| 2003 SEASON: Named to first career Pro Bowl as a kickoff return specialist with an NFL-high KR avg. of 29.0 yards and TD returns of 89 and 88 yards while starting 13-of-16 games at CB and ranking 2nd on Bears with 90 tackles and a career-high 4 INTs ... Compiled 1,191 KR yards - the fourth-highest single-season total in Bears history - and the second-highest single-season average for a Bears kickoff returner with at least 25 returns ... Led NFL with 14 KRs of 30 or more yards while 28-of-41 returns went for 20 or more yards, helping Bears lead the NFL with an average drive starting position of Chicago's 33-yard line - the best single-season average in the NFL this decade - while leading the NFC (3rd in the NFL) with a team KR avg. of 23.8 yards per return ...
2002 -- One of three Bears defenders to start all 16 games his first season as a starter at RCB, ranking 4th on team with career-high 92 tackles and 2nd with 8 PDs ...
2001 -- Moved into prominent role in secondary playing 16 games while starting 5.
2000 -- Continued development at DB, playing 14 games and starting the last 4.
1999 -- His successful transition from collegiate RB to professional DB was exemplified by his teammates voting him as Chicago's rookie recipient of the Brian Piccolo Award ... Played all 16 games, starting 2, playing primarily in nickel situations and on special teams ... Recorded 17 tackles, all in the last 4 games, and ranked 4th on the Bears with 20 special teams tackles while also forcing a fumble
CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Entered NFL as a fifth-round selection (147th overall) by Chicago in the 1999 NFL Draft ... Signed contract extension on (8/22/01). SIGNED through 2005.
COLLEGE: Walter Payton Award recipient as the top player in NCAA Division 1-AA football following his senior year at New Hampshire (1995-98) en route to setting the D-1AA career rushing record ... Totaled 6,193 career rushing yards during his 4-year career and became the only player in D-1AA history to rush for over 1,000 yards 4 times ... Also holds D-1AA record with 8,276 career all-purpose yards, including an 82-yard kickoff return TD ... Had 2 career 300-yard games and 2 career 5-TD games ... Unanimous All-America and All-Atlantic 10 Conference selection as senior while shattering conference and school season-records with 2,195 yards and 22 TDs on 343 carries ... Broke own school record with career-high 329-yards rushing with 5 TDs vs. Hofstra ... As a junior, named to AFCA All-America first-team as a returner and garnered second-team honors as a RB from the Associated Press and The Sports Network ... Led conference and ranked 6th in nation with 1,585 yards on 271 carries with 17 TDs ... Named All-ECAC, All-New England and All-Yankee first team as a sophomore ... Led conference in rushing (1,308), scoring (126) and all-purpose yards (2,109) ... Started 7-of-8 games played as a true freshman, leading team with 186 carries for 1,105 yards and 8 TDs ... Two-time Central Massachusetts and Shriners All-Star ... Majored in sociology.PERSONAL: Led
PERSONAL: Led St. Peter Marion H.S. (Worcester, Mass.) to 3 state titles while rushing for 1,800 yards on 110 carries with 31 TDs his senior season ... Lettered in basketball and track ... Set school records in the long jump and 100-meter dash ... An active participant in the team's community relations endeavors to benefit Chicagoland and inner-city |
