Rich Caster, who played 13 seasons in the NFL including eight with the Jets, died Friday, according to the Clarion Ledger.

Caster was 75 and had been battling Parkinson’s disease.

The tight end/wide receiver was named to three Pro Bowls — all with the Jets — in 1972, 1974 and 1975.

Former Jackson State college teammate James Hartfield confirmed Caster’s death to the Clarion Ledger, telling the paper, “I am really sad to hear about his passing. He was a great person and [a] great wide receiver.”

Since the news of Caster’s passing, those who know him recalled the hulking tight end as a gentle giant who was as kind of a person off the field as he was dominant on it.

“Rich was like my idol,” former Jets wide receiver Wesley Walker told The Post by phone. “Richie Caster will always be my No. 88.”

Walker, who was selected by the Jets in 1977 and played with them until 1989, recalled knowing very little about his new team but remembered watching a “Monday Night Football” game that the Jets were playing in.

One of the guys that stood out to him was Caster.

“I remember this big, fast tight end Richie Caster,” Walker said. “He was like this prototype, tall, [6-foot-5], 260 [pounds], and he could run. I always respected him and idolized him. When I met him, him and Jerome Barkum took me under their wing. … [Caster] is this big guy, and I remember telling everybody all the time, he’s this big, huge guy, but he’s this teddy bear.

“And if I was that size, I would just be a mean dude. I would have killed somebody just from size alone, but he was this gentle soul.”

Caster, drafted by the Jets in the second round in 1970, was with the franchise through 1977 and is 10th in franchise history with 4,434 yards.

He’s also seventh in team history with 36 touchdown receptions.

“He always played hard,” Jets great Marty Lyons told The Post about Caster. “When you watched highlights, he was always out there for every play catching the ball or blocking. I think he lived his life the same way, 100 percent behind everything he did. I know he’ll be missed by all of us.”

Caster went on to play three seasons with the Houston Oilers and split his final two NFL seasons with New Orleans and Washington, capping his career with the Super Bowl-champion Redskins in 1982.

He finished his NFL career with 322 receptions, 5,515 yards and 45 touchdowns.

But what appeared to be Caster’s last legacy from those who knew him best was the person that he was.

Lyons recalled how the former Jets great would always show up for his Marty Lyons Foundation events and how involved he was in the community.

And both Lyons and Walker described Caster’s ability to connect with those around him.

“I think the big thing is if we didn’t see each other for months, when we did it was just like we’d seen each other yesterday,” Lyons said.

Walker added: “He was just this guy that you could talk to and he always put you in your place if he felt you didn’t do right. … He was very proper and so intelligent, and just had this way of talking to you and I just miss our conversations.”