Rico Gathers to Cowboys: Twitter Reacts as TE Is Selected in 2016 NFL Draft

The Dallas Cowboys have taken a chance on Baylor basketball player-turned-tight end Rico Gathers with the 217th pick in the 2016 NFL draft.    

Gathers, who is listed at 6’7 ⅛” and 270 pounds at ESPN.com, was a star on the court. He made the first-team All-Big 12 and was an Associated Press honorable mention All-American as a junior. He opted to enter the NFL draft and will at least get an opportunity to make the Cowboys roster this summer. 

As is often the case with a notable draft choice like this, social media lit up with hot takes on Gathers and the Cowboys. 

NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport noted how the Cowboys wound up falling for Gathers:

#Cowboys couldn’t make it to Rico Gathers’ Pro Day at #Saints facility. They sent TE coach Mike Pope to work him out privately. Loved him.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) April 30, 2016

The NFL on ESPN’s official Twitter account knew the way to make Gathers sound like a football player was by tweeting out some basketball stats:

Rico Gathers had 292 offensive rebounds the last 2 seasons, more than any major …

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