Rico Gathers (80)

2016: After being drafted in the sixth round (217th overall) by Dallas, was released at the end of camp and spent the year on Dallas’ practice squad after not playing football since the eighth grade. COLLEGE: Started 25 of the 32 games he played for Baylor’s basketball team and averaged 25.5 minutes, 11.2 points and 9.0 rebounds-per-game. Was an All-Big 12 first-team and Big 12 All-Defensive Team as a junior, starting all 34 games and averaging 11.6 points, 11.6 rebounds and 29.9 minutes-per-game.

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Rico Gathers: Pos: TE, 2017 Cowboys roster, born LA 1994

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Cowboys TE Rico Gathers, former college basketball star, has taken what he's learned on the court and applied it to the gridiron. In two preseason games, Gathers has impressed, logging two touchdowns.

Ricardo Darnell "Rico" Gathers (born January 7, 1994) is an American football tight end for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college basketball at Baylor University and did not play college football. He was selected in the sixth round (217th overall) in the 2016 NFL draft by the Dallas Cowboys.