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751:Bert Jones
469:References
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309:Early life
215:Receptions
168:Consensus
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367:split end
279:tight end
39:Tight end
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111:College:
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1407:Spiller
1382:McCargo
1377:Whitner
1362:McGahee
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1247:Ritcher
1202:Seymour
1182:Simpson
1097:Ray Guy
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1257:Tuttle
1242:Butler
1232:Miller
1167:Dennis
400:, the
396:, the
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1367:Evans
1327:Brown
1307:Jones
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1222:Clark
1177:Moses
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