Donald Driver
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Position (s): Wide Receiver |
Jersey number (s): 80 |
| born February 2, 1975 in Houston , Texas | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 1999 - 2012 | |
| NFL Draft : 1999 / Round: 7 / Pick: 213 | |
| College : Alcorn State | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Captured passports | 743 |
| Captive yards | 10.137 |
| Touchdowns | 61 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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Donald Jerome Driver (* 2. February 1975 in Houston , Texas ) is a former American American football poker players on the position of wide receiver . He played for the Green Bay Packers in the National Football League (NFL).
High school and college
He attended Milby High School in Houston. He then received a scholarship from Alcorn State University , where he played college football . At college, the wide receiver caught a total of 88 passes for 1933 yards of space and 17 touchdowns .
NFL
Driver was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the 1999 NFL Draft in the seventh round as the 213rd player. In his professional career he was elected to the Pro Bowl three times (2002, 2006, 2007). On December 16, 2007, in the game against the St. Louis Rams , Driver caught the pass with Brett Favre Dan Marino as the record holder in the passing yards.
On 31 January 2013 he was the Mike & Mike show the TV channel ESPN the end of his career as a football player known.
Club records
Driver is considered to be one of the best wide receivers in the history of the Green Bay Packers and holds various club records.
At the end of his career, he held the following team records:
- Most balls caught: 743
- Most yards from caught balls: 10,137 yards
- Most seasons greater than 1,000 yards: 7 seasons
- Most seasons with at least 50 balls caught: 9 seasons
- The longest series with one ball caught per game: 133 games in a row
- Most balls caught at Lambeau Field : 363
- Most yards from trapped balls at Lambeau Field: 5,000 yards
Private
On May 22, 2012 Donald Driver won the 14th season of Dancing with the Stars , the American version of Strictly Come Dancing, with the professional dancer Peta Murgatroyd as a partner . Driver is married to Betina Driver.
Web links
- Donald Driver in the nndb (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ donalddriverfoundation.com
- ↑ Biography on Packers.com ( Memento of the original from November 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Driver Snags Record-Breaker From Favre ( Memento from April 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated February 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated February 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Donald Driver Cha-Cha-chas to 'Dancing' win , accessed June 2, 2012
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| SURNAME | Driver, Donald |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Driver, Donald Jerome (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd February 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Houston , Texas |