Tennessee Titans training camp is just two weeks away and it's time to take a look at some of the best position battles we are going to see play out when camp begins on July 25th.

Over the next 14 days, I will be previewing some of the most interesting position groups on the Titans' roster that have spots up for grabs and providing both background information and analysis on the players trying to win the job. 

To start things off, we're talking kicker – a position with no frontrunner and two very different players competing. 

Caleb Shudak

Second-year kicker Caleb Shudak signed with the Titans as an undrafted free agent following the 2022 NFL Draft to compete with veteran Randy Bullock last season. Shudak impressed early before going on the shelf during OTA’s, but still did enough in that time to convince Tennessee to keep him around.

Shudak's leg injury landed him on the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) List over the summer and during training camp. After his recovery, Shudak returned to the practice field and would later start one game for the 2022 Titans in Bullock's place. 

In Week 12 against the Cincinnati Bengals, Shudak made three of his four field goal attempts in his first and only career appearance. But with Bullock no longer in the picture this fall, the former Iowa Hawkeye has an opportunity to earn the starting job in 2023.

Shudak holds the Iowa Hawkeyes program record for career field goal percentage (minimum 25 attempts) at 82.8 percent. During his senior season at Iowa, he went a perfect 36-36 on extra points while hitting on 24-28 field goal attempts. That included making 4 of 6 attempts from 50+ yards.

At 5-foot-7 and 177 pounds, Shudak is not the biggest or most powerful NFL kicker you'll come across. He definitely has more range than Bullock, but it will be his ability to hit from 40-49 yards out with consistency that decides if he wins the job. Titans special teams coordinator Craig Aukerman told the media earlier in the offseason that hitting from the "money zone" (40-49 yard kicks) was going to be the priority.

Media members were only allowed at a handful of practices during OTAs and minicamp, but from what I saw last month, Shudak didn't appear to have his A-game. That said, the Titans obviously saw something in Shudak last year that gave them reason to keep him around through injury. They clearly believe he can make it in the NFL, so I'll be interested in seeing how he looks with more eyes on him at training camp.

Trey Wolff

After starting his college career by hitting 20 of 22 field goals as a redshirt freshman in 2019, Texas Tech’s Trey Wolff had quite a few setbacks on his road to signing with the Titans as an undrafted free agent.

Wolff started the 2020 football season 1 for 5 on kicks,. That landed him on the bench for the rest of his sophomore year and entire junior year. Instead of quitting or transferring, Wolff stuck things out with the Red Raiders and as a fifth-year senior, became the only kicker in Texas Tech history to make at least 20 field goals in more than one season.

Wolff made 41 of 42 extra points last fall and 21 of 25 field goals, including a few game-saving kicks. "Who made more pressure-packed kicks than Wolff last season? It can't be a long list," writes Don Williams of the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. 

Wolff made clutch kicks at the end of regulation to force overtime against Houston (47 yards), Texas (45 yards), and Oklahoma (43 yards) last season. He then hit game-winners in OT against Texas and Oklahoma and Texas Tech would go on to win all three games.

While Wolff only kicked two field goals of 50 or more yards during his college career, I think he has a bit more range than he has been displayed in games. Wolff drilled a 60-yard attempt during his on-campus pro day and has shown plenty of range in early practices with the Titans. 

Physically, Wolff is the polar opposite of Shudak. He's 6-foot-4, 205 pounds and generates a lot of power. I don't have any doubt that he has the leg to hit from 50-55, but from what I've seen, he has struggled with accuracy on his deeper kicks at times. That includes some kicks from 45+. He'll need to rein that in if he's going to earn an NFL job this August.

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