Rico Gathers Fantasy
- Height / Weight
- 6'8" / 275 lbs.
- Date of Birth (Age)
- January 7, 1994 (30)
- Experience
- 3rd Season
- Drafted
- 2016 / Rd. 6 / Pk. 217 (DAL)
- College
- Baylor
Season Logs
Game Logs
Rico Gathers News
Cleveland Browns tight end Rico Gathers made a 10-yard reception during goal-line drills on a pass play from backup quarterback Drew Stanton at practice on Monday. "I wanted to see what the new guy could do," head coach Freddie Kitchens said. Gathers, recently added after being jettisoned by the Dallas Cowboys, was taking advantage of the absence of both TEs David Njoku (knee) and Seth DeValve (concussion). With a rather full tight ends room, Gathers has rather limited value from a fantasy perspective, but should one of the top two tight ends on the depth chart suffer a long-term injury, Gathers could factor in once he gets acclimated on the north shore.
The Cleveland Browns signed free-agent tight end Rico Gathers to a contract on Sunday. To make room for Gathers on the roster, the team waived Orson Charles. Gathers was originally a sixth-round draft pick by the Dallas Cowboys in 2016 after playing basketball at Baylor. Gathers has some potential as a size/speed athlete but the raw tight end never was able to break out in Dallas. He has three catches for 45 yards over his 15 career games. Gathers will try to carve out a role behind David Njoku, Demetrius Harris, and Seth DeValve on an emerging Cleveland offense in 2019.
Dallas Cowboys tight end Rico Gathers is active in Week 2 against the Giants on Sunday night. Gathers was a healthy scratch in Week 1, but this time it'll be rookie Dalton Schultz inactive instead. While Gathers probably has the most upside of this tight end group, he'll be behind Geoff Swaim and Blake Jarwin in the pecking order and should be avoided in all fantasy leagues.
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