Cotchery with the New York Jets in 2009
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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||||||
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Date of birth: | June 16, 1982 | ||||||||||||
Place of birth: | Birmingham, Alabama | ||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school: | Birmingham (AL) Phillips | ||||||||||||
College: | NC State | ||||||||||||
NFL Draft: | 2004 / Round: 4 / Pick: 108 | ||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||
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Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2015 | |||||||||||||
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Receptions: | 524 |
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Receiving Yards: | 6,623 |
Receiving Touchdowns: | 34 |
Rushing Yards: | 77 |
Rushing Touchdowns: | 1 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Jerricho Cotchery (born June 16, 1982) is a former American football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) with the Carolina Panthers, New York Jets and Pittsburgh Steelers from 2004 to 2015.
He played college football for North Carolina State University.
Cotchery graduated from Phillips High School in Birmingham, Alabama. He played receiver and defensive back and was named to the All-State team after his junior and senior years. He lettered in football and basketball in all four years of high school. Cotchery played shooting guard on the basketball team.
Cotchery majored in sports management at North Carolina State University.
Cotchery played 49 games at North Carolina State. In 2002 and 2003, he was selected to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference first-team. Cotchery's two hundred career receptions and fifteen games with 100+ receiving yards broke two school records previously held by Torry Holt. Cotchery and Holt are the only two receivers in NC State football history to have two seasons of 1,000+ receiving yards. Cotchery also tied the school record for most consecutive games with at least one reception in thirty-nine straight games.
Cotchery's fifteen career games of 100+ receiving yards tied him for second place in Atlantic Coast Conference history. He also ranks fourth in career receptions and career receiving yards. Cotchery and Peter Warrick are the only two receivers in ACC history with 200+ career receptions and 3,000+ career receiving yards. His 3,319 receiving yards are 33rd in NCAA history and his two hundred career receptions tie him for 42nd.