LSU to move Trey'Dez Green to wide receiver moving forward
Trey’Dez Green caught his second touchdown pass of his career on Saturday night, despite playing only three snaps in LSU’s win over Ole Miss. The former five-star tight end prospect has been used sparingly in his freshman season, but continues to put in the work in practice to get on the field more and more.
On that touchdown reception on Saturday, Green once again showed what makes him an elite receiver prospect, quickly creating separation and using his massive frame to ox out the receiver and go get the ball. It all looks so natural to him, so the question becomes, why hasn’t LSU gone to him more as a receiver?
With his talent paired with the fact LSU has injuries and question marks on the perimeter already, Green seems like a perfect candidate to get more snaps out wide and LSU head coach Brian Kelly says the team has looked into it and is ready to make the move.
“Quite frankly, that’s what we have to do,” Kelly said. “Watching him play, all of the complexities of playing the tight end position can be eliminated by playing him more in a wide receiver role and we’re getting to that point where that has to happen. He’s a talented player. We saw him on the touchdown how easy it is for him to flash his hands and catch the football. He just gives us more versatility, so I think you’re going to see that more moving forward.”
Green showed out in fall camp, making acrobatic catches and showing his awesome catch radius from day one. On a team with an established tight end in Mason Taylor, there weren’t a ton of chances for Green to step into the starting lineup, but he continued to chip away.
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The challenges came with becoming more of a true tight end with the blocking and schemes. With LSU potentially moving him on the perimeter, Green has a chance to be a mismatch as a receiver and not have to worry as much about the blocking aspect.
“He certainly looks the part,” Kelly said in early August. “He controls his body really well. He has a great deal of confidence and he doesn’t look out of place in any shape or form from a physical standpoint and he’s picked things up very well. For a guy who has not played this game very long, it’s coming to him, I don’t want to say easy, but it hasn’t been a difficult transition for him and that all bodes well for players that are in their first year. I don’t want to stand here on day one and say he’s going to play in his first year, but my experience has told me that guys that transition quickly with his kind of physical attributes, they tend to show real quick and he looks the part.”
Now, the questions for Green come in the form of consistency. Being in the right places, making the routine plays, and catching the ball in high-leverage spots.
“I’m just trusting the process, getting better with my blocking and my technique,” Green said. “Mason is a great leader and role model. He shows me how to do the right thing every time and pushes me to get work in early.”
