Rookie from Louisville spent the regular season on Bengals practice squad ... Signed 12-30-08 to Cincinnati’s 2009 offseason roster.
Rookie from Louisville spent the regular season on Bengals practice squad ... Signed 12-30-08 to Cincinnati’s 2009 offseason roster.
2008 RECAP: Drafted by Bengals in seventh round (246th overall) ... Signed July 22 ... Did not play in preseason games 1-2, but saw action in games 3-4, catching two passes for 27 yards ... Waived Aug. 30, and signed August 31 to Bengals practice squad
COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS: CAREER - Played 34 games with 23 starts over three seasons (2005-07) at Louisville ... Posted the sixth-most receiving yards (2271) in UL history despite playing only three seasons and seeing limited action due to injury in his final year ... His 16 TD catches rank sixth on Cardinals' all-time list, and his 130 receptions rank 11th. 2007 - Missed two games (Utah, Cincinnati) due to turf toe and was limited in other games, starting seven of the 10 contests he played ... Caught 35 passes for 501 yards with three TDs ... Had seven catches (tying career high) for 142 yards vs. Middle Tennessee State, with TDs of 71 and 22 yards. 2006 - Played all 13 games and started 12 for UL team which logged 12-1 season with victory over Wake Forest in FedEx Orange Bowl ... Posted career highs of 58 catches and 973 yards, averaging 16.8 yards per catch and scoring six TDs ... Had 100-plus receiving yards in four games, including key wins over Pittsburgh and West Virginia ... Caught seven for career-high 144 yards vs. Pittsburgh, with a 42-yard TD ... Caught six-for-113 with a TD vs. West Virginia. 2005 - Played 11 games with seven starts, earning Freshman All-American honors from The Sporting News ... Had career highs in TDs (seven) and yards per catch (21.5 on 37-for-797) ... Had 100-plus receiving yards in three straight games (Games 2-4), including seven catches for career-high 175 yards and two TDs vs. Oregon State and four-for-138 vs. Florida Atlantic, with a career-long catch of 76 yards for a TD ... Closed his season for 9-3 squad by catching six-for-95 vs. Virginia Tech in Gator Bowl.
HIGH SCHOOL: Consensus all-state football selection as a senior at Fern Creek HS in Louisville ... Also earned Nike All-America honorable mention as a senior, when he caught 65-for-1159 with 13 TDs and was also a team captain ... Caught 63-for-1054 and 11 TDs as a junior.
PERSONAL: Hometown is Louisville, Ky. ... Communications major at UL ... Last name is pronounced "yew-ROO-tee-uh."
