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Herndon arrested

Jets rookie charged with DWI after crash

Chris Herndon’s NFL career is getting off to a lackluster start. A report indicates he was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated over the weekend.

The report, written by Susan Miller Degnan of the Miami Herald, says Herndon was taken away in handcuffs after an accident in New Jersey that totaled another vehicle.

The report suggests the driver of the other vehicle, a 76-year-old man, wasn’t seriously injured.

The incident likely will trigger some kind of league suspension, probably sidelining Herndon for his first few games as a pro.

The Jets selected Herndon in the fourth round, and with them not having much else at the position, he might be their starting tight end. He caught 40 passes for 477 yards and 4 TDs last year at Miami. The previous year, the Hurricanes had an interesting tandem of tight ends in Herndon and David Njoku.

Austin Seferian-Jenkins signed with Jacksonville, so New York needs a new starter at the position. It drafted Jordan Leggett in the fifth round last year, but he didn’t play much as a rookie. Eric Tomlinson has been primarily a blocker. Clive Walford (another former Miami tight end) never really got his career off the ground with the Raiders.

Herndon, of course, isn’t a can’t-miss option (short term or long term). He’s a mid-round pick. But of the 34 tight ends previously selected in the fourth round since 2000, nine (about 1 in 4) at some point in their career developed into a top-10 caliber tight end – the type of tight end somebody in your league would make one of the first 10 selected in a fantasy draft.

TIGHT ENDS CHOSEN IN FOURTH ROUND
YearPickPlayerSchool
200698Owen Daniels, Hou.Wisconsin
2018101• Ian Thomas, Car.Indiana
2011102Jordan Cameron, Clev.Southern Cal
2002103Justin Peelle, S.D.Oregon
2011104Luke Stocker, T.B.Tennessee
2003104George Wrighster, Jac.Oregon
2013106Dion Sims , Mia.Michigan State
2006106Garrett Mills, N.E.Tulsa
2018107• Chris Herndon, NYJMiami
2004109Tim Euhus, Buff.Oregon State
2012110Ladarius Green, S.D.Louisiana-Lafayette
2016110Tyler Higbee , LARWestern Kentucky
2012111Evan Rodriguez, Chi.Temple
2008111Martin Rucker, Clev.Missouri
2010113Aaron Hernandez, N.E.Florida
2010114Dennis Pitta, Balt.Brigham Young
2002114Randy McMichael, Mia.Georgia
2012116Orson Charles, Cin.Georgia
2015117Blake Bell, S.F.Oklahoma
2010118Garrett Graham, Hou.Wisconsin
2002118Chris Luzar, Jac.Virginia
2001119Jabari Holloway, N.E.Notre Dame
2018120• Will Dissly, Sea.Washington
2009121Shawn Nelson, Buff.Southern Mississippi
2009122Anthony Hill, Hou.North Carolina State
2002122Darnell Sanders, Clev.Ohio State
2018123• Durham Smyth, Mia.Notre Dame
2010125Clay Harbor, Phil.Missouri State
2008127Jacob Tamme, Ind.Kentucky
2017127Michael Roberts, Det.Toledo
2012127Adrien Robinson, NYGCincinnati
2007129Scott Chandler, S.D.Iowa
2011129Julius Thomas, Den.Portland State
2001129Brandon Manumaleuna, St.L.Arizona
2008132Derek Fine, Buff.Kansas
2013133Levine Toilolo , Atl.Stanford
2007133Martrez Milner, Atl.Georgia
2018137• Dalton Schultz, Dall.Stanford
2016138Seth DeValve, Clev.Princeton

—Ian Allan

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