Larry Fitzgerald

Larry Fitzgerald

Fitzgerald in March 2017
Arizona Cardinals - No. 11
Wide receiver
Date of birth: August 31, 1983
Place of birth: Minneapolis , Minnesota
Height: 1.91 m	Weight: 99 kg
NFL debut
2004 for the Arizona Cardinals
Career
College : Pittsburgh
NFL Draft : 2004 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3rd
Teams: Arizona Cardinals ( 2004 - today)
Current status: Active
Career highlights and awards
NFL NFC Champion (2008) 11 × Pro Bowl (2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 , 2012 , 2013, 2015 , 2016 , 2017 ) 3 × All-Pro (2008, 2009, 2011) Cardinals record holder (pass catchers, trapped yards, trapped TDs) Walter Payton Man of the Year Award (2016) NFL 2010's All-Decade Team college Fred Biletnikoff Award (2003) Walter Camp Award (2003)
Selected NFL stats as of week 17 of the 2019 season
Pass catches	1,378
Space gain	17,083 yards
average	12.4 yards
Touchdowns	120
Statistics at NFL.com
Statistics at pro-football-reference.com

Larry Darnell Fitzgerald, Jr. (* 31 August 1983 in Minneapolis , Minnesota ) is an American American football poker players on the position of wide receiver . He plays for the Arizona Cardinals in the National Football League (NFL). 2004 he was ranked third from the Cardinals drafted . He previously played college football for the University of Pittsburgh .

college

Fitzgerald played for the University of Pittsburgh Panthers from 2002 to 2004 . He was considered one of the best wide receivers in college football during his time in Pittsburgh. In 2003 he received various awards for this reason, including the Walter Camp Award (best college player ) and the Fred Biletnikoff Award (best wide receiver).

In 26 games for Pitt , Fitzgerald caught 161 passes for 2,677 yards . He set the school record of 34 caught touchdowns and broke the record for games with pass catches over 100 yards (14). He was also the first player in Pittsburgh to capture 1,000 yards in consecutive seasons. Fitzgerald also has the NCAA record with 18 games in a row with at least one touchdown .

College statistics

			Receiving
year	team	Games	Pass catches	Yards	TDs
2002	Pittsburgh Panthers	13	69	1.005	12
2003	Pittsburgh Panthers	13	92	1.672	22nd
College as a whole		26th	161	2,677	34

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NFL

In 2004 he was selected as the third player in the NFL Draft by the Arizona Cardinals after Eli Manning and Robert Gallery . In his first five seasons in the NFL, he caught 425 passes for nearly 6,000 yards , scoring 46 touchdowns for the Cardinals. Because of his good performance, he was elected to the Pro Bowl in 2005, 2007 and 2008 . He finished these three seasons with more than 1,400 yards.

Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin formed one of the best wide receiver duos in the league. In the 2008 season, both scored more than 1,000 yards, which was also achieved by the Cardinals' third wide receiver, Steve Breaston . This succeeded only four other receiver trios in the league before the three. His sporting role model is the former wide receiver Cris Carter .

On February 1, 2009, he got two touchdowns in Super Bowl XLIII . That wasn't enough to win, the Cardinals were defeated by the Pittsburgh Steelers 23:27, but he improved Jerry Rice's record for the most touchdowns in a post-season to seven touchdowns.

On matchday 13 of the 2015 season, he became the eleventh player in NFL history to achieve 1,000 pass catches in his career. In the Divisional Playoffs of the same year he contributed with eight pass catches for 176 yards to the victory against the Green Bay Packers . The game ended after a touchdown from Fitzgerald 26:20 after overtime. However, the Cardinals lost to the Carolina Panthers in the NFC Championship Game a week later .

In the following season he started his 100th touchdown on the first day of play against the New England Patriots.

NFL statistics

season	team	Games		Receiving					Rushing					Fumbles
		GP	GS	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	FUM	Lost
2004	ARI	16	16	58	780	13.4	48	8th	8th	14th	1.8	10	0	1	0
2005	ARI	16	16	103	1,409	13.7	47	10	8th	41	5.1	15th	0	-	-
2006	ARI	13	13	69	946	13.7	57	6th	0	0	-	-	0	-	-
2007	ARI	15th	15th	100	1,409	14.1	48T	10	-	-	-	-	-	3	3
2008	ARI	16	16	96	1,431	14.9	78T	12	-	-	-	-	-	1	0
2009	ARI	16	16	97	1,092	11.3	34T	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	ARI	16	15th	90	1,137	12.6	41	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	ARI	16	16	80	1,411	17.6	73T	8th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	ARI	16	16	71	798	11.2	37T	4th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2013	ARI	16	16	82	954	11.6	75T	10	2	8th	4.0	4th	0	1	1
2014	ARI	14th	13	63	784	12.4	80T	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
2015	ARI	16	16	109	1,215	11.1	44	9	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
2016	ARI	16	16	107	1,023	9.6	33	6th	2	5	2.5	4th	0	2	1
2017	ARI	16	16	109	1,156	10.6	37	6th	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
2018	ARI	16	16	69	734	10.6	37	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	ARI	16	16	75	804	10.6	54	4th	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
	total	250	248	1,378	17,083	12.5	80	120	20th	68	3.4	15th	0	13	9

Web links

Commons : Larry Fitzgerald  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• official homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pitt Great Larry Fitzgerald Named NFL Man of the Year. University of Pittsburgh, February 6, 2017, accessed on July 31, 2017 : "During his Pitt career, Fitzgerald most notably won the 2003 Walter Camp Player of the Year and the Biletnikoff Award and was a runner-up for the Heisman Trophy that same year after his unstoppable sophomore season that resulted in 92 receptions, 1,672 yards (18.2 avg.) And 22 touchdowns. In just 26 collegiate games, Fitzgerald totaled 161 catches for 2,677 yards (16.6 avg.) And a Pitt record 34 TDs. His streak of 18 consecutive games with a touchdown catch is still an NCAA record. " 
2. ^ Pittsburgh defeats Temple, 30-16. University of Pittsburgh, November 22, 2003, accessed on July 31, 2017 (English): “With 102-yards receiving today, Fitzgerald recorded his 10th 100-yard receiving game of the season and his 14th of his career breaking the Big East Conference record of 13 held by Pittsburgh? s Antonio Bryant (1999-2001). " 
3. ↑ 2015 Football Roster. Tyler Boyd. University of Pittsburgh, accessed July 31, 2017 : "Boyd and Larry Fitzgerald (2002-03) are the only players in Pitt history to achieve two 1,000-yard receiving seasons during their careers." 
4. ↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/larry-fitzgerald-1.html
5. ↑ fitzgerald eclipses the 1000 mark twice in win over rams (English) arizonasports.com, accessed December 8, 2015