11 games/0 starts
Carved out a role as a dynamic return man as a rookie in 2007 despite not handling return chores in college... Became the 1st WR drafted from ECU since 1998 and the 3rd-highest drafted WR in school history...Drafted in 5th round (#146) in 2007.
2007
Made his presence felt throughout his rookie season in the return game, setting team records for kickoff return average and the longest play in team history... Rattled off a 104-yard kickoff return TD vs. Detroit (12/2) to score his 1st NFL TD and set a Vikings record for the longest play in team history...Led the NFC and ranked 2nd in the NFL in 2007 with a 28.7 average on kickoff returns, setting a new team record for return average... Was named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance vs. Detroit (12/2) and became the 1st Viking to earn the award for his return work since Moe Williams in 1999...Set Vikings kickoff return record with a 47.7 mark vs. Detroit (12/2)...Set Vikings record with 3 kickoff returns of 60+ yards- 104t vs. Detroit (12/2), 62 vs. San Diego (11/4) and 60 at Detroit (9/16)...Caught seasonlong pass, 35-yarder, vs. Detroit (12/2).
Part of the turnaround at ECU under Skip Holtz in his 2 seasons...The Pirates 7-6 mark in 2006 were the most wins since the 8-4 club in 2000...Burst onto the scene in 2005 at ECU after 2 seasons at Georgia Military College...Was a 1st-Team All-Conference USA honoree in2005 and a 2nd-Team selection in 2006...Had 7 career games with 100+ yards receiving...Started ECU career with 3 straight 100-yard games and had career-best 163 yards on 10 catches against Duke in his 1st game as a Pirate...Ended ECU career ranked 2nd in receptions with 145 and 3rd in career yards with 1,732 in only 2 seasons with the Pirates...Ranks 2nd and 3rd in ECU single-season receptions with 83 in 2005 and 62 in 2006...Holds ECU single-season yardage record with 1,024, the only Pirate to break the 1,000-yard plateau...Completed a pair of passes for 75 yards in his career, including a 34-yard TD in 2006...Caught a pass in 21 of his 22 career games, being shut out in only the UAB game in 2006.
2006 Named 2nd-Team All-Conference USA by media and coaches...Helped team advance to Papajohns.com Bowl, the 1st bowl game for the Pirates since 2001...Started all 11 games he played on the season, missing a pair of contests with ankle sprain...Caught career-high 13 passes against SMU, setting a Conference USA record and falling 1 catch shy of the ECU record...His performance against SMU came after missing a pair of games with ankle injury...Threw a 34-yard TD pass to Steven Rogers against Marshall, his 2nd career pass completion.
2005 Earned All-Conference USA 1st-Team honors in his Division I debut...Set ECU record with 1,024 receiving yards and posted the 2nd-most receptions in team history with 83...Set school record with 5 games of 100+ receving yards...Established ECU mark with 3 straight games with 100+ yards, the opening 3 games of his career...Had career-best 163 yards in 1st game as a Pirate vs. Duke in the 2005 season opener...Led conference and ranked 4th in the country with an average of 7.55 receptions per game...Connected on 1st career pass completion on a 41-yarder to Bobby Good vs. Tulsa.
2004 Named to NJCAA All-America team and recognized as team MVP at Georgia Military College...Caught 37 passes for 455 yards and 5 TDs.
2003 Helped lead Georgia Military College to an 8-2 record and a berth in the Golden Isles Bowl in his college football debut...Attended Coffeyville (KS) Community College in the fall of 2002 but did not compete in football.
Majored in communications at ECU...Earned associate’s degree from Georgia Military...Aspires to a career as a writer with an interest in movie scripts...The youngest of 5 kids in his family...Participated in youth reading program at ECU.