Houshmandzadeh with the Cincinnati Bengals in 2006
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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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Date of birth: | September 26, 1977 | ||||||||
Place of birth: | Barstow, California | ||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 203 lb (92 kg) | ||||||||
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College: | Oregon State | ||||||||
NFL Draft: | 2001 / Round: 7 / Pick: 204 | ||||||||
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Receptions: | 627 |
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Receiving yards: | 7,237 |
Receiving touchdowns: | 44 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Touraj "T. J." Houshmandzadeh Jr. (/ˌhʊʃmənˈzɑːdə/ HUUSH-mən-ZAH-də; born September 26, 1977) is a former American football wide receiver. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the seventh round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He played college football at Oregon State. Houshmandzadeh also played for the Seattle Seahawks in 2009, the Baltimore Ravens in 2010 and the Oakland Raiders in 2011. As of 2016, he is on staff with Long Beach Poly High School as a wide receivers coach.
Houshmandzadeh dropped out of Barstow High School in Barstow, California. He later enrolled at Cerritos College. In his two seasons with the Cerritos College Falcons in 1998 and 1999, he was a two-time First-Team Mission Conference selection at wide receiver and kickoff returner. He wanted to play as running back his freshman year, but believing he was too tall to play running back, he voluntarily moved to wide receiver. He finished his Falcons career with 1,152 receiving yards on 65 receptions. He also had two 103-yard kickoff returns and a 92-yard punt return.