Marques Colston
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Position (s): Wide Receiver |
Jersey number (s): 12 |
| born June 5, 1983 in Harrisburg , Pennsylvania | |
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| Active : 2006 - 2015 | |
| NFL Draft : 2006 / Round: 7 / Pick: 252 | |
| College : Hofstra | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Pass catches | 711 |
| Yards | 9,759 |
| Touchdowns | 72 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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Marques Colston (* 5. June 1983 in Harrisburg , Pennsylvania ) is a former American American football poker players on the position of wide receiver . He played his entire career for the New Orleans Saints in the National Football League (NFL), with whom he won Super Bowl XLIV .
college
Colston received a scholarship to the University of Missouri after high school . However, he opted for a worse scholarship from Hofstra University . In his four years he caught 182 passes for 2,834 yards , the unbroken records of Hofstra University, which closed the football program in 2009 .
NFL
Marques Colston was selected in the 7th round of the 2006 NFL Draft as the 252nd player by the New Orleans Saints . Because of its size, it was considered a tight end and many thought it would not be drafted at all.
Because of the sale of Donte Stallworth he was allowed to play in the first game from the beginning and showed a very good performance. He holds the NFL record for the most catches by a player in the first two seasons with 168. In the 2008 season he was only able to play six out of 16 possible games from the start due to an injury.
On February 29, 2016, the Saints sacked him after ten seasons at the club, in which he had set franchise records for pass catches, caught yards and caught touchdowns, among other things.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ saints cut wr marques colston (English) nfl.com, accessed March 1, 2016
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| SURNAME | Colston, Marques |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 5th 1983 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Harrisburg , Pennsylvania |