The Bucs selected Austin Seferian-Jenkins in the second round of the 2014 draft with hopes he'd be a star tight end in the league. Two seasons later, things aren't looking so positive.
Not only has he been passed on the depth chart by Cameron Brate, but Seferian-Jenkins has had a few moments this offseason that don't bode well for him. For starters, he was kicked out of practice in June. He followed that up by making fun of Twitter users' mothers.
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Fast forward to Wednesday night, and the promising tight end had another issue. He began yelling at his coaches on the sideline and had to be separated.
"Sometimes I get emotional and let my emotions get the best of me,” Seferian-Jenkins said of the incident, via Pewter Report. “But I love my coaches and my coaches love me and we definitely talked and it was what it was. I came right over and we talked again and it is good. You know football, sometimes, emotions get the best of you. It was what it was.”
#Bucs TE Austin Seferian-Jenkins rips his helmet off to bark at a bewildered coach Koetter and assistants. #WASvsTB pic.twitter.com/Q53wivcNeO
— Paul Ryan (@WFLAPaul) September 1, 2016
The fact Seferian-Jenkins was playing in the fourth quarter of the team's fourth preseason game was already a bad sign, and yelling at coaches just piles on his situation. His final stats weren't all that appealing, either, as he finished with just two catches for 22 yards on seven targets.
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First-down catch for Bucs TE Austin Seferian-Jenkins, who probably shouldn't be playing in fourth quarter of a fourth preseason game ...
— Greg Auman (@gregauman) September 1, 2016
There's still plenty to like about the tight end. He's a 6-5, 262-pound athlete with enough speed to outrun most linebackers. Injuries have halted him from progressing during his first two seasons, but now he's (relatively) healthy, and other factors are holding him back.
