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Darrius Heyward-Bey
WR #85
Height:
6-2
Weight:
210
Age:
24
College:
Maryland
Experience:
4

Quick Stats (2011):

REC
64
YDS
975
AVG
15.2
TDS
4
Career Stats
Season Team Games Receiving Rushing Fumbles
G GS Rec Yds Avg Long TD Att Yds Avg Lng TD FUM Lost
TOTAL 99 1,465 -- 69 6 6 67 -- 30 0 2 2
2011 OAK 15 14 64 975 15.2 58 4 -- -- -- -- -- 1 1
2010 OAK 15 14 26 366 14.1 69T 1 4 48 12.0 30 0 1 1
2009 OAK 11 11 9 124 13.8 24 1 2 19 9.5 20 0 -- --
Recent Games
WK Opp Result Receiving Rushing Fumbles
Rec Yds Avg Lng TD Att Yds Avg Lng TD FUM Lost
1 @DEN W 23-20 4 44 11.0 17 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
2 @BUF L 35-38 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
3 NYJ W 34-24 1 5 5.0 5 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
4 NE L 19-31 4 115 28.8 58 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
5 @HOU W 25-20 7 99 14.1 34 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
6 CLE W 24-17 6 82 13.7 21 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
7 KC L 0-28 5 89 17.8 21 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
9 DEN L 24-38 0 0 -- -- 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10 @SD W 24-17 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
11 @MIN W 27-21 4 43 10.8 20 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
12 CHI W 25-20 4 42 10.5 19 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
13 @MIA L 14-34 3 23 7.7 14 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
14 @GB L 16-46 5 78 15.6 34 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
15 DET L 27-28 8 155 19.4 43 1 -- -- -- -- -- 1 1
16 @KC W 16-13 4 70 17.5 53 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
17 SD L 26-38 9 130 14.4 39 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- --

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PRO: Talented receiver with outstanding speed produced breakout campaign in third pro season…Has played in 41 career games with 39 starts since entering the NFL as the ninth overall selection by the Raiders in the 2009 NFL Draft…Career totals include 99 receptions for 1,465 yards and six touchdowns…

PRO: Talented receiver with outstanding speed produced breakout campaign in third pro season…Has played in 41 career games with 39 starts since entering the NFL as the ninth overall selection by the Raiders in the 2009 NFL Draft…Career totals include 99 receptions for 1,465 yards and six touchdowns…

2011: Emerged as a top receiving threat, leading team and establishing a career high with 64 receptions for 975 yards…Produced three 100-yard receiving games and had four touchdown receptions…(9/12) @ DEN: Had four receptions for 44 yards…(10/2) vs. NE: Had four catches for 115 yards…Had a season-long 58-yard reception…(10/9) @ HOU: Totaled 99 yards on seven receptions including a 34-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter…(10/16) vs. CLE: Posted six receptions for 82 yards…(10/23) @ KC: Posted his fourth straight 80-plus yard receiving game, hauling in five passes for 89 yards…(11/20) @ MIN: Had four receptions for 43 yards…(11/27) vs. CHI: Totaled four catches for 42 yards…(12/4) @ MIA: Posted three receptions for 23 yards including a three-yard touchdown catch…(12/11) @ GB: Totaled five catches for 78 yards including a 34-yard reception…(12/18) vs. DET: Set a career high with 155 receiving yards on eight catches…Had a 43-yard touchdown reception from QB Carson Palmer…(12/24) @ KC: Had four receptions for 70 yards including a 53-yard catch…(1/1/12) vs. SD: Set a career high with nine catches for 130 yards and one touchdown…Touchdown came on a three-yard reception…

2010: Posted increased numbers in second season, playing in 15 games with 14 starts…Recorded 26 receptions for 366 yards and one touchdown…(9/12) @ TEN: Had one reception for 11 yards…(9/19) vs. STL: Established a then-career high with six receptions for 80 yards…Had a long reception of 33 yards…(9/26) @ AZ: Hauled in three passes for 49 yards…(10/3) vs. HOU: Had one reception for two yards…(10/17) @ SF: Had three receptions for 19 yards…(10/31) vs. SEA: Produced five receptions for a career-high 105 yards…Had a career-long 69-yard touchdown reception from QB Jason Campbell in the fourth quarter…Added a 30-yard run on a reverse…(12/5) @ SD: Had a 14-yard run…(12/12) @ JAX: Made two catches for 40 yards…(12/19) vs. DEN: Had one reception for 20 yards…(12/26) vs. IND: Totaled four receptions for 40 yards…

2009: Started 11 games as a rookie…Had nine receptions for 124 yards and a touchdown…Also rushed twice for 20 yards…Inactive due to injury from 12/6-1/3/10…(9/14) vs. SD: Made NFL debut, starting at WR…Along with WR Louis Murphy, became the first rookie receiver duo to start in the NFL since 2000 and just the third since 1977…(9/20) @ KC: Recorded first career reception for 18 yards…Catch helped set up a second quarter field goal…(10/4) @ HOU: Had one reception for 18 yards…Rushed once for 20 yards…(10/25) vs. NYJ: Totaled two receptions for 28 yards with a long catch of 24…(11/1) @ SD: Had one catch for 10 yards…Catch helped set up a second quarter field goal…(11/15) vs. KC: Had one reception for 22 yards…(11/22) vs. CIN: Had one reception for seven yards…(11/26) @ DAL: Matched a season high with two receptions for 21 yards including his first touchdown…Caught a four-yard touchdown pass from QB Bruce Gradkowski in the third quarter…Selected by the Raiders in the first round (seventh overall) of the 2009 NFL Draft. 

COLLEGE: Two-time All-ACC performer at Maryland...Two-time member of the Biletnikoff Award watch list (2007-08)…Freshman All-American in 2006 and honorable mention All-American in 2007…Finished career ranked second in Maryland football history in career receiving yards (2,089), third in receptions (138), tied for third in touchdown catches (13) and tied for sixth in 100-yard receiving games (four)...Also 17th in Maryland history in career all-purpose yards (2,403) despite never returning a punt or kickoff...Caught at least one pass in 34 of his last 37 contests...Posted 228 receiving yards in his three bowl game appearances...40-yard dash time of 4.23 in 2006 set the school record among WRs…Started all 12 games he appeared in as a junior…Among the nation’s leaders in rushing by a wide receiver with a career-high 202 yards...Had two plays of 75 yards or longer...His 609 receiving yards rank 18th on Maryland’s single season list...A preseason honorable mention All-American choice by The Sporting News...Member of the watch list for the Maxwell Award...Named the team’s offensive MVP...Took a catch and run for 80 yards and a touchdown against MTSU, the team’s longest play of the season and the second-longest play of his career…Rushed for a career-high 81 yards against Eastern Michigan...Had a career-long 76-yard run on a reverse at Clemson, the longest run by a Maryland player since 2003...Recorded a career-high 11 receptions for a season-high 101 yards and a nine-yard TD reception vs. Wake Forest...Had four receptions for 48 yards vs. Nevada in the Humanitarian Bowl…An honorable mention All-America choice at wide receiver by Pro Football Weekly as a sophomore...Led the team in receptions (51) and receiving yards (786)...Receptions were tied for 10th on Maryland’s all-time single-season list, while receiving yards ranked seventh...Started all 13 games...Earned the team’s Most Valuable Offensive Player Award...Caught a season-high six passes for 81 yards against Villanova...Took a hand-off on a reverse and ran a season-long 54 yards against Wake Forest…Led the team with four catches for a season-high 109 yards, including one for 47 against Georgia Tech…Had a season-high 112 all-purpose yards and caught five passes for 75 yards receiving, scoring on a 37-yard run off a reverse against Boston College...Had three receptions for 99 yards in the Emerald Bowl against Oregon State, his second highest total of the season...Scored on a 63-yard reception at the end of the first quarter, the second longest by a Maryland player in a bowl game...His 99 receiving yards ranked fourth on the Maryland single-game bowl list…Named first team freshman All-American by The Sporting News and Rivals.com as a redshirt freshman…Also a second team All-ACC honoree…Played in all 13 games, including 10 starts…Led the team in receptions (45) and posted a Maryland freshman record with 694 receiving yards...The receiving yards ranked ninth on the Maryland all-time single season list and third on the ACC all-time freshman single season chart...Named the team’s Freshman of the Year...Matched his season best with five receptions for 111 yards against Georgia Tech…Caught the first two touchdown passes of his career with 57 yards receiving on three receptions against Florida State…Tied a season high with five catches for a career-best 175 yards against Miami…Scored touchdowns of 65 and 96 yards which was the longest in school history, eclipsing a 92-yarder in 1949…Majored in American Studies.

PERSONAL: Attended McDonogh (Owings Mills, Md.) High School...Lettered three times and was a two-year starter…Played wide receiver and outside linebacker...Had 47 receptions for 821 yards and 10 touchdowns as a senior and 40 catches for 802 yards and 12 TDs as a junior...Consensus first team all-state as a senior...A PrepStar All-American and a SuperPrep All-American...A four-star player by Rivals.com and was picked as the fourth-best player overall in Maryland and the 12th best wide receiver in the country...An all-area and all-conference selection as a junior...A first team All-American in the indoor 60 meter dash...Was fifth at nationals as a junior as well as MIAA champ in the 100 and 200 meters.

Recent Videos

  • Heyward-Bey 3-yard TD catch

    (00:00:27:04) Posted Jan 1, 2012

    Darrius Heyward-Bey catches a 3-yard touchdown pass in the back of the end zone from Carson Palmer for the first points of the game.

  • Heyward-Bey 43-yard TD catch

    (00:00:30:20) Posted Dec 18, 2011

    Darrius Heyward-Bey catches a Carson Palmer pass, bounces off a tackle, and runs to the end zone for a touchdown in the second quarter to re-take the lead.

  • Heyward-Bey 35-yard catch

    (00:00:25:19) Posted Dec 18, 2011

    Carson Palmer throws a 35-yard pass to Darrius Heyward-Bey in the second quarter.

  • Heyward-Bey one handed TD grab

    (00:00:27:07) Posted Dec 4, 2011

    Darrius Heyward-Bey makes an incredible catch on a 3-yard touchdown pass from Carson Palmer in the fourth quarter.

  • Behind the Shield: Online 10-13-11

    Posted Oct 13, 2011

    Jeanette Thompson chats with Raiders WR Darrius Heyward-Bey.