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The Top Ranked Tight Ends of the 1980s
Notes: Ranking Explanation
| Rnk | Athlete | Overall Decade Rank |
| 1 | Todd Christensen | 27 |
| 2 | Kellen Winslow | 30 |
| 3 | Ozzie Newsome | 89 |
| 4 | Mickey Shuler | 96 |
| 5 | Steve Jordan | 121 |
| 6 | Mark Bavaro | 142 |
| 7 | Paul Coffman | 160 |
| 8 | Doug Cosbie | 168 |
| 9 | Jimmie Giles | 173 |
| 10 | Rodney Holman | 185 |
| 11 | Dan Ross | 187 |
| 12 | Hoby Brenner | 210 |
| 13 | John Spagnola | 256 |
| 14 | Pete Holohan | 259 |
| 15 | Russ Francis | 275 |
| 16 | Keith Jackson | 295 |
| 17 | Eric Sievers | 327 |
| 18 | Dave Casper | 339 |
| 19 | Emery Moorehead | 341 |
| 20 | Derrick Ramsey | 359 |
| 21 | Doug Marsh | 395 |
| 22 | Bruce Hardy | 396 |
| 23 | Robert Awalt | 399 |
| 24 | Clint Didier | 416 |
| 25 | David Hill | 475 |
| 26 | Bennie Cunningham | 476 |
| 27 | Clarence Kay | 479 |
| 28 | Mike Barber (TE) | 486 |
| 29 | John Tice | 489 |
| 30 | Ferrell Edmunds | 518 |
| 31 | Pete Metzelaars | 520 |
| 32 | Charle Young | 521 |
| 33 | Ed West | 544 |
| 34 | Damone Johnson | 564 |
| 35 | Joe Rose | 584 |
| 36 | Calvin Magee | 593 |
| 37 | Jamie Williams | 594 |
| 38 | Mark Brammer | 595 |
| 39 | Zeke Mowatt | 618 |
| 40 | Mike Dyal | 625 |
| 41 | Arthur Cox | 631 |
| 42 | Jerome Barkum | 644 |
| 43 | Junior Miller | 653 |
| 44 | Dan Johnson | 703 |
| 45 | Pat Beach | 713 |
| 46 | Ron Hall | 731 |
| 47 | Orson Mobley | 764 |
| 48 | Keith Krepfle | 782 |
| 49 | M.L. Harris | 803 |
| 50 | Don Warren | 806 |
| 51 | Brent Jones | 822 |
| 52 | Riley Odoms | 836 |
| 53 | Joe Senser | 841 |
| 54 | Billy Joe DuPree | 860 |
| 55 | Steve Folsom | 862 |
| 56 | Jonathan Hayes | 882 |
| 57 | Don Hasselbeck | 914 |
| 58 | Tony Hunter | 916 |
| 59 | Jay Novacek | 932 |
| 60 | Ron Heller | 949 |
| 61 | Tom Mullady | 964 |
| 62 | Willie Scott | 983 |
| 63 | Gary Shirk | 1040 |
| 64 | Greg Baty | 1051 |
| 65 | Raymond Chester | 1058 |
| 66 | Mike Mularkey | 1087 |
| 67 | Chris Dressel | 1089 |
| 68 | James Thornton | 1131 |
| 69 | Keith Neubert | 1136 |
| 70 | Lin Dawson | 1155 |
| 71 | Mark Boyer | 1160 |
| 72 | Bob Bruer | 1182 |
| 73 | Bobby Micho | 1203 |
| 74 | Harry Holt | 1233 |
| 75 | Walt Arnold | 1245 |
| 76 | Mark Keel | 1281 |
| 77 | Marvin Harvey | 1297 |
| 78 | Victor Hicks | 1307 |
| 79 | Tim Sherwin | 1309 |
| 80 | Larry Hardy | 1313 |
| 81 | Mike Tice | 1328 |
| 82 | Al Dixon | 1344 |
| 83 | Sam Bowers | 1357 |
| 84 | Ken Whisenhunt | 1396 |
| 85 | Robin Earl | 1436 |
| 86 | Darryl Mason | 1488 |
| 87 | John Sawyer | 1506 |
| 88 | Tim Wrightman | 1517 |
| 89 | John Frank | 1532 |
| 90 | Rick Walker | 1559 |
| 91 | Greg LaFleur | 1584 |
| 92 | Todd Fowler | 1627 |
| 93 | Ulysses Norris | 1639 |
| 94 | Ron Wheeler | 1641 |
| 95 | Ron Egloff | 1654 |
| 96 | James Wright (TE) | 1684 |
| 97 | Preston Gothard | 1686 |
| 98 | Eason Ramson | 1702 |
| 99 | Bob Niziolek | 1710 |
| 100 | Gary Wilkins | 1724 |
| 101 | Mike Cobb | 1751 |
| 102 | Paul Ricker | 1795 |
| 103 | Reese McCall | 1811 |
| 104 | Jerry Bell | 1812 |
| 105 | Eric Kattus | 1819 |
| 106 | David Lewis | 1823 |
| 107 | Dwight Scales | 1852 |
| 108 | Derek Tennell | 1867 |
| 109 | Jeff Spek | 1868 |
| 110 | Vyto Kab | 1878 |
| 111 | Rob Rubick | 1937 |
| 112 | Thornton Chandler | 1939 |
| 113 | Henry Childs | 1945 |
| 114 | Terry Orr | 1947 |
| 115 | Ricky Ellis | 1948 |
| 116 | Mark Raugh | 1949 |
| 117 | Cap Boso | 1969 |
| 118 | Ken Dunek | 2003 |
| 119 | Jay Saldi | 2049 |
| 120 | Rocky Klever | 2050 |
| 121 | Joey Hackett | 2061 |
| 122 | Gary W. Lewis | 2063 |
| 123 | Bob L. Fisher | 2065 |
| 124 | Brian Williams (TE) | 2081 |
| 125 | Rod Bernstine | 2133 |
| 126 | Trey Junkin | 2136 |
| 127 | Beau Coash | 2139 |
| 128 | Gordon Hudson | 2150 |
| 129 | Mike Sherrod | 2151 |
| 130 | Howard Cross | 2212 |
| 131 | Pat Carter | 2219 |
| 132 | Butch Rolle | 2264 |
| 133 | Rich Caster | 2267 |
| 134 | Dave Young | 2303 |
| 135 | Robert Young (TE) | 2323 |
| 136 | Donnie Echols | 2338 |
| 137 | Brad Beckman | 2342 |
| 138 | Jim Obradovich | 2392 |
| 139 | David Bayle | 2394 |
| 140 | Paul Bergmann | 2408 |
| 141 | Mike McCloskey | 2440 |
| 142 | Lewis Gilbert | 2473 |
| 143 | Reuben Gant | 2483 |
| 144 | Alfredo Roberts | 2492 |
| 145 | Randy Grossman | 2538 |
| 146 | Jerry Price | 2539 |
| 147 | Bob Tucker | 2542 |
| 148 | Travis McNeal | 2553 |
| 149 | Chris Combs | 2569 |
| 150 | Brooks Williams | 2594 |
| 151 | Doug Cozen | 2598 |
| 152 | John Thompson | 2612 |
| 153 | Brent Novoselsky | 2614 |
| 154 | Ron Battle | 2620 |
| 155 | Steve Stephens | 2621 |
| 156 | Dave Little | 2671 |
| 157 | Darryl Goosby | 2687 |
| 158 | Van Heflin | 2744 |
| 159 | Buster Barnett | 2810 |
| 160 | Glenn Dennison | 2829 |
| 161 | Greg Werner | 2830 |
| 162 | Malcolm Scott | 2833 |
| 163 | Cliff Benson | 2898 |
| 164 | Darryl Ingram | 2902 |
| 165 | Greg Scales | 2916 |
| 166 | Andy Parker | 2940 |
| 167 | McDonald Oden | 2946 |
| 168 | Billy Griggs | 2958 |
| 169 | Vince Rogusky | 2974 |
| 170 | Joe Caravello | 3013 |
| 171 | William Harris | 3022 |
| 172 | Danzell Lee | 3100 |
| 173 | Ken O'Neal | 3101 |
| 174 | Phil Denfeld | 3103 |
| 175 | Norris Brown | 3112 |
| 176 | Greg McCrary | 3126 |
| 177 | Tom Maher | 3165 |
| 178 | Jim Riggs | 3195 |
| 179 | Fred Cornwell | 3222 |
| 180 | Bubba Diggs | 3226 |
| 181 | Tom Wheeler | 3241 |
| 182 | Russ Mikeska | 3246 |
| 183 | Jay Repko | 3260 |
| 184 | James McDonald | 3282 |
| 185 | Pat Dunsmore | 3289 |
| 186 | Jimmie Johnson | 3299 |
| 187 | Mark Lewis | 3304 |
| 188 | Vic Rakhshani | 3313 |
| 189 | Carl Hilton | 3335 |
| 190 | Bill Larson | 3367 |
| 191 | Darren Long | 3369 |
| 192 | Mike Hirn | 3408 |
| 193 | Ed Beckman | 3409 |
| 194 | Vince Randall | 3435 |
| 195 | Wesley Walls | 3436 |
| 196 | Scott Nizolek | 3482 |
| 197 | K.D. Dunn | 3499 |
| 198 | Ben Young | 3529 |
| 199 | Mike An. Williams | 3544 |
| 200 | Frank Wilson | 3603 |
| 201 | John Brinkman | 3639 |
| 202 | Mike Hinnant | 3661 |
| 203 | Pat Kelly | 3668 |
| 204 | Jay Carroll | 3681 |
| 205 | Chris Verhulst | 3715 |
| 206 | Brian Kinchen | 3733 |
| 207 | Ron Middleton | 3748 |
| 208 | Allama Matthews | 3777 |
| 209 | Keith Jennings | 3784 |
| 210 | Mitch Andrews | 3789 |
| 211 | Richard Osborne | 3795 |
| 212 | Travis Tucker | 3830 |
| 213 | Frank Smith | 3861 |
| 214 | Steve E. Johnson | 3872 |
| 215 | Bob Mrosko | 3909 |
| 216 | John Brandes | 3964 |
| 217 | Marv Cook | 3970 |
| 218 | Anthony Jones | 3996 |
| 219 | Lawrence Sampleton | 4016 |
| 220 | Mike Williams (1959) | 4029 |
| 221 | Warren Seitz | 4037 |
| 222 | Mark Witte | 4054 |
| 223 | Mike Landrum | 4074 |
| 224 | Terry O'Shea | 4127 |
| 225 | Mike Waters | 4155 |
| 226 | Theo Young | 4176 |
| 227 | Walter Reeves | 4177 |
| 228 | Brian Peets | 4201 |
| 229 | Don Summers | 4298 |
| 230 | Darrell Nelson | 4336 |
| 231 | John Rodgers | 4339 |
| 232 | Dan Sharp | 4386 |
| 233 | John Goode | 4389 |
| 234 | Robert Tyler | 4392 |
| 235 | Don Kern | 4474 |
| 236 | Tim Stracka | 4500 |
| 237 | Steve Holloway | 4511 |
| 238 | Tom Coombs | 4513 |
| 239 | Mark Gehring | 4538 |
| 240 | Chris Faulkner | 4597 |
| 241 | Chris Kolodziejski | 4737 |
| 242 | Mitch Krenk | 4759 |
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