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Headline: Former NFL Star Dads Keeps Rising Star Son, Oronde Gadsden II, Benched in Fantasy Football Despite Breakout Game

Los Angeles, CA – Oronde Gadsden II, the former Syracuse University standout and current Los Angeles Chargers rookie tight end, is making a splash in the NFL, but one person remains unimpressed, his own father.

Oronde Gadsden Sr., a former NFL wide receiver who played for the Dallas Cowboys and Miami Dolphins, admitted on Miami’s 1043 WQAM radio station that he’s keeping his son on the bench in his fantasy football league, much to the chagrin of other league members.

Despite Gadsden II’s stellar performance on Sunday where he caught seven passes for 164 yards and a touchdown, dad is sticking to his guns. “We playing fantasy football now… he’s going to stay on the bench,” Gadsden Sr. stated. “He gon’ ride the pine!”

The elder Gadsden’s choice comes even though his son’s performance earned him 29.4 fantasy points for Week 7. Gadsden II has become one of the hottest free agent pickups in fantasy football, jumping from being rostered in only 2.4% of ESPN fantasy leagues to 53.4% this week.

Selected in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL Draft after a successful career at Syracuse, where he excelled at both wide receiver and tight end, Gadsden II is quickly proving to be a valuable asset for Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert. His 164 receiving yards against the Indianapolis Colts this past Sunday broke a team record for a rookie tight end, surpassing Hall of Famer Antonio Gates’ previous mark set in 2003. He became only the fourth rookie tight end in the Super Bowl era to record more than 150 receiving yards in a game.

Gadsden II now has 22 receptions for 308 yards in his rookie season. His father, who was a member of the Dallas Cowboys’ Super Bowl XXX winning team, might just be using the fantasy benching as motivation for his son, or perhaps he’s just sticking to his strategy, even if it means losing by a few points. Either way, it seems Gadsden II will have to keep proving himself to his biggest critic: his dad.

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