Robert Ferguson

Games and Starts

(regular season, playoffs) 2001 (1/0-GB), 2002 (16/1, 1/1-GB), 2003 (15/12, 2/1-GB), 2004 (13/5-GB), 2005 (11/7-GB), 2006 (4/1-GB). Total- 60/26, 3/2.

Professional Biography

Veteran WR who has averaged a TD every 9.7 receptions…Has 12 career TD receptions and hauled in a pair of 2-point conversions during his 6 seasons in Green Bay…Started 2 of the 3 playoff games he has played in his career and caught a pair of TD passes in NFC Divisional Playoff game at Philadelphia (1/11/04)…Led Packers in special teams tackles in 2003, the same season he posted his career-highs in receptions (38), yards (520) and TDs (4)…Had his lone career 100-yard receiving game vs. Minnesota (12/8/02) on 6 receptions and had 2 TDs in the game…The most yards of his career against any given opponent, 226, against the Vikings.

NFL History

• Enjoyed 2^nd-best season of his career with 32 catches for 391 yards in 2007.
• Caught longest pass of his career, a 71-yarder, from Tarvaris Jackson vs. Chicago (12/17) on Monday Night Football and ended with a game-high 79 yards receiving.
• His 71-yard reception was the longest by a Vikings WR in 2007.
• Hauled in 1^st TD pass as a Viking @ San Francisco (12/9), his 13^th of his career on a 19-yard pass from Tarvaris Jackson and led team with 4 catches for 57 yards.
• Played in each of the final 15 games of the 2007 season after being inactive for the opener vs. Atlanta (9/9).
• Caught longest pass by a Viking vs. Philadelphia (10/28), a 34-yarder from Kelly Holcomb.
• Is the Vikings most veteran WR as he enters his 7^th NFL season.
• Joined the Vikings during training camp after his release from border-rivals Green Bay.   
• Played in Green Bay under Vikings offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell.
• For the 3^rd straight year the Vikings have signed a veteran from the Packers joining Darren Sharper in 2005 and Ryan Longwell in 2006.  
• Had career-high 105 yards receiving against the Vikings in a 2002 game at Lambeau Field.
• Has experience in the return game with 43 career kickoff returns.
• Played 1 season at Texas A&M after transferring from Tyler Junior College, entering the NFL Draft early.
• Underwent Lasik eye surgery in 2005.

College Information

Led Big 12 Conference with 58 catches in 2000 and was a 1^st-Team all-conference choice…Tabbed as Big 12 Offensive Newcomer of the Year…Hauled in a 93-yard TD against Wyoming…Left A&M after 1 season to enter the NFL Draft…Earned All-America honors as a junior college standout at Tyler JC…Started collegiate career at Tyler as a DB before moving to WR.

Personal Biography

Married, wife’s name is Tiffany…Has 3 daughters…Active in the Green Bay community during his playing days with the Packers…Has undergone Lasik eye surgery in 2005…Majored in agriculture development at Texas A&M.