UCLA’S Tight End Tradition
MARCEDES LEWIS
MIKE SEIDMAN
•2002 finalist for Mackey Award •First-team All-Pac-10 in 2002 •Set UCLA tight end record with 631 yards in 2002 (now No. 2) •Third-round selection by Carolina Panthers in 2003 NFL Draft
CHARLES ARBUCKLE
•1988 first-team All-American •Led team in receiving in 1989 •Made 73 career receptions •Fifth-round selection of the New Orleans Saints in1990 •Played four NFL seasons
BOB CHRISTIANSEN
•1971 first-team All-Pac-8 •Made 51 receptions in three seasons at UCLA •Fifth-round selection in 1972 by Los Angeles Rams •Played one season with the Buffalo Bills
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•2005 consensus All-American •2005 Mackey Award winner •Ranks No. 1 among Bruin TEs in season (58) and career (126) receptions •First-round selection in ’06 NFL Draft by Jacksonville
TIM WRIGHTMAN
•1981 consensus All-American •1981 Academic All-American •Made 73 career receptions •Played for USFL’s Chicago Blitz •Played in 1986 Super Bowl with the Chicago Bears
PAUL BERGMANN
•First-team All-Pac-10 in 1983 •Ranks No. 2 among Bruin tight ends with 85 career receptions •Made 44 receptions as senior in 1983 and 41 as junior in 1982 •Played in both the USFL and NFL
DEREK TENNELL
•Made 67 career receptions •Seventh-round selection of the Seattle Seahawks in 1987 •Played in 1993 Super Bowl with Dallas Cowboys •Played six NFL seasons
BRYAN FLETCHER
•2001 second-team All-Pacific-10 •Made 30 career receptions for 423 yards (14.1 average) •Sixth-round selection in 2002 NFL Draft by the Bears •Played in 2007 Super Bowl with Indianapolis Colts
RICK WALKER
•1976 All-Pac-8 selection •Fourth-round selection in 1977 by the Cincinnati Bengals •Played nine seasons in the NFL •Played in two Super Bowls with the Washington Redskins
MIKE GRIEB
•First-team All-Pacific-10 selection following the 1998 season •Two-year Bruin starter •Averaged 17.1 yards as a senior •Made 57 receptions during his UCLA career