Kenny Golladay

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Kenny Golladay
Kenny Golladay In Lions Uniform.jpg
Kenny Golladay, 2018
Detroit Lions - # 19
Wide receiver
Date of birth: November 3, 1993
Place of birth: Chicago , Illinois
Height: 1.93 m Weight: 97 kg
NFL debut
2017 for the Detroit Lions
Career
College : Northern Illinois
NFL Draft : 2017 / Round: 3 / Pick: 96
 Teams:
Career highlights and awards
Selected NFL stats
as of week 17 of the 2019 season
Pass catches     163
Yards     2,730
Touchdowns     19th
Statistics at NFL.com
Statistics at pro-football-reference.com

Kenny Golladay (* 3. November 1993 in Chicago , Illinois ) is an American American football poker players on the position of wide receiver . He plays for the Detroit Lions in the National Football League (NFL).

college

Golladay first attended the University of North Dakota from 2012 to 2013 and played there in the Big Sky Conference . He then moved to college and attended Northern Illinois University from 2014 to 2016 , where he played for the Northern Illinois Huskies in the Mid-American Conference . Due to the transfer rules for college sports teams, he was not allowed to play for his new college in 2014, his first year after moving.

Receiving statistics

year team Rec Yards Avg TD
2012 AND 30th 429 14.3 1
2013 AND 69 884 12.8 8th
2014 NIU - - - -
2015 NIU 73 1,129 15.5 10
2016 NIU 87 1,156 13.3 8th
total 259 3,598 13.9 27

NFL

In the 2017 NFL Draft , Golladay was selected in the 3rd round in 96th place overall by the Detroit Lions .

In his first game for the Lions, Golladay scored two touchdowns in the first regular season game .

As a replacement for the injured Chris Godwin , Golladay was called to the Pro Bowl 2020 .

Receiving statistics

year team Rec Yards Avg Lng TD Fmb Fmb lst
2017 DET 28 477 17.0 54T 3 0 0
2018 DET 70 1,063 15.2 60 5 1 0
2019 DET 65 1,190 18.3 75T 11 1 1
total 163 2,730 16.7 75 19th 2 1
Source: NFL.com

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. college player profile at the Northern Illinois Huskies , accessed on 15 August 2017 (English).
  2. College statistics at The Washington Post , accessed August 15, 2017.
  3. Ryan Mathews, Jeremy Reisman: Lions' 2017 NFL Draft pick: WR Kenny Golladay goes 96th overall to Detroit. In: sbnation.com. April 28, 2017, accessed on August 15, 2017 (English): “After trading down with the New England Patriots, the Lions have made their third-round selection. With the 96th overall pick in the 2017 NFL Draft, the Detroit Lions have selected wide receiver Kenny Golladay from Northern Illinois in the third round. "
  4. Jeff Seidel: Lions' Kenny Golladay more focused on mistakes than TDs in rookie debut. In: Detroit Free Press. September 10, 2017, accessed on September 11, 2017 (English): "After catching two touchdowns in his NFL debut, Detroit Lions wide receiver Kenny Golladay walked across Ford Field, looking for someone special."
  5. Kenny Golladay named to 2020 Pro Bowl on the Detroit Lions website. January 21, 2020, accessed February 8, 2020.
  6. Career statistics on NFL.com. Retrieved February 8, 2020.