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Article: NFL Football: NFL Draft Profile - Jason Witten.
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- The Sports Network
- Article date:
- April 16, 2003
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Apr 16, 2003 (The Sports Network via COMTEX)
Team:
Round:
Selection:
Position: Tight End
School: Tennessee
Year: Junior
Height: 6-5
Weight: 262
High School: Elizabethton (Elizabethton, Tennessee)
NOTES:
FirstTeam All-SEC selection by both the coaches and the media following the
2002 campaign in which he led the Vols with single-season records for tight
ends in receptions (39) and receiving yards (493)...His five touchdown catches
helped him become a semifinalist for the Mackey Award...Started just three
games a sophomore but was able to haul in 27 balls for 293 yards...Came to
Tennessee as a defensive end but a shortage at the tight ...