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DWAYNE BOWE #82

Dwayne Bowe #82
PositionWide Receiver
Height6-2
Weight221
Years Experience3
Birthdate9/21/1984
HometownMiami, FL
CollegeLSU
Current statusActive
Games Started31
Games Played32

Pro Career

Dynamic wide receiver should only continue to evolve in his third NFL campaign … Former first-round pick has accumulated more receptions (156) and more receiving yards (2,017) than any other player in his first two seasons in a Chiefs uniform … Earned a spot on USA Today’s All-Joe Team in 2008, which annually recognizes the league’s top blue-collar performers … His 86 catches in 2008 were the highest seasonal total ever accumulated by a Chiefs wide receiver … No other player selected in the 2007 NFL Draft can top his reception tally, while only Detroit WR Calvin Johnson (2,087) has more receiving yards over that two-year span … Posted 12 TD catches from 2007-08, tying for the second-highest total by a player in their first two years with Kansas City. Only WR Otis Taylor (13 in ‘65-66) had more … Fearless competitor isn’t afraid to go across the middle … A determined runner after the catch who led all NFL receivers with 15 broken tackles according to STATS, LLC … Big, strong performer who can adjust to virtually any pass thrown his way to make the acrobatic catch … His size and leaping ability provide a big target in the Red Zone … Racked up 1,022 yards in 2008 to register his initial 1,000-yard campaign … Voted the club’s Mack Lee Hill Award Winner as the team’s top rookie or first-year player in 2007 when he led all NFL rookie pass catchers with 70 catches for 995 yards, the top marks by a rookie in Chiefs history … His 70 receptions were the most by a rookie wide receiver among the 34 pass catchers selected in the first round since 2000 … Registered a TD catch in each of his first three starts, becoming the first Chiefs rookie since the AFL-NFL merger to accomplish that feat … Recorded a pair of 100-yard receiving games in 2007, becoming only the third rookie in Chiefs history to accomplish that feat … Was thrust into the lineup as a rookie after WR Eddie Kennison was injured on the first play of the 2007 season at Houston (9/9/07) ... Made his first NFL start the following week at Chicago (9/16/07) and shows no signs of relinquishing that role … Named to the Pro Football Weekly All-Rookie Team, becoming the first Chiefs wide receiver to earn that honor since WR Sylvester Morris in 2000 … Has seen duty in 32 games (31 starts), catching 156 passes for 2,017 yards (12.9 avg.) with 12 TDs.

Transactions: Signed with Kansas City (8/6/07) ... Originally entered the NFL as the Chiefs first-round pick (23rd overall) in the 2007 NFL Draft.

2008

Started all 16 games for the first time in his career … Established career highs with 86 catches for 1,022 yards (11.9 avg.) and seven TDs … Named to the USA Today All-Joe Team … Joined WR Otis Taylor as the second player in franchise history to register a 1,000-yard season in just his second pro campaign … Ranked seventh in the AFC and 10th in the NFL with 86 catches, the fifth-highest single-season total in Chiefs history and the best single-season total in franchise annals by a wide receiver … Finished ninth in the AFC with 1,022 receiving yards … Tied for fourth in the AFC and tied for sixth in the NFL with 25 catches on third down … Posted five receptions for 49 yards with a 13-yard TD at New England (9/7) ... Caught six passes for 90 yards vs. Oakland (9/14) ... Recorded four catches for 43 yards with a 15-yard TD at Atlanta (9/21) ... Produced seven receptions for 85 yards vs. Denver (9/28) ... Registered seven receptions for 86 yards vs. Tennessee (10/19) ... Posted six catches for 102 yards at the N.Y. Jets (10/26) ... Caught two passes for 29 yards with a seven-yard TD vs. Tampa Bay (11/2) ... Tallied six receptions for 72 yards at San Diego (11/9) ... Produced seven receptions for 53 yards with a career-high two TDs vs. New Orleans (11/16) ... Caught three passes for 58 yards with a three-yard TD vs. Buffalo (11/23) ... Posted seven receptions for 96 yards at Denver (12/7) ... Compiled six catches for 44 yards with a one-yard TD vs. San Diego (12/14) ... Posted a career-high 10 receptions for a season-high 103 yards at Cincinnati (12/28), marking his fourth career 100-yard game.

2007

Played in 16 games (15 starts) ... Finished second on the team with 70 catches for 995 yards (14.2 avg.) with five TDs … Named the club’s Mack Lee Hill Award winner, an honor bestowed on Kansas City’s top rookie or first-year player … Selected to the Pro Football Weekly All-Rookie Team … His 70 receptions, 995 receiving yards and five TD catches led all NFL rookies … His reception and receiving yardage totals were also the highest seasonal totals by a rookie in Chiefs history … His five receiving TDs tied as the third-highest total by a rookie in Chiefs history … Led all NFL rookies with 13 catches of 20+ yards … Caught three passes for 42 yards in his first NFL game at Houston (9/9) ... Made his first NFL start at Chicago (9/16), catching his first career TD on a 16-yard pass from QB Damon Huard … Posted five catches for 71 yards with a TD vs. Minnesota (9/23) to win NFL Rookie of the Week honors … Caught eight passes for a career-high 164 yards with a 51-yard TD at San Diego (9/30) to win his second straight NFL Rookie of the Week Award. Became the first Chiefs rookie WR since the AFL-NFL merger to catch a TD pass in his first three NFL starts. Set a Chiefs rookie record with 164 receiving yards, breaking the previous mark of 130 yards set by RB/S Johnny Robinson vs. Buffalo (12/18/60). Became just the fifth rookie in Chiefs history to register a 100-yard receiving game and the second to accomplish the feat on the road … Recorded three receptions for 84 yards, including a career-long 58-yard catch vs. Oakland (10/21) ... Caught nine passes for 105 yards vs. Denver (11/11), joining Robinson (’60) and WR Sylvester Morris (2000) as the only rookies in franchise history to post a pair of 100-yard receiving games … Posted seven catches for 64 yards with a 19-yard TD at Indianapolis (11/18) ... Recorded four receptions for 63 yards vs. Oakland (11/25) ... Caught five passes for 55 yards vs. San Diego (12/2) ... Produced two catches for 35 yards at Denver (12/9). Caught his 56th pass of the season to pass RB Abner Haynes (55) for the best mark by a rookie in Chiefs history. Ended the day with 821 receiving yards, surpassing E Chris Burford (789) for the highest single-season rookie total in Chiefs history … Caught eight passes for 97 yards with a 34-yard TD at Detroit (12/23).

College Bio

Played in 50 games (30 starts) at LSU … Finished his collegiate career with 154 receptions for 2,403 yards (15.6 avg.) with a school-record 26 TDs … Also had one carry for two yards … Ranked fourth in LSU history with 154 catches while his 2,403 receiving yards were sixth in Tigers annals … Combined with 2007 first overall pick QB JaMarcus Russell (Oakland) to produce 24 career TD catches, making them the top scoring battery in school history … Played in 13 games (11 starts) as a senior in 2006, catching 65 passes for 990 yards (15.2 avg.) with a school single-season record 12 touchdowns … Earned first-team All-Southeastern Conference honors … Saw action in 12 contests (nine starts), registering 41 receptions for 710 yards (17.3 avg.) with nine TDs in 2005 as a junior … Caught a touchdown pass in seven consecutive games, the longest streak in Tigers history … Appeared in 12 games (10 starts) as a sophomore in 2004, catching 39 passes for 597 yards (15.3 avg.) with five touchdowns … Also had one carry for two yards … Played in 13 games, recording nine receptions for 106 yards as a freshman in 2003 … Played in the BCS National Championship Game vs. Oklahoma … Majored in Education at LSU.

Personal Bio

• A first-team All-Florida Class 6A selection at Norland Senior High School in Miami, Florida.

• Caught 40 passes for 882 yards (20.6 avg.) with 14 scores as a senior when his season was cut short by a foot injury.

• Added eight catches for 195 yards with three TDs in three playoff contests in leading his school to its first Class 6A State Championship.

• Recorded 32 receptions for 624 yards (19.5 avg.) with two touchdowns as a junior, his first year of high school football.

• Established the “Un-Bowe-lievable Foundation” to assist those raised by grandparents, working closely with the Family Friends Grandparents and Relative Caregivers program.

• Full name: Dwayne Lorenzo Bowe (pronounced BO).

• Single.