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July 20, 2008

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Player rankings for tight ends

April 10, 2008

Updated Wednesday, April 23

Rk.	No.	Player	School	Grade	Height	Weight	Speed	Notes
1.	28	Dustin Keller	Purdue	5.80	6020	242	4.57	X, H-B
2.	13	Martellus Bennett	Texas A&M	5.80	6061	259	4.74	Jr., Ch.
3.	89	John Carlson	Notre Dame	5.75	6051	252	4.73
4.	82	Craig Stevens	California	5.59	6032	254	4.68
5.	86	Brad Cottam	Tennessee	5.55	6074	269	4.74	X
6.	83	Fred Davis	USC	5.40	6030	254	4.74	Ch.
7.	16	Jermichael Finley	Texas	5.39	6046	240	4.62	Soph-3
8.	80	Kellen Davis	Michigan State	5.39	6064	262	4.64	Ch.
9.	18	Jacob Tamme	Kentucky	5.37	6034	236	4.62	H-B, LS
10.	82	Martin Rucker	Missouri	5.37	6047	249	4.74
11.	82	Gary Barnidge	Louisville	5.30	6055	243	4.64	H-B
12.	86	Tom Santi	Virginia	5.23	6034	251	4.67
13.	85	Derek Fine	Kansas	5.10	6025	251	4.85	H-B
14.	86	Andrew Atchison	William & Mary	5.09	6054	246	4.72	H-B
15.	19	Joe Jon Finley	Oklahoma	5.09	6063	251	4.87
16.	80	Joseph Haynos	Maryland	5.09	6075	264	4.89
17.	88	Kolo Kapanui	West Texas A&M	5.09	6033	271	5.10	Age
18.	88	Jonathan Stupar	Virginia	5.07	6033	248	4.81	X
19.	28	Chris Brown	Tennessee	5.07	6010	239	4.82	Ch.
20.	9	Marcus Stone	North Carolina State	5.05	6027	237	4.94
21.	41	Jed Collins	Washington State	5.05	6012	249	5.04	X, H-B
22.	89	Mike Peterson	Northwest Missouri State	5.00	6020	251	4.68	Age, H-B
23.	14	Darrell Strong	Pittsburgh	5.00	6040	261	4.79	X, Ch.
24.	88	Adam Bishop	Nevada	5.00	6047	244	5.04	X
25.	15	Jason Goode	Maryland	4.90	6027	240	4.67	H-B
26.	82	Brad Listorti	Massachusetts	4.90	6027	253	4.68	X
27.	81	Louis Irizarry	Youngstown State	4.90	6037	254	4.70	Ch.
28.	87	Cole Bennett	Auburn	4.85	6046	255	4.78	X
29.	84	Matt Sherry	Villanova	4.85	6040	255	4.73
30.	80	Bryan Bergman	Carthage	4.80	6021	247	4.73	H-B
31.	88	Eric Butler	Mississippi State	4.75	6022	252	4.63
32.	40	Nick Cleaver	New Mexico State	4.75	6034	243	4.67	H-B
33.	87	Brent Miller	Arizona State	4.75	6046	245	4.72
34.	46	Wade Betschart	Wyoming	4.75	6022	248	4.88	X, H-B
35.	89	Keith Zinger	LSU	4.75	6036	270	5.11	X
36.	84	Blake Martin	Sam Houston State	4.70	6017	244	4.81	H-B
37.	13	Brian Shope	Marshall	4.70	6032	260	4.9e
38.	48	Joseph Tuineau	Southeast Missouri State	4.65	6072	285	4.92	Age, OT
39.	81	Steve Schmidt	San Diego State	4.65	6043	256	4.98
40.	80	Matthew Mulligan	Maine	4.65	6044	250	4.9e
41.	88	Chris Wagner	South Dakota State	4.60	6054	256	4.85
42.	80	Joe Nesheiwat	Syracuse	4.60	6022	251	4.86
43.	39	Ryan Putnam	Boise State	4.60	6015	245	4.88	H-B
44.	17	Langston Johnson	Yale	4.60	6025	233	5.04	FB, H-B, Ch.
45.	84	Kris Kasparek	Akron	4.60	6065	266	4.95
46.	14	Earnest Jackson	Cincinnati	4.50	6024	222	4.54	H-B, WR
47.	91	Chris Hopkins	Toledo	4.50	6046	273	4.91
48.	87	Brandon Davis	Northern Illinois	4.50	6041	270	4.8e
49.	89	Dale Thompson	USC	4.40	6042	245	4.79
50.	89	Jon Loyte	Boston College	4.40	6051	256	4.92
51.	81	Jeff Postell	Delaware State	4.40	6043	247	5.07
52.	41	Ben Barkema	Iowa State	4.40	6026	252	5.11	H-B
53.	85	Dwayne Reed	Bethel (Tenn.)	4.30	6041	276	5.09
54.	85	Michael Merritt	Central Florida	4.30	6040	263	5.12	X
55.	84	Zac Selmon	Wake Forest	4.30	6050e	240e	4.8e
56.	8	Delviccio Frost	Jackson State	4.30	6035	265	4.91
57.	81	Joseph Thomas	Texas A&M	4.20	6047	253	4.84
58.	81	Scott Kuhn	Louisville	4.20	6060	257	4.91
59.	43	Andy Crooks	Wisconsin	4.20	6024	257	4.85e	X, H-B
60.	89	John Tereshinski	Wake Forest	4.10	6036	242	4.94
61.	5	Gabe Ratcliff	Tulane	4.00	6024	242	5.04

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