Antonio Gates is renowned as one of the greatest players in NFL history and a Chargers legend. He has been selected for his great career as one of the nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame title.

Some of the best tight ends to ever do it excelled in a completely different sport before taking up football. Antonio Gates, ...

One of those athletes is Caleb Lohner, who started his college career playing college basketball at BYU and then Baylor.

Colin Granger had not played football since eighth grade. But when his basketball season at Coastal Carolina was over, he gave it a shot.

There have been some incredible success stories in the NFL of players who played college basketball and went on to play TE. Two of them are Antonio Gates and Tony Gonzalez. Gates spent most of his ...

but played five-seasons of college basketball. “The 6-foot-9, 245-pound big man is looking to follow in the footsteps of legendary NFL tight ends such as Antonio Gates, Jimmy Graham and Tony ...

With this move, Carolina is trying to strike gold like the then-San Diego Chargers did when they signed Antonio Gates to play ...

There's a strong history of college basketball players becoming NFL tight ends. Antonio Gates is the prime example of a guy who never even played college football and then shone in the NFL.

The legendary tight end sat down with Chargers.com to detail his last few months since being selected for enshrinement in Canton ...