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Michigan football: Ranking the Wolverines top 10 tight ends of all time

By Matthew Helmkamp

31 Aug 1996: Jerame Tuman #80 of the Michigan Wolverines makes a cut to the outside as he attempts to get around the pursuing defender James Williams #26 of Illinois during the first quarter of their matchup in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Mandatory Credit: Mat
31 Aug 1996: Jerame Tuman #80 of the Michigan Wolverines makes a cut to the outside as he attempts to get around the pursuing defender James Williams #26 of Illinois during the first quarter of their matchup in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Mandatory Credit: Mat /
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1. Jim Mandich

Jim “Mad-Dog” Mandich was also inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor and the College Football Hall of Fame; and the 1969 College football All-American Team; and the 1968 AP first-team All-Big Ten Conference football team; and was apart of the 1969 UM team which beat the No. 1 ranked Ohio State team 24-12.

And he is the only unanimous and consensus All-American tight end in the history of Michigan football.

Jim caught 118 passes for 1,483 yards and 8 touchdowns in his three years at UM. Professionally, Mandich caught 121 passes for 1,406 yards and 23 touchdowns.

Upon leaving UM, Jim was drafted in the second round of the 1970 NFL draft by the Miami Dolphins. He stayed in Miami until 1977 when he headed to Pittsburgh for a season. Over his eight years in the NFL, Mandich won three Super Bowls which is tied for third for most Super Bowls won by a former Michigan football player.

After football, Jim made a life in sports radio as a color commentator for the Dolphins and eventually died of cancer in 2011 at the young age of 62.

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Mandich was born in Cleveland, Ohio and played high school football in Solon, a suburb of Cleveland.

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