Andrew Aurich discusses progress at tight end position

Tight ends coach Andrew Aurich met with the media following the seventh practice of Spring camp on Tuesday. He enters his fourth season at Rutgers. However, it’s his first in charge of the tight end position.

Aurich coached the offensive line during the 2020 and 2021 seasons, followed by running backs last fall. He spoke about the transition to coaching tight ends this offseason.

“It’s been great,” Aurich said. “It’s a really fun room of guys that work really hard and consistently come to work every single day. So it’s been a really easy transition obviously having been here. I know all the guys really well so it’s been fun.”

The veteran assistant has previously coached tight ends at Albright College and Princeton. He’s also worked for head coach Greg Schiano with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and during his first tenure at Rutgers.

Although current offensive coordinator Kirk Ciarrocca was in the same role during Aurich’s first stint at RU, he was not on the offensive staff. Aurich did speak about how the tight ends will fit in Ciarroocca’s currently system at Rutgers.

“They’re going to be coming on a lot, especially in the run game to be able to win that C gap on the backside of the zone schemes,” he said. “If you’ve seen any Minnesota tape, you know that the tight ends prove themselves as worthy receivers. They’re going to be used on and counted on in the pass game. The way these guys are working now, they’re trying to prove that so they can expand the role as much as possible.”

In addition, Aurich spoke in detail on the development of tight ends Johnny Langan, Mike Higgins and Victor Konopka, You can watch coach Aurich’s full press conference below.

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