Cowboys cut tight end and former Baylor basketball star Rico Gathers

The Cowboys are ending their Rico Gathers experiment. The team made the decision to waive the former Baylor basketball player-turned-tight end on Monday. Gathers received a one-game suspension earlier this offseason. He finished with three catches for 45 yards in 15 games last season; Dallas drafted the 25-year-old in the sixth round in 2016 and attempted to develop him.  An ankle injury limited Gathers during his fourth Cowboys camp, and the Dallas tight end situation obviously changed in recent months. Jason Witten is now back with Dallas; Gathers did not see any game action during Witten’s previous run with the team. Younger tight ends Blake Jarwin and Dalton Schultz are expected to make the Cowboys’ 53-man roster, leaving Gathers without a surefire role. Before the Cowboys invested a sixth-round pick in the college hoops standout, Gathers had not played organized football since middle school.

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