Covering Rickey Dudley in high school
What ESPN’s Dave Wilson said
“In small-town East Texas in 1989, playing against my hometown Kilgore Bulldogs for the district championship, Henderson’s Rickey Dudley put on an incredible display,” writes Wilson. “In local parlance, he could run a hole in the wind, despite being a 6-foot-7, 225-pound tight end. He could run by you, sling tacklers off with a hip shake, or hurdle people like Randy Moss. Athletic enough to play safety, he probably was most dangerous as a punt returner. (He had more than 100 yards and a TD on returns when I saw him — in the first half alone.)”
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“One theory? ‘He’s so tall, he knocks two seconds off the hang time,’ said Dickey Meeks, a legendary high school coach in the area. He was also so tall that he went to Ohio State on a basketball scholarship despite being the Texas 4A football player of the year. After a couple of years, he decided he wanted to give football a try again. His senior year at Ohio State, he averaged 13.3 points and 7.5 rebounds and also started at tight end for the Buckeyes, catching 37 passes for 575 yards (15.5 YPC) and seven touchdowns. He was selected with the No. 9 overall pick in the 1996 NFL draft and played eight years in the league. He would be a problem as a stand-up tight end in today’s offenses.”