About to embark on his fourth NFL season and fresh off a contract extension, Brenton Strange has quickly become a leader within the Jacksonville Jaguars’ tight end room.
While Quinint Morris and Hunter Long may have more NFL seasons under their belts, Strange sits atop the tight end depth chart and is frankly one of the more important players on this team. And with that comes the responsibility of leadership.
Helping Strange establish his voice in that regard was the time he spent early in his career with Evan Engram.
“I think for me, I lead vocally sometimes,” Strange said. “I speak up every once in a while when things need to be said. But it’s just about going out there and doing it. That’s how I learned from Evan [Engram]. He went out there every single day and he just put the work in and he showed the guys what it took to, you know, become a player of his caliber. And for me, I think that’s what I’m going to do. I’m going to come out there every single day and I’m going to put my best foot forward and I’m going to work hard in practice. And I think that says enough.”
Along with Morris and Long, there are two rookies in the Jaguars‘ tight end room this year, with Jacksonville using a second-round pick on Nate Boerkircher and a fifth-round pick on Tanner Koziol.
Boerkircher brings what the Jaguars believe is a well-rounded skill set, not unlike Strange, to the position group. Koziol is more of a pass-catching threat.
But with Strange leading the way, the stage is set for the Jaguars to rely much more heavily on two and three-tight-end sets this season, which can provide a schematic advantage.
This article originally appeared on Jaguars Wire: How Jaguars’ Brenton Strange leads tight end room and offense
