Tight end Luke Reynolds will be a big piece of the Hokies’ offense in 2026. He was part of a three-headed tight end monster at Penn State. Normally, you’d expect a limited amount of snaps when one spot essentially has three co-starters, but Penn State lived in two-TE sets, and Reynolds ended up with 450 snaps on the year. For comparison, Benji Gosnell had 496 last year.
Reynolds isn’t your traditional tight end who spends most of his time sidled up next to the tackle; when he’s part of the box, he’s usually lined up at wing. That’s about half of his snaps right there. Most of the other half, though, he was used as a “big slot.” He did do the usual big man thing where he was stacked next to or in front of wide receivers to threaten perimeter screens, but he was also a genuine receiving threat, as shown when he was aligned wide by himself and asked to run deep routes. That says a lot about his athleticism when a 6’4/250 guy is catching balls on the move ten or more yards down the field:
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