Wasn’t there speculation his current HS coach wanted him to take the Oregon visit? Removing him probably removes any potential pressure down the line as well.
If you can get athletic enough at the TE position it makes things extremely difficult. Getting these more in line guys too allows for more creativity with Skinner too.
If they want to run 2 TE sets we definitely need more bodies. Plus we are going after bigger TEs too rather than the H back type. There’s gotta be some attrition.