What happened to TE U?
Can Raridon step up his game against A&M?
Replies to: What happened to TE U?
New staff has different priorities. You can see Kelly still has top TEs at LSU, meaning it's a
scheme thing and he had Kelsey at Cincinnati (recruited and played 1 or 2 seasons).
We are extremely weak now at TE and Raridon is not gonna cut it from what I've seen.
Crippled is more like it
Raridon doesn't look nearly the same like he did when he was healthy in high school. Not only is he not nearly as fast on his feet, but his hands look slower, too.
The pass that bounced off his hands during that last drive against Miami would have easily been caught by his younger self.
His situation reminds me of how James Aldridge turned out. He was a 5 star RB, but had a couple of nasty injuries his senior year, and never could crack the starting lineup while he was here. The fact that Armando Allen, injuries and all, stayed ahead of him the whole time shows how bad that injury was.
We were TE U long before Kelly
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Injuries wiped out three promising guys
Eli Raridon looks like a shadow of his younger self. He had to deal with a nasty ACL injury in high school, as well as two ACL injuries during his time at ND.
Cooper Flanagan could have been the man, but again, unfortunately, injuries derailed him last year (Achilles tendon), and for a decent portion of this year. It's a terrible things, since he was really stepping up his game.
He is expected to be back sometime this year.
Kevin Bauman never got a chance to show his stuff, since he had the worst luck with injuries to the point of medical retirement.
I don't know how Jack Larsen is progressing. He's listed as TE3, behind Ty Washington.
I wouldn't be surprised if James Flanigan eventually seizes the starting role this year as a true freshman. He's definitely a high talent kind of guy, as will ian Premer be for 2026.
Assuming everyone can stay healthy, we'll be in a much stronger TE position for 2026.
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