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Cal has contributed a number of talents to the NFL who were considered among the top at that position, like QB Aaron Rodgers, CB, Nnamdi Asomugha, and RB Marshawn Lynch.
All Gonzalez did was build the greatest career by a tight end in football history. Gonzalez's numbers defy belief. On Sunday he became the fifth player in NFL history to total 15,000 receiving yards. Shannon Sharpe is second among tight ends with 10,060. Gonzalez has been to the Pro Bowl 13 times. Just five players have more receiving touchdowns than his 110. Only Jerry Rice has caught more passes.
Gonzalez's accomplishments were made possible by a durability, a consistency, and a sustainability never before seen from a player at his position. But his greatest contribution to football may be that his legacy is so much more than a compilation of surreal statistics. Next Sunday will be the end of Gonzalez's 17th - and final - season, and in that decade and a half, he's managed to redefine everything we expect from an NFL tight end.
While the end of Gonzalez's career may be associated with his Super Bowl dreams being stolen away by Horrible Jim Harbaugh and this year's Super Bowl push by his old team, the Kansas City Chiefs, there's no denying the fantastic career Gonzalez has had and the tight-end revolution he catalyzed.
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- Upcoming Bear Gabby Green is on the watchlist for the Naismith High School Girls Player of the Year award
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On our way back to the hotel from practice, and none other than @50cent is there and gladly posed with the Bears! pic.twitter.com/iPSkrQe4CK
— Cal Basketball (@CalWBBall) December 21, 2013
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- Some final honors for the Bears: RB Khalfani Muhammad is on the third-team Freshman All-American team and Muhammad, DL Deandre Coleman, K Vincenzo D'Amato, and WR Chris Harper are on the Phil