Tight End · San Francisco 49ers

George Kittle

No. 85 · 10th season

George Kittle's mom got Taylor Swift to perform at a tight end retreat

Every year, George Kittle gathers some of the best tight ends in football for a week of work, film, and connection. The event is called Tight End University, and in five years it has grown into one of the more genuinely fun traditions in the sport. This summer, it got a little bigger.

For the 2025 edition, Taylor Swift performed. Not at a stadium down the road — at the event itself. And when Kittle was asked how that happened, his answer was disarmingly simple: his mom made it happen.

The sixth installment of Tight End University took place in Nashville in 2026, drawing not just tight ends but some of Kittle's San Francisco 49ers teammates — quarterbacks Brock Purdy and Mac Jones, and fullback Kyle Juszczyk among them. The event has become something real: a place where players show up because other players show up.

But the Taylor Swift detail says something about Kittle that a highlight reel never would. He is the kind of person whose mother can get Taylor Swift to perform at a football camp — and who will credit her for it without a second thought.

Six years in, Tight End University is whatever George Kittle decides it is. Apparently that includes a concert.

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