Who are the four best tight ends in FSU history?

Let’s keep the choosin’ going.

To help the offseason pass a bit faster Tomahawk Nation is continuing our new Mount Rushmore series, where we’ll be determining the top four Seminoles at each position by weighing everything from stats to accomplishments to historical significance.

Each Monday, we’ll post a poll for the Tomahawk Nation community to choose their top four Seminoles for that week’s position group. On Tuesday, various TN contributors will make their cases in a roundtable format and then finally, we’ll share final poll results each Wednesday to determine that position’s Mount Rushmore.

This week, we’re continuing the series by looking at the tight ends. Check out a brief description under each player or click on their names to read more about their accomplishments (alongside selections from our previous series revolving around the top 100 players in FSU history and the top 100 plays), then vote for your top four at the bottom and let us know the reasoning behind your choices in the comments.

Let the debate begin!

Ed Beckman

Beckman arrived at FSU during coach Larry Jones’ final year and subsequently endured two coaching changes (Darryl Mudra and Bobby Bowden) during his FSU career.

Beckman became a starter for the last three games of Mudra’s tenure. He went on to start all 11 games in 1976 during Bowden’s first year as head coach, and the move paid off when Beckman lead the team in receptions, finished second in touchdown receptions, and second in receiving yards. For his performance that year, he earned an All-American honorable mention.

Beckman played his entire eight year NFL career with the Kansas City Chiefs (1977–1984) and later became the special teams coach of the Chiefs in 1987.

Pat Carter

Pat Carter, from Sarasota, Florida, was a four-year letterman for the Seminoles during an important stretch in program history, from 1984-1987, a span of time leading up to and beginning the dynasty from ’87-2001. Carter, an outstanding blocker with reliable hands, was instrumental in improving the ’Noles from seven wins in his first season to an 11-1 record in his last. 1987 saw FSU finish second in the AP Poll, its highest final ranking in school history to that point.

Carter’s individual accolades began in his junior season, when he was an honorable mention AP All-American and first team All-South Independent honoree in 1986. He followed that up by improving to a second-team AP selection in his senior year, when The Sporting News recognized him as a first-team All-American. Legendary coach Bobby Bowden took it a step further, calling Carter “the best tight end in the United States,” after Florida State’s 34-6 road drubbing of eventual SEC champion Auburn. “He is just a natural. They don’t keep statistics on his blocking,” Bowden continued, after FSU…