Frontier Preview: Tight ends play key role

When it comes to tight ends in the Frontier Conference, two words come to mind the last few seasons – Bubba Bartlett.

The most productive tight end in not just Carroll College's recent run, but in the NAIA the last four seasons, Bartlett has now followed the man he was most compared to, former Saint great Casey Fitzsimmons to the NFL.

And with Bartlett gone to the Houston Texans, the race for who the best tight end in the Frontier is on, and there are some good ones.

Here's a look at the top returning tight ends in the Frontier in 2011.

At MSU-Northern, the tight end position is extremely impo...