Andrew Rappleyea

So Deuce Robinson, the wide receiver for Florida State, did have a very good game this weekend.

One last player, Andrew Rappleyea, the tight end for Penn State, is up to 26 targets in the last three weeks.

The Penn State tight end leaving Penn State, Virginia Tech tight end Luke Reynolds, as well as the Penn State, the former Iowa State tight end entering Penn State, uh, Benjamin Brammer, those are the names that we've talked about the most.

But An- Andrew Rappleyea had a little bit of buzz entering the season as a potential sleeper at the tight end position, and he hasn't put it together with efficiency yet.

But the involvement of 26 targets over three weeks, at least something to keep an eye on to wrap up these quick hits for the 2027 NFL Draft.

I will take a short break and then get into any end notes I might have, as well as my week eight preview, what to watch, and the key players list for this upcoming weekend in college football.

Uh, the two corners, I mean, Davian Collins and Darius Dixon, I think those guys have been really, really good.

Rappleyea to me has, has, has, uh, surfaced as the best tight end.

Uh, not sure anybody on the defensive line would fall into that category, and then not sure any of the running backs would fall into that ca- category.

So where, where are we at? And w- that's not even taking into account Kobe Howard, who I would put in the top eight, even though he's only played [laughs] however many games.

He played his ass off.

Um, elsewhere in the pass game, it's become clear that Andrew Rappleyea is the favored target or at least the guy that, that is offensively the one getting more involved right now.

He was second on the team with 10 targets, seven catches, only 34 yards o- off of those seven catches.

But he has been a popular go-to guy for Rocco Becht on third down and even fourth down last week in some situations.

Sometimes they play with three.

They do have, uh, a flex tight end in, uh, Braemer, and, uh, him and Rappleyea are on the field a lot, but they also bring in a couple other guys.

Uh, Gabe Burkel is another one.

They put a lot of tight ends on the field, and they don't have a single good tight end, and that's the thing [laughs] that's kind of confusing to me.

12 personnel on 54% of their snaps, according to Hudl IQ.

Uh, Benjamin Breiner and Andrew Rappleyea, yes, the former Michigan commit, Andrew Rappleyea.

I remember writing that de-commitment article a few years ago.

Uh, they each have 17 catches this year.

Everyone was talking preseason about 13 personnel.

Rappleyea is really good, was committed to Michigan at one point.

I remember writing that decommitment story, um, when he decommitted, and I think he flipped-

Oh, that's right

None of that is happening, so the 12 personnel has suffered.

Ben Braemer, they've been trying to target him.

But as good as he is, he's not, he's not Tyler Warren, right? He's not gonna be open no matter what he does, and so they haven't been able to get him the football, and they have been going to Andrew Rappleyea more and getting him more involved because if you're gonna take all that attention to Uh, Chase Sewell and, and, uh, Ben Breimer on one side.

They've been giving Rappleyea some of those plays, and there has been some progress there.