Donald Driver

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Donald Driver
Date of birth	February 2, 1975 (age 32)
Place of birth	Houston, Texas
Position(s)	Wide receiver
College	Alcorn State
NFL Draft	1999 / Round 7/ Pick 213
Pro Bowls	2003, 2007
Stats
Statistics	Pro Football Reference CBS.com DatabaseFootball
Team(s)
1999–present	Green Bay Packers

Donald Jerome Driver (born February 2, 1975 in Houston, Texas) is an American football wide receiver who currently plays for the Green Bay Packers of the NFL. The Packers chose him in the 1999 NFL Draft with a seventh round selection (213th pick overall) out of Alcorn State University. Donald Driver is the Green Bay Packers' most versatile and agile pass catcher. "Donald is able to play all our positions. He is very explosive, and he's shown plenty of big-play ability", stated former Green Bay receivers coach Ray Sherman.^{[citation needed]}

1 High school career
2 College career
3 NFL career
- 3.1 Honors
4 References
5 External links

[edit] High school career

At Milby High School in Houston, Texas, Driver lettered four times each in football, baseball, track, and basketball. He was an Honorable Mention All-State pick in football.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] College career

Donald Driver attended Alcorn State University, where he lettered in both football and track & field. He finished his career there with 88 receptions for 1933 yards (19.69 YPC). Driver is one of the most decorated track athletes in the NFL (he is an Olympic class high-jumper and could have qualified for the 2000 Olympic team). He was a three time "Athlete of the Year" in his conference for his track and football prowess.^[1]

[edit] NFL career

Known as one of the toughest wide receivers in the game, Donald had the most catches in the NFL in the middle of the field in 2007. He set a personal best on November 12, 2006 when he caught six passes for 191 yards including an 82 yard touchdown against the Minnesota Vikings. A couple of weeks later against the 49ers, he and quarterback Brett Favre, connected on a 35 yard pass in which he made an acrobatic leap to turn around and out run former teammate Mark Roman, to the endzone for his seventh touchdown of the year. The play ended as a 68 yard touchdown catch. Driver finished the 2006 season in the top 5 of the league in reception yardage with 1,295 yards. Also recorded the most receptions in his career with 92 of them, earning a spot in the 2007 Pro Bowl.

Year	Team	G	GS	Rec	Yards	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	1st
1999	GB	6	0	3	31	10.3	12	1	0	0	2
2000	GB	16	2	21	322	15.3	49	1	7	1	16
2001	GB	13	2	13	167	12.8	37	1	3	0	9
2002	GB	16	16	70	1064	15.2	85	9	15	3	47
2003	GB	15	15	52	621	11.9	41	2	11	1	30
2004	GB	16	11	84	1208	14.4	50	9	16	4	59
2005	GB	16	16	86	1221	14.2	59	5	17	5	63
2006	GB	16	16	92	1295	14.1	82	8	21	5	53
TOTAL		114	78	421	5929	14.1	85	36	90	19	279

[edit] Honors

2002 and 2007 Pro Bowls.
2002 Team MVP
2002 Packers' "Walter Payton Man of the Year" for his work in the community.
Selected as the Green Bay Packers' nominee for the Ed Block Courage award in 2005.