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Smith finished his career in Corvallis with 46 catches for 5 touchdowns. He missed most of the 2015 season with an illness.

(Randy L. Rasmussen/Staff)

Oregon State senior tight end Caleb Smith is no longer with the football team, two sources close to the team confirmed to The Oregonian/OregonLive.

The sources would not comment on the reason for his departure from the roster and Smith did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

At 6-foot-6 and 270 pounds, Smith's career in Corvallis was defined by unquestioned talent and size but unfulfilled potential. Smith made made 16 career starts and finished with 46 catches for five touchdowns.

He earned praise from first-year head coach Gary Andersen during spring practice and fall camp last year but played in only two games before going out with an undisclosed illness that forced him to miss the remainder of the season.

The Sandy native, who gradated from high school in Kent, Washington, showed promise while dealing with back spasms during his sophomore season in 2013, catching 25 passes for 343 yards and four touchdowns - all career highs.

As a junior in 2014, he split time with starting tight end Connor Hamlett and caught 20 passes for 202 yards and one touchdown. His best performance that year came in a 36-31 win at Colorado, when he had a team-high 67 receiving yards and caught a fourth quarter touchdown that gave OSU a two-score lead. But he also struggled at points during Mike Riley's final year as head coach, committing a number of false start penalties that cost the Beavers valuable yardage.

In the fall camp depth chart released Wednesday, OSU listed redshirt freshman Tuli Wily-Matagi as the starting tight end. Defensive tackles Elu Aydon and Kalani Vakameilalo are listed as second string alternates, followed by sophomore Quinn Smith.

Additional depth is shown at the H-back position, which features sophomore Noah Togiai, senior Ricky Ortiz and junior Jaylynn Bailey.

-- Danny Moran