2024 NFL Draft prospect Joe Alt is already connected to the Tennessee Titans
NASHVILLE — For Tennessee Titans GM Ran Carthon, building relationships with his players is a priority. Personal connections are just as involved in Carthon's vision for the Titans as schemes and scouting are. As we learned during last year's draft cycle, Carthon looks to get to know every draft prospect "as a person" the same […]
NASHVILLE — For Tennessee Titans GM Ran Carthon, building relationships with his players is a priority. Personal connections are just as involved in Carthon's vision for the Titans as schemes and scouting are.
As we learned during last year's draft cycle, Carthon looks to get to know every draft prospect "as a person" the same way he does "as a player." By bringing in the right people and personalities, Carthon and the Titans are hoping to build a family-like culture that leads to sustained success on the gridiron.
Connections are valued. So much so that almost all of the Titans' new coaching staff is connected to one another through a tangled relationship spider web.
Looking at the upcoming pool of talent eligible for the 2024 NFL Draft, the Titans have a connection to Notre Dame offensive tackle Joe Alt that no other team does.
Alt's offensive line coach at Notre Dame was Joe Rudolph, a 51-year-old coach and former NFL guard who has been climbing the collegiate ranks for nearly 20 years. Rudolph started his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Ohio State University in 2004, but got his first full-time coaching gig as the tight ends coach at Nebraska in 2007.
The head coach at Nebraska that took a chance on Rudolph? None other than current Tennessee Titans offensive line coach Bill Callahan. From 1991-1994, Rudolph also played at the University of Wisconsin with Callahan as his position coach.
Why does this matter? Well if the Titans are considering selecting Alt in the 2024 NFL Draft, Rudolph's opinion and analysis of his former player could hold a lot of weight as someone Bill Callahan trusts. Carthon has already made it somewhat clear that Callahan's voice drives a lot of the organization's decision about offensive linemen.
The Titans want to know "the person" behind every player. Who better to share what someone is like on and off the field than a college position coach?
There's still a solid chance that Alt comes off the board before the Titans have a chance to draft him. In that scenario, perhaps this connection to Notre Dame could be used for insight on Blake Fisher.
Fisher was the 6-foot-6, 310-pound tackle opposite of Alt for the Irish the last two seasons. He has started 26 games at right tackle in college. On the consensus big board, Fisher is projected the 90th best player in the 2024 draft class, which could make him a target for teams on Day 2 of the draft.
Either way, the connection to both Alt and Fisher that the Titans have could come in handy and help Tennessee fix the problems on the offensive line.
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