Jordan Cameron is Miami's new starting tight end, and that may not seem like a huge deal. Cameron, with a concussion history and having missed 6 games in 2014, caught only 24 passes last year. But while Cameron carries some injury risk, there's considerable upside with the tight end.
Cameron is an athletic guy with a lot of downfield receiving potential. Among tight ends who caught at least 20 passes a year ago, Cameron's 17.7 yards per reception was No. 1 in the league.
Note that in this regard Cameron is a lot better than Miami's previous tight end, Charles Clay. Clay last season was down at 10.4 yards per reception, worse than 28 other tight ends.
Yards per reception for tight ends last season are shown in the table below.
TIGHT ENDS, YARDS PER CATCH, 2014 | |||||
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Player | Team | Rec | Yds | YPC | TD |
Jordan Cameron | CLE | 24 | 424 | 17.7 | 2 |
Luke Willson | SEA | 22 | 362 | 16.5 | 3 |
Coby Fleener | IND | 51 | 774 | 15.2 | 8 |
Delanie Walker | TEN | 63 | 890 | 14.1 | 4 |
Rob Gronkowski | NWE | 82 | 1124 | 13.7 | 12 |
Dwayne Allen | IND | 29 | 395 | 13.6 | 8 |
Niles Paul | WAS | 39 | 507 | 13.0 | 1 |
Travis Kelce | KAN | 67 | 862 | 12.9 | 5 |
Jared Cook | STL | 52 | 634 | 12.2 | 3 |
Zach Ertz | PHI | 58 | 702 | 12.1 | 3 |
Greg Olsen | CAR | 84 | 1008 | 12.0 | 6 |
Antonio Gates | SDG | 69 | 821 | 11.9 | 12 |
Dion Sims | MIA | 24 | 284 | 11.8 | 2 |
Heath Miller | PIT | 66 | 761 | 11.5 | 3 |
Julius Thomas | DEN | 43 | 489 | 11.4 | 12 |
Richard Rodgers | GNB | 20 | 225 | 11.3 | 2 |
Chase Ford | MIN | 23 | 258 | 11.2 | 1 |
Andrew Quarless | GNB | 29 | 323 | 11.1 | 3 |
Clay Harbor | JAX | 26 | 289 | 11.1 | 1 |
Jason Witten | DAL | 64 | 703 | 11.0 | 5 |
Owen Daniels | BAL | 48 | 527 | 11.0 | 4 |
Rhett Ellison | MIN | 19 | 208 | 10.9 | 1 |
Jeff Cumberland | NYJ | 23 | 247 | 10.7 | 3 |
Scott Chandler | BUF | 47 | 497 | 10.6 | 3 |
John Carlson | ARI | 33 | 350 | 10.6 | 1 |
Brent Celek | PHI | 32 | 340 | 10.6 | 1 |
Jimmy Graham | NOR | 85 | 889 | 10.5 | 10 |
Austin Seferian-Jenkins | TAM | 21 | 221 | 10.5 | 2 |
Charles Clay | MIA | 58 | 605 | 10.4 | 3 |
Martellus Bennett | CHI | 90 | 916 | 10.2 | 6 |
Tim Wright | NWE | 26 | 259 | 10.0 | 6 |
Larry Donnell | NYG | 63 | 623 | 9.9 | 6 |
Eric Ebron | DET | 25 | 248 | 9.9 | 1 |
Lance Kendricks | STL | 27 | 259 | 9.6 | 5 |
Kyle Rudolph | MIN | 24 | 231 | 9.6 | 2 |
Vernon Davis | SFO | 26 | 245 | 9.4 | 2 |
Jordan Reed | WAS | 50 | 465 | 9.3 | 0 |
Mychal Rivera | OAK | 58 | 534 | 9.2 | 4 |
Jace Amaro | NYJ | 38 | 345 | 9.1 | 2 |
Anthony Fasano | KAN | 25 | 226 | 9.0 | 4 |
Brandon Myers | TAM | 22 | 190 | 8.6 | 0 |
Levine Toilolo | ATL | 31 | 238 | 7.7 | 2 |
Jermaine Gresham | CIN | 62 | 460 | 7.4 | 5 |
Ben Watson | NOR | 20 | 136 | 6.8 | 2 |
--Andy Richardson