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Hernandez, Gresham lead top TEs

By Todd McShay
Scouts Inc.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

NFL executives tend to blame the invasion of spread offenses in college football for the lack of quality tight ends available in recent drafts. Do they have an argument? Of course. The increased popularity of the spread has directly coincided with the downward trend of tight ends selected in recent NFL drafts. Over the past few years, the total number of tight ends drafted has fallen from 19 in 2007 to 12 in 2009. But while the spread offense has limited the NFL's selection pool, it by no me ...

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