2014 Preview: Tight Ends Look to Make Impact
8/14/2014 12:00:00 AM | Football
FORT WORTH, Texas -- GoFrogs.com continues its preview of the 2014 TCU football team with a look at the tight ends.
Veteran Cliff Murphy (6-4, 288, Sr.) and Buck Jones (6-4, 240, So.) entered fall camp atop the depth chart at tight end.
Murphy, who came to TCU as a defensive end, is a two-year letterman. He made three starts last season.
Jones, a first-team Academic All-Big 12 honoree, appeared in all 12 games. He is the son of TCU football letterman Gregg Jones (1985-87).
Dominic Merka (6-4, 230, Jr.), a former high school quarterback, played in the opening seven games last season before being sidelined by injury. In 2012, he recorded his first collegiate touchdown by returning a fumbled punt attempt 15 yards for a touchdown at West Virginia. It began a 10-point second-half rally for the Horned Frogs en route to a 39-38 double overtime victory.
Bryson Burtnett (6-5, 237, RFr.) redshirted last season in his first year on campus and will add depth to the position.
BY THE NUMBERS:
1 - Former TCU tight ends (Director of Player Personnel - Special Teams Dan Sharp) on the Horned Frogs' football staff
3 - Combined career starts by TCU tight ends, all by Cliff Murphy
28 - Tackles for loss, including eight sacks, by Cliff Murphy as a senior at Little Elm High School
101 - Tackles by Buck Jones as a linebacker and defensive end his senior year at Weddington High School in Matthews, N.C.
3,096 - Yards of total offense (2,101 passing, 995 rushing) for Dominic Merka as a quarterback his senior year at Crosby High School
