Rico Gathers
| No. 80 Dallas Cowboys | |
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| Position: | Tight End |
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| Date of birth: | January 7, 1994 |
| Place of birth: | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Height: | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
| Weight: | 276 lb (125 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Riverside Academy (LA) |
| College: | Baylor |
| NFL draft: | 2016 / Round: 6 / Pick: 217 |
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Ricardo Darnell "Rico" Gathers (born January 7, 1994) is an American football tight end for the Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League (NFL). He played college basketball at Baylor University and did not play college football.
Early years
Gathers was named Louisiana Mr. Basketball while at Riverside Academy in Reserve. He accepted a scholarship from Baylor University.
As a junior, he was a first team All Big 12 selection.[1] Gathers led Baylor in rebounding with 11.6 rebounds per game and was second on the team in scoring at 11.6 points per game. He led the league in double doubles with 16. He recorded a school record 28 rebounds in a win over Huston-Tillotson.[2]
Professional career
Although he has not played a down of football since middle school, he was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the sixth round (217th overall) of the 2016 NFL Draft,[3] following on the foot steps of Cornell Green, Peter Gent, Percy Howard, Ken Johnson, Ron Howard and Manny Hendrix, as basketball players that were converted by the Cowboys to play professional football.
Personal life
Gather's father is the cousin of the late Hank Gathers, an All-American and former Loyola Marymount star.[4] He is married and has a 1-year-old son as of 2015.[2]
References
- ↑ "Sooners' Hield Leads All-Big 12 Men's Basketball Honors". Big 12 Conference. March 8, 2015. Retrieved May 17, 2015.
- 1 2 "Baylor basketball forward Gathers arrested on theft charge". Waco Tribune. June 10, 2015. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
- ↑ Parr, Dan (April 30, 2016). "Cowboys draft former Baylor hoops star Rico Gathers". nfl.com. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
- ↑ "Rico Gathers Bio". BaylorBears.com. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
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