Alec Abeln details development of transfer tight end McCallan Castles
Tennessee kicked off fall training camp on Wednesday in preparation for the 2023 season.
Redshirt senior tight end McCallan Castles transferred to Tennessee on Dec. 7, 2022 from UC Davis.
The 6-foot-5, 252-pound tight end played at UC Davis from 2021-22. He played and started in 28 games at UC Davis, recording 68 receptions, 928 receiving yards and nine receiving touchdowns.
Castles transferred to UC Davis from California. He played for California from 2018-19.
First-year Tennessee tight ends coach Alec Abeln met with media following the Vols’ second practice on Thursday. He discussed Castles’ development at Tennessee.
“From McCallan’s UC Davis tape you see a playmaker, really athletic,” Abeln said. “You see a guy not afraid to stick his face in it. A guy that’s played in a bunch of different systems and knows football at a base level pretty well. This spring, kind of the same thing with Ethan (Davis), he’s trying to figure it out.
“He’s obviously older, he’s played a lot more, so he came a little bit cleaner form, but now that he knows what he’s doing, being able to really focus on the detail things and play fast.”
