The Carolina Panthers made headlines yesterday when the team announced they have signed Colin Granger, a former Division I basketball player. The six-foot-nine center has never played football before,

Gates is the only one of the three, though, who, like Granger, did not play college football, as Graham and Gonzalez played both sports in college. Current Indianapolis Colts tight end Mo Alie-Cox also notably played college basketball and not football.

Some of the best tight ends to ever do it excelled in a completely different sport before taking up football. Antonio Gates, Jimmy Graham and Tony Gonzalez are among the college-basketball standouts who successfully made the transition to the NFL. Two of those players are already in the Hall of Fame. No pressure, Colin Granger.