Texas Football vs. Georgia: 5 most problematic Bulldogs in Sugar Bowl

Texas football doesn’t get to face many standout tight ends during the Big 12 slate. The tight end position just doesn’t carry much weight with the best offenses in the conference usually. The likes of the Texas Tech Red Raiders, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma State Cowboys, and West Virginia Mountaineers don’t place too much emphasis on the tight ends too often.

Moreover, this is evidenced by the honors that senior Texas tight end Andrew Beck received this year. Despite racking up less than 300 receiving yards and two touchdowns, Beck was the All-Big 12 First Team tight end this season. That’s much different than the type of impact the tight end can provide teams in the SEC.

Georgia’s junior tight end Isaac Nauta can be a very sneaky weapon off the line. He has more than 450 yards from scrimmage this season and four touchdowns. A lot of the production in the Georgia receiving corps is pretty widespread, due to the vast array of weapons available to sophomore quarterback Jake Fromm.

Nauta is a rarity at tight end since he possesses the ability to pick up chunk yardage from his position. He is averaging nearly 15 yards per catch this year. And, in his last three games along he has more than 170 receiving yards and one touchdown. In that same three game span, he averaged 19 yards per catch. He gives the Georgia offense a different dynamic the Horns are not used to facing in the Big 12.