2021 NFL Draft: Kyle Pitts goes bonkers vs. Ole Miss

2021 NFL Draft: Kyle Pitts went bonkers against the Ole Miss Rebels.

If your favorite NFL team needs a tight end in the 2021 NFL Draft, the football gods are blessing you with the potential of drafting Florida Gators tight end Kyle Pitts.

The SEC is back in action for the first time in 2020 and no, this is not an overreaction to just one game for Pitts against the Ole Miss Rebels.

We wrote back in June that Pitts was clearly the TE1 of his class, but it’s great to see his progression coming in a big way against Ole Miss on opening weekend for the SEC.

Ole Miss got themselves a heavy dose of Pitts early and often, including this 71-yard gem.

https://twitter.com/GatorsFB/status/1309918390052478976

As I’m writing this post, Pitts just caught his fourth — fourth — touchdown of the game, and it was a tough red zone catch against double coverage.

Pitts, at the time of this writing, has eight receptions in total for 170 yards and four scores.

He’s shown his full arsenal of skills in this game, including a ridiculous catch radius, tremendous speed, and strong hands no matter what kind of coverage he’s dealing with.

The way Pitts plays the game is exactly what NFL teams have been coveting from the tight end position in recent years. He’s a rare type of playmaker who certainly can line up at the receiver positions but he takes pride in blocking when asked to do so and is no slouch in that area, even if he could be stronger.

What Pitts brings to the table is clear — he’s a 6-foot-6 athletic specimen who is going to be nearly impossible to cover one-on-one. He’s the kind of playmaker who raises all boats on the offense and can turn bad throws into big plays.

You love to see guys with huge hype living up to their billing early on, and Pitts has certainly been among the most impressive players in the country in the early goings of college football in 2020.