.Utah_Football hadn't had a tight end selected in the NFL Draft in a generation, but Dalton Kincaid put an end to that streak on Thursday evening.
Utah tight end Dalton Kincaid, left, runs after catching a pass as Colorado safety Jeremy Mack Jr. pursues in the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022, in Boulder, Colo. The University of Utah had not had a tight end selected in the NFL Draft in a generation, but Dalton Kincaid put an end to that streak on Thursday evening.
, was selected with the 25th overall pick Thursday evening by the Buffalo Bills, making him the sixth-ever Utes tight end picked and the first to be chosen in the first round. Kincaid is the first Utah tight end to be selected in the NFL Draft since Henry Lusk went in the seventh round to the New Orleans Saints in 1996.
The Bills, who had not drafted a tight end in the first round since 1983, originally had the 27th pick, but traded up with the Jacksonville Jaguars in order to grab Kincaid. “I wish I could take the credit for coaching him up into a first-round pick, but that guy has an awful lot of natural ability and things that we saw on him that we felt like he would eventually be a draft pick,” Utah tight ends coach Freddie Whittingham said recently. “I’m not sure that we predicted he would be a potential first rounder. I can’t tell you how many recruits I’ve talked to in this [cycle] that have pointed to him catching 70 balls .
Kincaid was at, or at least near, the top of what was a deep tight end draft board for the last four months despite not being able to train. He suffered what appeared to be a serious back injury late in the first half of a win at Colorado on Nov. 26.
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