Cowboys draft Baylor basketball standout Rico Gathers to play TE

BATON ROUGE, La. — Is Rico Gathers serious? It's a question the Baylor basketball standout has heard a lot lately, since he declared for the NFL draft despite not having played football since he was 13 years old. "A lot of people think I'm crazy," 

With the 217th overall pick, the Dallas Cowboys decided to roll the dice – shocker, right? – on a player who has not played football since he was 13. But Baylor basketball standout Rico Gathers is not just any player. He's an extremely athletic 6-foot

BATON ROUGE, La. — Is Rico Gathers serious? It's a question the Baylor basketball standout has heard a lot lately, since he declared for the NFL draft despite not having played football since he was 13 years old. "A lot of people think I'm crazy," 

If it were Scott Drew's decision to draft Rico Gathers into the NFL, he might have attempted to get a waiver and got the deal done ahead of time. Drew, the head basketball coach at Baylor, attended Gathers' pro day in New Orleans on Monday and left

With the 217th overall pick, the Dallas Cowboys decided to roll the dice – shocker, right? – on a player who has not played football since he was 13. But Baylor basketball standout Rico Gathers is not just any player. He's an extremely athletic 6-foot