Second-year tight end gives Kansas City a sure-handed target in the passing game … Was regarded by many as the most dominant blocking tight end in the 2008 NFL Draft … Is a fluid runner for his size and is a tenacious blocker … Owns powerful legs and is often difficult for one tackler to bring him down … Saw duty in all 16 games as a rookie in 2008, starting seven contests … Caught seven passes for 63 yards and added a special teams tackle.

Transactions: Signed with Kansas City (7/21/08) ... Entered the league as the second (76th overall) of Kansas City’s three selections in the third round of the 2008 NFL Draft.

Played in 16 games with seven starts … Had seven catches for 63 yards … Made his first career start when the club opened in a two-TE set vs. Denver (9/28) ... Also started as a second TE at Carolina (10/5) ... Caught four passes for 34 yards in a starting role at the N.Y. Jets (10/26) ... Also opened as a second TE vs. Tampa Bay (11/2), at San Diego (11/9) vs. New Orleans (11/16) and at Denver (12/7).

Played in 38 games (seven starts) at Tennessee, catching 21 passes for 341 yards (16.2 avg.) with one touchdown … Also had one special teams tackle … Was a three-time Academic All-Southeastern Conference selection … Missed the first nine games of his senior season in 2007 with a fractured left wrist bone suffered in August … Saw duty in five games (three starts), catching five passes for 125 yards with one touchdown … Played in 13 games (six starts), as a junior in 2006, recording 14 receptions for 182 yards … Caught three passes for a career-high 53 yards, including a 45-yard grab vs. Vanderbilt … Saw action in 11 games as a blocking tight end as a sophomore in 2005, registering one special teams tackle … Appeared in 13 games as a redshirt freshman in 2004, catching two passes for 34 yards … Graduated from Tennessee with a degree in International Business and is pursuing his master’s degree in Sport Studies.

• A two-year starter at Evangelical Christian High School in Germantown, Tennessee.

• Caught 24 passes for 340 yards with five TDs as a senior, earning All-Metro Memphis private school honors.

• Was also a standout prep basketball player.

• Full name: Bradley Joseph Cottam.

• Single.