What is National Tight Ends Day? Heres how it started NECN [Video]

As NFL stadiums fill up with Halloween costumes this weekend and next, the league has another holiday on its calendar.

It’s National Tight Ends Day in Week 8. There will be a handful of big tight end matchups this year, headlined by Raiders rookie Brock Bowers facing Travis Kelce and the Chiefs in a star-studded showdown. Elsewhere, George Kittle and the 49ers will battle Jake Ferguson and the Cowboys on NBC’s Sunday Night Football.

While it’s a cool title, what is National Tight Ends Day actually, and how did it come about?

Here are the origins of the relatively new holiday.

National Tight Ends Day is an annual time to celebrate players at the position. There aren’t any formal traditions, per se, but the NFL uses the holiday to highlight tight ends across the league. 

The 49ers beat the Lions in Week 2 of the 2018 season with help from Garrett Celek and Kittle. Celek scored …