David Givens
 |
|||||||||
| No. 87 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Date of birth: | August 16, 1980 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Youngstown, Ohio | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| College: | Notre Dame | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2002 / Round: 7 / Pick: 253 | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||
|
|||||||||
| Career NFL statistics | |||||||||
|
|||||||||
| Receptions: | 166 |
|---|---|
| Receiving yards: | 2,318 |
| Receiving TDs: | 12 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
David Lamar Givens (born August 16, 1980) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League. He was drafted by the New England Patriots in the seventh round of the 2002 NFL Draft. He played college football at Notre Dame, primarily as a running back.
Givens also played for the Tennessee Titans.
Givens graduated from Humble High School in Humble, Texas in 1998, the same high school as fellow NFL players David Boston, Bertrand Berry, and Sammy Davis.
Givens caught nine passes and one touchdown his rookie year for the New England Patriots in 2002, and improved in each of the next two seasons. He posted 34 catches and lead his team with six touchdowns in 2003 and 56 catches in 2004 despite scoring just three times. His best performances in his career came in the postseason. Beginning with the 2003 AFC Championship Game against the Indianapolis Colts, Givens scored at least one touchdown the Patriots' next seven playoff games, including both Super Bowl XXXVIII and Super Bowl XXXIX. In 2005, Givens caught a career-high 59 passes and was the Patriots' number two receiver for the second year in a row.
...
Wikipedia