tj houshmandzadeh

T. J. Houshmandzadeh prior to first 2007 Monday Night game. Cincinnati Bengals — No. 84 Wide receiver/Punt Return Specialist Date of birth: September 26, 1977 (1977-09-26) (age 31) Place of birth: Victorville, California Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Weight: 197 lb (89 kg) Professional debut 2001 for the Cincinnati Bengals Career history College: Oregon State NFL Draft: 2001 / Round: 7 / Pick: 204 Teams:

Cincinnati Bengals (2001-present) Career highlights and awards 1x Pro Bowl selection (2007) NFL reception leader in 2007 (tied)

Bengals franchise records Most punt return yards in a game (126) Most receptions in a season (112) Selected NFL statistics

(through Week 8 of the 2008 NFL season) Receptions 469 Receiving Yards 5,390 Receiving TDs 36 Stats at NFL.com

Touraj (T. J.) Houshmandzadeh, Jr. (born September 26, 1977 in Victorville, California) is an American football player of Iranian and African-American descent (father is Iranian, mother is African-American) who plays wide receiver for the National Football League's Cincinnati Bengals. The name Houshmandzadeh (in Persian characters ??????????) is a compound name meaning the "son (????) of wisdom (??????)". He was a seventh-round pick in the 2001 NFL Draft by the Bengals. Contents [hide] 1 College years 1.1 Cerritos College 1.2 Oregon State University 2 Professional career 2.1 2001-2005 2.2 2006-2008 3 Andy Furman incident 4 Name 5 References 6 External links //

College years

Cerritos College

Houshmandzadeh dropped out of Barstow High School in Barstow, California, but later earned his GED. After receiving his GED, Houshmandzadeh enrolled at Cerritos College. In his two seasons with the Falcons in 1997 and 1998, he was a two-time 1st Team Mission Conference selection at wide receiver and kickoff returner. He wanted to play as running back his freshman year, but believing he was too tall to play running back, he voluntarily moved to wide receiver. He finished his Falcons career with 1,152 receiving yards on 65 receptions. He also had two 100-yard kickoff returns and an 87-yard punt return.[1]

Oregon State University

Based on his junior college performance, Houshmandzadeh was offered an athletic scholarship at Oregon State University by then head coach Dennis Erickson. Oregon State is where he and current Bengals wide receiver Chad Ocho Cinco first met as Beaver teammates.

In his sole season as a starter for Oregon State, Houshmandzadeh caught 42 passes for 656 yards and 6 touchdowns.

He was a physical education major at OSU.

Professional career

2001-2005

Houshmandzadeh was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the seventh round (204th overall) in the 2001 NFL Draft.

Houshmandzadeh had a modest rookie season, recording 21 receptions for 228 yards, while also being used to return punts and kickoffs. His most notable achievement was in a game against the Cleveland Browns, in which he set a franchise record with 126 punt return