ALLEN PARK -- Jordan Cameron played basketball at BYU before transferring to USC to pick up football. Jimmy Graham was a four-year letterman in hoops before playing a down of football at Miami. And Antonio Gates didn't play any at all while helping lead Kent State to an Elite Eight.
All three went on to enjoy varying degrees of NFL stardom at tight end.
New Detroit Lions tight end Darren Fells followed a similar path to the NFL, starring on the hardwood for four years at UC Irvine and playing professionally overseas before giving football a try.