Patten (left), while playing for the Cleveland Browns, and coach Dan Shamash (right) during 2009 training camp in Berea, Ohio.
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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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Date of birth: | August 19, 1974 | ||||||||
Place of birth: | Hopkins, South Carolina | ||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 192 lb (87 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Hopkins (SC) Lower Richland | ||||||||
College: | Western Carolina | ||||||||
Undrafted: | 1996 | ||||||||
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Player stats at ArenaFan.com |
Receptions: | 324 |
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Receiving yards: | 4,715 |
Receiving TDs: | 24 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
David Patten (born August 19, 1974) is a former American football wide receiver. He was signed by the Albany Firebirds as a street free agent in 1996. He played college football at Western Carolina.
Patten was also a member of the Washington Redskins, New Orleans Saints, Cleveland Browns and New England Patriots. He earned three Super Bowl rings with the Patriots.
Patten played football at Lower Richland High School in Hopkins, South Carolina, where he caught passes from future Major League Baseball player Pokey Reese.
After graduating from high school, Patten attended Western Carolina University. As a junior in 1994, he averaged 3.6 catches, good for sixth in the Southern Conference. In 1995, his senior season, Patten recorded 59 catches for 881 yards and was named to the All-Southern Conference team.
Patten went undrafted in the 1996 NFL Draft but began his professional football career by playing for the Arena Football League's Albany Firebirds in the summer of 1996. He signed late in the AFL's season and played in their final regular season game on August 2, 1996 in a 54-49 win over the Milwaukee Mustangs. Patten caught two passes for 37 yards in the game.