UCF's Dylan Wade Named To 2026 Mackey Award Watch List
- UCF tight end Dylan Wade was named to the 2026 John Mackey Award preseason watch list after earning All-Big 12 honorable mention in 2025.
- Wade produced the best tight-end season in UCF history with 43 catches for 523 yards and five touchdowns, finishing second on the team in receiving.
- Wade played through a shoulder injury for much of 2025 but still delivered four catches for 145 yards and two touchdowns in the 17-14 win over Oklahoma State.
- The senior also entered 2026 on the East-West Bowl watch list and Athlon's preseason fourth-team All-Big 12 offense.
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USF Thinks The War on I-4 Will Help Their Rep? ---Yeah No... I UCF Podcast
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- Scott Frost is intentionally avoiding a public post-spring depth chart to keep competition alive through summer and fall camp.
- The hosts think UCF still knows its internal pecking order, especially on offense, but wants player-led summer work and continued competition to build usable depth.
- Offensively, the hosts believe several spots are close to settled: Alonza Barnett at QB, Dylan Wade as the top tight end, wide receiver largely sorted, and likely four of five OL spots known.
- Frost's first-team-vs-first-team practice approach was praised because it forces starters to see conference-level speed and physicality before games.
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