Isaac Curtis
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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | October 20, 1950 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Santa Ana, California | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 192 lb (87 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Santa Ana (CA) | ||||||||
| College: | San Diego State | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1973 / Round: 1 / Pick: 15 | ||||||||
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| Receptions: | 416 |
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| Receiving yards: | 7,101 |
| Touchdowns: | 53 |
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Isaac Fisher Curtis (born October 20, 1950) is a former professional American football wide receiver who played his entire National Football League career with the Cincinnati Bengals (1973–1984).
Isaac Curtis was a star running back at Santa Ana High School in California. In 1985 his former coach called him "the best running back to ever play in Orange County.
Curtis received a football scholarship to the University of California, Berkeley. For three years, he excelled as a member of Cal's track team, and he was a running back and kick returner for the football team, setting several rushing records.
After he finished his junior season, Curtis transferred to San Diego State University because of the controversy surrounding the probation of Cal's football team. He excelled as a slot wide receiver during his senior season under the famed Aztecs coach Don Coryell, who moved him from running back to receiver. In his senior year, Curtis caught 44 passes for 832 yards and seven touchdowns.
Entering the 1973 NFL Draft, the Cincinnati Bengals needed a wide receiver who had speed to spread the field and opposing defenses for quarterback Ken Anderson. Curtis had world-class speed, running the 100-yard dash in 9.3 seconds as a member of Cal's track team. Curtis also recorded a time of 20.7 seconds in the 200-meter dash in Los Angeles in 1970.
Although Curtis had played only one year at wide receiver, Bengals coach and general manager Paul Brown decided to take a chance on him and drafted Curtis in the first round (15th overall). Later in his career, Paul Brown said that what he liked the most about Isaac Curtis was not so much his athleticism but his always quietly confident personality, saying "He's a very gentle person...no jumping up and down, spiking it, or trash talking".
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