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When Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez arrived at Huntington Beach (Calif.) High School in 1990, he began as a running back (but another kid was faster). So he moved to fullback (that lasted one game). Then linebacker (nope). Then, safety (try again).
Finally, Gonzalez's coaches put him in the only place his tall, strong, fast body seemed to make sense, even though football had yet to fully embrace the concept of a playmaker at the position: They tried him at tight end.
"They figured I was a fast, bigger guy," Gonzalez said last week at the Pro Bowl. "So they said, 'We're just going to throw it up in the air, and we'll have you run corner routes and stuff like that.' That's where it all started."
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