Phillip Dorsett
 Dorsett at the Indianapolis Colts (2016) |
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| Seattle Seahawks - No. - | |
| Wide receiver | |
| Date of birth: January 5, 1993 | |
| Place of birth: Fort Lauderdale , Florida | |
| Height: 1.78 m | Weight: 84 kg |
| NFL debut | |
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| 2015 for the Indianapolis Colts | |
| Career | |
| College : Miami | |
| NFL Draft : 2015 / Round: 1 / Pick: 29 | |
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| Current status: Active | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Selected NFL stats as of week 17 of the 2019 season |
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| Captured passports | 124 |
| Captive yards | 1,634 |
| Touchdowns | 11 |
| Statistics at NFL.com | |
| Statistics at pro-football-reference.com | |
Phillip Dorsett (* 5. January 1993 in Fort Lauderdale , Florida ) is an American American football poker players on the position of wide receiver . He plays for the Seattle Seahawks in the National Football League (NFL). In the 2015 NFL Draft , he was selected in the first round by the Indianapolis Colts and later played for the New England Patriots, among others .
Early years
Dorsett attended St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale , Florida , the place of his birth. He played for the school 's football team in high school, was considered an explosive and fast player, and was 45th in the wide receiver rankings for his age group of all high schools .
college
With its good sports achievements in football in high school Dorsett had after finishing school requests from the University of Miami , the University of Florida , the Ohio State University , the University of North Carolina and the University of Georgia , all of renowned colleges in the area of College Football are. Dorsett chose the University of Miami, where he played football from 2011 to 2014 for the Miami Hurricanes in the Atlantic Coast Conference .
In his four years at college in Miami, Dorsett had 2,132 yards and 17 touchdowns on 121 balls caught.
NFL
Indianapolis Colts
Dorsett was selected in the 1st round in the NFL Draft 2015 in 29th place by the Indianapolis Colts . With the early pick, the Colts had great expectations of the fast and versatile wide receiver .
Dorsett never really lived up to the Colts' high expectations from the draft, neither in his rookie season nor in his second NFL season with the Colts in 2016 . He was able to show his talent far too rarely in the team and was transferred to the New England Patriots in exchange with quarterback Jacoby Brissett immediately before the 2017 season .
New England Patriots
In the New England Patriots , Dorsett came in his first year in the course of his explosiveness and speed for quarterback Tom Brady mainly as a pass station for deep balls to use. He was only used twice as a starting player, but was part of the offensive game plan throughout the regular season and in the play-offs that he was able to achieve with the Patriots this year.
He became 2017 AFC Champion with the Patriots and moved into the Super Bowl LII with the team . In 2019 he won the Super Bowl LIII .
Seattle Seahawks
After his contract with the New England Patriots expired, Dorsett signed a one-year deal with the Seattle Seahawks after the 2019 NFL season .
NFL Receiving Statistics
| year | team | Rec | Yards | Avg | Lng | TD | Fmb | Fmb lst |
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| 2015 | IND | 18th | 225 | 12.5 | 35T | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2016 | IND | 33 | 528 | 16.0 | 64T | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | NE | 12 | 194 | 16.2 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | NE | 32 | 290 | 9.1 | 20th | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | NE | 29 | 397 | 13.7 | 58T | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| total | 124 | 1,634 | 13.2 | 64 | 11 | 3 | 1 | |
Source: nfl.com
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b College profile on hurricanesports.com. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
- ↑ a b college statistics on sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
- ↑ Jared Dubin: 2015 NFL Draft: Colts get A for picking Phillip Dorsett at No. 29. CBS Sports , April 30, 2015, accessed January 24, 2018 (English): “Dorsett will team with TY Hilton, Andre Johnson and Donte Moncrief to give the Colts one of the deepest and most versatile receiving corps in the league. "
- ↑ Mike Wells: Colts close the book on first-round mistake Phillip Dorsett. ESPN , September 2, 2017, accessed January 24, 2018 (English): "Phillip Dorsett's time with the Indianapolis Colts started off poorly and now is officially over after his trade to the New England Patriots for backup quarterback Jacoby Brissett."
- ↑ RotoWire Staff: Patriots' Phillip Dorsett: Catches 12 passes in regular season. CBS Sports , January 15, 2018, accessed on January 24, 2018 (English): “At the time, it wasn't hard to picture the speedster turning into an occasional deep threat for the team, at a minimum, but he never caught more than three passes in a given game this past season. "
- ^ Brady Henderson and Mike Reiss: Seahawks add WR Phillip Dorsett on a 1-year deal. ESPN , March 24, 2020, accessed April 1, 2020 : "The Seattle Seahawks have added more speed to their wide receiver corps by agreeing to a one-year deal with Phillip Dorsett."
- ↑ Career statistics on nfl.com. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Dorsett, Phillip |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th January 1993 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fort Lauderdale , Florida , United States |