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Position: | Wide Receiver | ||||||||
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Date of birth: | March 7, 1968 | ||||||||
Place of birth: | Bronx, New York | ||||||||
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High school: | Hillsborough Township (NJ) Hillsborough | ||||||||
College: | Wake Forest | ||||||||
NFL Draft: | 1990 / Round: 3 / Pick: 58 | ||||||||
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Receptions: | 669 |
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Receiving Yards: | 8,878 |
Touchdowns: | 54 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Richard Scott Proehl (born March 7, 1968) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League. Proehl played 17 seasons with the Phoenix/Arizona Cardinals, Seattle Seahawks, Chicago Bears, St. Louis Rams, Carolina Panthers, and Indianapolis Colts. He played in four Super Bowls and won two: Super Bowl XXXIV with the Rams and Super Bowl XLI with the Colts.
Proehl just recently stepped down from his role as wide receivers coach for the Carolina Panthers. Proehl returned to the Super Bowl as a coach with the Panthers in 2015.
Proehl graduated in 1986 from Hillsborough High School in Hillsborough, New Jersey, where he starred in both football and baseball. During his senior season in football, he caught 42 passes for 900+ yards and 13 touchdowns. For his efforts that year, he was named a New York All-Metro selection, the Somerset County Player of the Year, and an All-State pick.
Proehl played college football at Wake Forest University, where he was a four-year letterman in football. He holds the school record for receiving yards (2,949 yards), and touchdowns (25), as well as ranking in the top five in receptions and receiving average. He ended his college years playing in the Blue-Gray Football Classic and the East-West All-Star Game.