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Tight ends display athleticism with historic day in broad jump

Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports

Want one stat that demonstrates just how athletic this year's class of tight ends is compared to previous classes?

The top three broad jump scores posted in the past decade by a tight end were all put up Saturday by members of the 2017 class:

Player College Score
Bucky Hodges Virginia Tech 11-foot-2
David Njoku Miami 11-foot-1
George Kittle Iowa 11-feet

Hodges followed it up by posting a score of 39 inches in the vertical leap, the sixth-best leap of the past decade by a tight end.

There are years in which no tight end is drafted in the first round. This year's draft could potentially see as many as three or four players go off the board at the position.

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