CANTON, Ohio – Rico Gathers last scored a touchdown in his eighth grade championship game. Four of them. In the first half.
He got one in Thursday night’s Hall of Fame Game, by far the most playing time he’s received since dropping football and pursuing basketball in high school and college.
In the first quarter, the Cowboys’ power-forward-turned-tight-end grabbed a 26-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Kellen Moore like he was scooping a rebound off the glass for Baylor University.
“It’s what you’ve got to do when you’re working with a basketball player,” the 6-foot-6 Gathers said after the team’s 20-18 preseason win over the Arizona Cardinals.