2010 HIGHLIGHTS: Fourth-year pro was signed by Bengals as free agent on Oct. 26 ... Credited with a start in season debut Oct. 31 vs. Miami, as offense opened in three-TE formation ... Played with Cincinnati last season, logging career highs in catches (27), receiving yards (260) and TDs (two) ... Became a free agent when his Bengals contract expired on March 5 of this year ... Signed Aug. 23 with Buffalo, and released by Bills on Sept. 5.
2010 HIGHLIGHTS: Fourth-year pro was signed by Bengals as free agent on Oct. 26 ... Credited with a start in season debut Oct. 31 vs. Miami, as offense opened in three-TE formation ... Played with Cincinnati last season, logging career highs in catches (27), receiving yards (260) and TDs (two) ... Became a free agent when his Bengals contract expired on March 5 of this year ... Signed Aug. 23 with Buffalo, and released by Bills on Sept. 5.
PREVIOUS SEASONS: 2009 - Posted career highs in catches (27), receiving yards (260) and TDs (two), after having only six career receptions with prior teams ... His receiving yards total was highest for a Bengals TE since Matt Schobel’s 332 in 2003 ... Aided run-blocking effort that made Cedric Benson second in NFL in total rushing yards through Week 9 (Benson finished regular season ranked eighth with 1251 after missing three games due to injury and rest) … Contributed to Bengals ranking ninth in NFL in fewest sacks allowed (29) through regular season … Helped blocking effort to support a 128.5-yard rushing average in the regular season that included a team-record eight 100-yard games by individual backs … Credited with 11 starts overall, including Games 2-4 as second TE in multiple-TE formation ... Opened 2009 by signing on May 14 as free agent with Oakland ... Played in Raiders preseason opener, and was waived on Aug. 15.
2008 -- Signed April 15 as free agent with Kansas City ... Played in seven games (Games 1-5 and 7-8) ... Waived on Nov. 4.
2007 — Not with an NFL team.
2006 — Re-signed with Oakland on April 25 as exclusive-rights player ... Inactive for Games 1-2, played Oct. 1 vs. Cleveland (no statistics) and was waived on Oct. 7.
2005 — Signed Jan. 11 to Oakland’s offseason roster and went on to play in 10 games, seeing action at TE and FB ... Made five starts at FB ... Caught six passes for 37 yards (6.2) and had one special-teams tackle ... Made NFL debut Sept. 8 at New England (no statistics) ... Credited with first career start Oct. 23 vs. Buffalo and had two receptions for 11 yards, plus a special-teams tackle ... Caught two-for-14 in start at FB on Oct. 30 at Tennessee.
2004 — Signed April 30 with N.Y. Jets as college free agent ... Waived on Sept. 4 ... Logged time during regular season on Denver, Minnesota and Oakland practice squads, finishing season on Raiders practice squad.
COLLEGE: Played in 44 games at Georgia Tech, with 21 starts, and had 41 receptions for 377 yards and four TDs ... Earned honorable mention All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors as a senior in 2003, when he caught 24-for-174 with two TDs.
PERSONAL: Hometown is Glen Head, N.Y. ... Attended Chaminade HS, where he lettered four years in both football and basketball and earned football All-America honors from PrepStar and SuperPrep ... Holds degree from Georgia Tech in Building Construction, and was on ACC Academic Honor Roll for 2002-03 ... National Honor Society member in high school ... Full name is John Paul Foschi ... Last name is pronounced “FAH-shee.”
