Dennis Pitta Screwed!

by Layton on Dec 10, 2009 4:33 PM PST Comment 2 comments

Hard to say there was a better tight end in the country this year than Dennis Pitta, but the voters of the Mackey Award sure think there was. Pitta led the nation's tight ends in reception yards (789), yards per game (65) and yards per catch (13.8), and was second in touchdowns (7) and receptions (57 - two behind the award winner) yet came up short against Florida's Aaron Hernandez. Ridiculous. But, Pitta was named to the 2009 Walter Camp All-America team.

Also, Coach Edwards received the "Contributions to College Football Award." Edwards was honored during the ESPNU College Football Awards tonight on ESPN.

2009	Receptions	Yards	Average	LNG	TD
Dennis Pitta	57	784	13.8	35	7
Aaron Hernandez	59	739	12.5	64	4
Dorin Dickerson	45	508	11.3	53	10

Career	Receptions	Yards	Average	LNG	TD
Dennis Pitta	216	2,856	13.2	46	20
Aaron Hernandez	102	1,271	12.5	64	11
Dorin Dickerson	59	657	11.1	53	12

Dennis Pitta: Greatest BYU Tight End? - Vanquish the Foe (9/30/09)
Is Pitta top tight end in BYU history? - Salt Lake Tribune (12/10/09)

All-Time BYU Tight End Statistics after the jump...

Player, Years	Rec. Yards.	Receptions	Yards/Catch	TD Rec.
Dennis Pitta, 2004, 2007-2009	2,856	216	13.22	20
Gordon Hudson, 1981-83	2,484	178	13.95	12
Chris Smith, 1987-90	2,367	137	17.28	8
Jonny Harline, 2005-06	1,788	121	14.78	17
Itula Mili, 1991, 1994-96	1,763	125	14.10	11
Tod Thompson, 1976-78	1,722	84	20.50	15
Clay Brown, 1978-80	1,691	88	19.24	17
Chad Lewis, 1993-96	1,376	111	12.40	10
Trevor Molini, 1984-86	1,355	105	12.90	4
Darren Handley, 1986-88	1,244	97	12.82	5
Byron Rex, 1990-92	1,209	87	13.90	7
David Mills, 1981, 1983-84	1,121	69	16.25	9
Daniel Coats, 2003-06	966	86	11.23	9
Mike Pistorius, 1971-73	908	62	14.65	5
Tevita Ofahengaue, 1997-2000	853	62	13.76	4
Andrew George, 2006-2009	781	66	11.83	11
Doug Jolley, 1998-2001	768	52	14.77	11
Spencer Nead, 2001-02	715	62	11.53	6

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What an absolute joke!

Picking Hernandez over Pitta makes absolutely no sense at all. Pitta’s the All-American, better NFL prospect, and has absolutely owned the TE position since he broke into the College Football scene. There is only one explanation for why this happened… Hernandez plays in the SEC.

I started watching the program late and saw them pan the camera to Edwards. Good to hear about his award. It’s cool to see him getting around the scene again.

by vaughnzipper on Dec 10, 2009 9:37 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

He's great

But Hernandez is more of an NFL prototype. We’ve heard every year about theBYU tight end will change pro football, it rarely occurs. I think you guys use your TEs beautifully and brilliantly, but they typically are not built like most pro TEs and they don’t spend as much time blocking.

by MeanBobMean on Dec 11, 2009 7:05 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs