end.

Though, as any quarterback who knows exactly what I was fishing for would do, Milivojevic gave a very sound answer that expressed his excitement toward all of his tight ends, while not specifically calling anyone out as the guy who had stepped up.

He also made sure to mention every tight end on the roster.

I asked, “Can you talk on the tight end? Brennan Parachek, Kai Rios, Carson Gulker just joined. It looks like an inexperienced group. Have you noticed anyone stepping up?”

Milivojevic gave a great answer.

“I don’t think it’s inexperience. I think they’ve all been great, to be honest. They’ve been working their butts off to learn the offense, and then they’ll execute it.”

Making sure to include every tight end in the room, Milivojevic went on to say:

“Brennan, Ed, Carson, Jayden, Kai, all those guys have been very great. I’m excited to see them continuing to evolve in this offense throughout fall camp and just get ready to play the first game.”

While Milivojevic may not have given away who he believes is the frontrunner at tight end, his comments still provided an interesting glimpse into how the quarterback views the group.

The offense is going to look a lot different this year, as the Spartans hope to break out of the vanilla ice cream shell they were coated in last season.

Now, with Nick Sheridan running the offense, Milivojevic is going to be expected to do a lot more with weapons that are a lot more raw than last year.

There is a wide receiver room filled with players who were cast off by their old teams and a room of tight ends who have a lot of potential but not a lot of Big Ten football to back it up.

That lack of experience could be a concern, but it could also create an opportunity.

Someone is going to have to emerge.

It’ll all come to show in less than 30 days when the Spartans come out of the tunnel for the first game of the season.

There will be third downs with tight coverage against a very good Toledo team. That’s when we’re going to see which of these tight ends steps up in crucial situations to extend drives.

The tight ends and pass catchers as a whole may seem raw, but the trust and excitement that Milivojevic has in them is already showing.

Now, the question is which one of them will turn that confidence into production when the games finally count?

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