Iowa’s T.J. Hockenson could be highest-drafted tight end in years

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Only one tight end has cracked the top 10 picks of the past 12 NFL drafts, and only a dozen tight ends have landed in that range since the NFL’s merger in 1970.

Don’t count out Iowa’s T.J. Hockenson possibly joining that rare TE air this April.

Only a redshirt sophomore, the 6-foot-5, 250-pound Hockenson’s stock has soared over the past several months because…