| College |
Transferred to the University of Utah after two seasons at Santa Monica Junior College...Two-time All-Mountain West Conference selection...In two years at Utah, posted 78 catches for 1,603 yards and 12 touchdowns and averaged 11.9 yards on 72 punt returns for 860 yards and four touchdowns and 22.0 yards on 23 kickoff returns for 505 yards....Left as the school's all-time leader with a 20.6 yard average per catch, tied for first with four punt returns for a touchdown, and ranked second with 860 punt return yards...2000 (Sr.): All-Mountain West Conference first-team selection at wide receiver for Utah...Averaged 21.2 yards per catch on 35 receptions for 743 yards and four touchdowns with three scoring catches of more than 60 yards...Averaged 8.5 yards on 43 punt returns for 365 yards and one touchdown and 19.8 yards on 17 kickoff returns for 336 yards...Added five carries for 31 yards....Ranked second in the conference with an average of 147.5 all purpose yards per contest....1999 (Jr.): First-team All-Mountain West Conference selection as a returner and a second team choice at wide receiver...Led conference with an average of 140.5 all-purpose yards per game...Recorded a team-high 43 catches for 860 yards and eight touchdowns...Ranked fifth in the nation with a school-record 17.1 yard punt return average on 29 returns for 495 yards, another school record, and three touchdowns...Averaged 28.2 yards on six kickoff returns for 169 yards...Gained 21 yards rushing on three attempts...1998 (So.): Second-team All-Western State Conference South selection at Santa Monica Junior College...Registered 54 receptions for 847 yards and 13 touchdowns...Averaged a conference-best 32.8 yards on eight kickoff returns for 262 yards and one touchdown...1997 (Fr.): Earned all-conference honorable mention recognition...Recorded 29 catches for 259 yards and two touchdowns.
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| Career Highlights |
2006
Led Carolina with 83 catches, 1,166 receiving yards and nine touchdowns (eight receiving and one rushing)...Returned nine punts for 30 yards and two kickoffs for minus one yard...Produced four 100-yard receiving games...Tied for seventh in the NFC in receptions, ranked sixth in receiving yards and tied for fifth in touchdown catches...Marked fourth time as the team leader in receiving yards and third as the leader in receptions...PRO BOWL: Earned third Pro Bowl appearance and second selection at wide receiver.
2005
Led Carolina with 103 catches, 1,563 receiving yards and 12 touchdown catches...Served as team's primary punt returner and averaged 10.6 yards on 27 returns with a long of 44...Averaged 20.3 yards on three kickoff returns with a long of 33...Achieved career highs in receptions, receiving yards and touchdown catches...Registered personal bests with 16 starts and nine 100-yard receiving games...Returned in 2005 after missing every game but season opener after suffering a broken left fibula versus Green Bay.
2004
Started in season opener and was inactive for the next five contests before being placed on injured reserve with a broken left fibula (10/27)...Notched six catches for 60 yards...Vs. Green Bay (9/13): Suffered a broken left fibula while being tackled after a reception.
2003
Started 11 of the 16 games he played...Led Panthers with career highs of 88 receptions, 1,110 receiving yards and seven touchdowns, including 67-yard score...Accounted for 44 punt returns for 439 yards and 11 kickoff returns for 309 yards in addition to rushing for 42 yards...1,900 combined net yards marked his third consecutive season with at least 1,900 combined net yards and ranked as the third highest total in team history...Posted third-highest single-season total in team history for receptions and receiving yards...Fifth player in team history to post a 1,000-yard receiving season...Team's leading receiver in 10 contests...All three 100-yard receiving games recorded during season occurred consecutively, equaling the second-longest streak in team history set by Muhsin Muhammad in 1999...Member of a receiving corps that garnered 100 catches for 1,472 yards and eight touchdowns during its last eight games.
2002
Earned the starting job at wide receiver during training camp...Started 13 of the 15 games he played...Served as the primary returner on special teams...Led the Panthers with 872 receiving yards and ranked second with 54 catches...Tied for second with three touchdown catches...Averaged 8.5 yards on 55 punt returns for 470 yards and two touchdowns, including a career-long 87-yarder...Averaged 22.0 yards on 26 kickoff returns for 571 yards, with a long of 51 yards...16.1-yard average per catch ranked second in the NFC and sixth in the NFL among players with 50 or more receptions...1,909 combined net yards ranked seventh in the NFL...Served one-game suspension for conduct detrimental to the team versus Atlanta (11/24)...PLAYER OF THE WEEK/MONTH: Named NFC Special Team Player of the Week versus Cincinnati (12/8) after generating a team-record 313 combined net yards...Became the only NFL player in 2002 to record two punt returns for a touchdown and second player in NFL history to record two punt returns for touchdowns and a touchdown reception in the same game...First performer in team history other than a kicker or punter to earn special teams award...Vs. Cincinnati (12/8): Amassed team-record 313 combined net yards...Returned three punts for 153 yards and two touchdowns...Caught five passes for a career-high 144 yards and a touchdown...313 combined net yards ranked as the second-highest single-game total in the NFL for the season, trailing only the 356 generated by Michael Lewis of New Orleans at Washington (10/13/02)...Scored three touchdowns on a 61-yard punt return, 31-yard reception and 87-yard punt return...Earned NFC Special Teams Player of the Week recognition...Became second player in NFL history to return two punts for touchdowns and catch a touchdown pass in the same game....First was Jermaine Lewis, whose accomplishment came for Baltimore versus Seattle (12/7/97)...Both players were coached by current Panthers special teams coach Scott O'Brien...Established team single-game records for longest punt return, most punt return yards, highest punt return average, most punt returns for a touchdown, most combined kick returns for a touchdown and most combined net yards...Became the only NFL player in 2002 to return two punts for touchdowns in the same game and...10th player in NFL history to return two punts for touchdowns in the same game...Tied team single-game records for most touchdowns in a game and most points in a game, most recently achieved by Muhsin Muhammad versus San Francisco (12/18/99)...51.0-yard punt return average and 87-yard punt return eclipsed the previous team marks of a 34.33 average and an 84-yard long set by Winslow Oliver at New Orleans (9/8/96)...153 punt return yards surpassed the record of 107 yards set by Eric Guliford versus Indianapolis (12/3/95)...313 combined net yards surpassed his own mark of 269 yards accomplished the previous season at St. Louis (11/11/01).
2001
Only rookie elected to the Pro Bowl...Played in 15 games with one start...Posted 25.6-yard kickoff return average on 56 kickoff returns for 1,431 yards and two touchdowns...Registered 10.6-yard punt return average on 34 returns for 364 yards and a touchdown...Contributed 10 receptions for 154 yards and four carries for 43 yards...Only player in the NFL in 2001 to return both a punt and kickoff for a touchdown as well as the lone player to produce three combined kick returns for a touchdown...Figure tied for the second highest in NFL history and was one shy of the NFL record held by seven players and most recently accomplished by Rick Upchurch with Denver in 1976...One of two players in the League during the season to register two kickoff returns for a touchdown...Inactive versus the New York Jets (10/28) with an injured left knee. |
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