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Position: | Wide Receiver | ||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
Date of birth: | March 29, 1968 | ||||||||
Place of birth: | Chicago, Illinois | ||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 189 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
High school: | Chicago (IL) Mount Carmel | ||||||||
College: | Michigan | ||||||||
NFL Draft: | 1990 / Round: 4 / Pick: 97 | ||||||||
Career history | |||||||||
Career NFL statistics | |||||||||
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Receptions: | 386 |
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Receiving yards: | 5,497 |
Receiving TDs: | 30 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Christopher Fitzpatrick "Chris" Calloway (born March 29, 1968) is a former American football player.
Calloway played professional football as a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons, including seven seasons for the New York Giants from 1992 to 1998. He was the Giants' leading receiver for four straight years from 1995 to 1998 and set a franchise record with a pass reception in 47 straight games from 1996 to 1998. At the end of his time with the Giants, his 334 catches ranked third in franchise history. He also played for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1990 to 1991, the Atlanta Falcons in 1999 and the New England Patriots in 2000.
A native of Chicago, Calloway played college football as a flanker for the University of Michigan from 1987 to 1989. He caught 56 passes for 826 yards and eight touchdowns at Michigan. He played on two Big Ten Conference championship teams and appeared in two Rose Bowl Games for the Wolverines.
Calloway was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1968. He attended Mount Carmel High School in Chicago.
Calloway enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1986 and played college football as a flanker for head coach Bo Schembechler's Michigan Wolverines football teams from 1987 to 1989. He started five games at the flanker position in 1987, five games at flanker and one at split end in 1988, and 12 games at flanker in 1989. He won both the Meyer Morton Award and the Robert P. Ufer Award in 1989. In his three years as a receiver at Michigan, he caught 56 passes for 826 yards and eight touchdowns.