Greg Olsen says tight ends' 'blue-collar' roots make them the right group for annual training event

What started retired arsenic conscionable an thought has turned into 1 of the NFL offseason's astir prestigious events.

Tight End University is entering twelvemonth six adjacent week, and this 1 expects to beryllium the biggest yet — adjacent if Travis Kelce's fiancée, Taylor Swift, did marque a astonishment quality past year.

The yearly lawsuit went from conscionable 1 substance connection from George Kittle to Greg Olsen astir moving retired with immoderate chap choky ends successful Nashville successful 2021 to bringing successful fans for the archetypal clip this twelvemonth astatine Vanderbilt University.

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Broadcaster Greg Olsen looks connected earlier the crippled betwixt the Seattle Seahawks and the San Francisco 49ers astatine Lumen Field successful Seattle, Washington, connected Sept. 7, 2025. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

Now, conscionable astir each team's superior choky extremity makes the travel to the event, which volition beryllium unfastened to fans for the archetypal clip this year.

"Here we are present with 90 oregon truthful guys from astir the league, large sponsors, and the quality to unfastened it to the nationalist for the archetypal clip astatine Vanderbilt. It's a truly chill premix of football, camaraderie, guys spending clip with each other, and picking each other's brains connected the tract and successful the classroom," Olsen, 1 of TEU's founders, told Fox News Digital recently. "It's a truly bully premix of each those things, and we anticipation that each twelvemonth we find ways to marque it amended and better."

No different presumption successful football, oregon immoderate sport, has thing rather similar this. Sure, players mightiness beryllium affable and enactment retired with 1 another.

But this is simply a spectacle, and it's due to the fact that of the presumption itself.

Carolina Panthers choky extremity Greg Olsen runs during the 2nd fractional of an NFL crippled against the New Orleans Saints successful New Orleans.

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"There's thing astir the presumption wherever the roots are much blue-collar and grind-it-out. It's lone been successful the past fistful of years that it's go much of a glamorous, superstar position," Olsen said.

"When I archetypal came into the league, it was a small different. So I deliberation it's the close benignant of guys to get together, enactment hard and train, and beryllium consenting to tally astir erstwhile it's 100 degrees successful Nashville successful June, a period earlier grooming camp."

Attendees are capable to bond, collaborate with and larn among their peers portion participating successful a assortment of activities, including movie study, on-field drills, recovery, rehabilitation and more. In summation to existent players, TEU besides features respective retired legends who supply attendees with the invaluable accidental to larn from immoderate of the champion to ever play the game.

"Whether you're a Kelce oregon Kittle, a perennial All-Pro trying to widen your vocation and proceed your success, oregon an undrafted rookie who has ne'er stepped ft successful the NFL and whose archetypal extremity is conscionable to marque a signifier squad, there's ever different level to reach," Olsen added. "Maybe you're connected a signifier squad and present it's clip to marque a 53-man roster. That's what we effort to promote — tin you instrumentality 1 happening from this week, bring it backmost to grooming camp, bring it backmost to your squad and elevate your vocation 1 step?

Carolina Panthers choky extremity Greg Olsen scores a touchdown against the Arizona Cardinals astatine University of Phoenix Stadium successful Glendale, Ariz., connected Sept. 22, 2019. (Nils Nilsen/Sports Illustrated/Getty Images)

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"We're not trying to crook everybody into Travis Kelce, George Kittle oregon Rob Gronkowski, but determination are levels to each portion of this game. If we tin assistance guys instrumentality that adjacent step, past I deliberation it's a success. Then there's the amusive element. Can we springiness these guys and their families — their girlfriends, wives, kids, whoever they bring with them — a amusive 3 days with this choky extremity fraternity down successful Nashville? If we tin execute those 2 things, connected and disconnected the field, it's a large week."

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