Team

Darrius Heyward-Bey
WR #85
Height:
6-2
Weight:
210
Age:
23
College:
Maryland
Experience:
2

Quick Stats (2009):

REC
9
YDS
124
AVG
13.8
TDS
1
Career Stats
Season Team Games Receiving Rushing Fumbles
G GS Rec Yds Avg Long TD Att Yds Avg Lng TD FUM Lost
TOTAL 9 124 -- 24 1 2 19 -- 20 0 -- --
2009 OAK 11 11 9 124 13.8 24 1 2 19 9.5 20 0 -- --

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COLLEGE: Two-time All-ACC performer...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 TD 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...His 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...Led the team and ranked ninth in the ACC in receiving yards (50.8 ypg)...Among the nation’s leaders in rushing by a wide receiver with a career-high 202 yards...Second on the team with six touchdowns (five receiving, one rushing) and third in all-purpose yards (69.9 ypg)...Had two plays of 75 yards or longer...His 609 receiving yards rank 18th on the Maryland 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…Had two catches for a team-high 59 yards vs. California, including a 27-yard touchdown reception...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 9-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)...Ranked ninth in the ACC in receiving yards per game (60.5)...Maryland’s fourth-leading rusher (107 yards)...His 51 receptions were tied for 10th on Maryland’s all-time single-season list, while his 786 receiving yards are seventh...Started all 13 games...Earned the team’s most valuable offensive player award...Made the watch list for the Biletnikoff 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...It marked the third time in his career he had surpassed 100 yards receiving in a game…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...Led the team with five catches for 82 yards and caught a 14-yard pass for his second touchdown of the season against Florida State…Matched a season-high with six catches against North Carolina State...Had three receptions for 99 yards, his second-highest total of the season, against Oregon State in the Emerald Bowl...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 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...The receptions were tied for 17th on the Terps all-time single-season chart and tied for seventh on the conference freshman single-season list...Led Maryland with five touchdown receptions…Shattered the school record for longest play with his 96-yard touchdown catch against Miami...Ranked fifth in the ACC (No. 99 nationally) in receiving yards per game (53.4) and ninth in receptions per game (3.5)...Had two, 100-yard receiving games...Named the team’s freshman of the year...Caught a season-high five passes for 49 yards against West Virginia...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...The first score was a five-yarder that was set up by his 22-yard catch on the same drive...Later in the game, he raced 30 yards for the gamedeciding score…Tied a season high with five catches and had a career-best 175 yards against Miami…Scored touchdowns from 65 and 96 yards…His 96-yard TD reception was the longest in school history, eclipsing a 92-yarder in 1949…Majored in American Studies.

COLLEGE: Two-time All-ACC performer...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 TD 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...His 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...Led the team and ranked ninth in the ACC in receiving yards (50.8 ypg)...Among the nation’s leaders in rushing by a wide receiver with a career-high 202 yards...Second on the team with six touchdowns (five receiving, one rushing) and third in all-purpose yards (69.9 ypg)...Had two plays of 75 yards or longer...His 609 receiving yards rank 18th on the Maryland 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…Had two catches for a team-high 59 yards vs. California, including a 27-yard touchdown reception...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 9-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)...Ranked ninth in the ACC in receiving yards per game (60.5)...Maryland’s fourth-leading rusher (107 yards)...His 51 receptions were tied for 10th on Maryland’s all-time single-season list, while his 786 receiving yards are seventh...Started all 13 games...Earned the team’s most valuable offensive player award...Made the watch list for the Biletnikoff 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...It marked the third time in his career he had surpassed 100 yards receiving in a game…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...Led the team with five catches for 82 yards and caught a 14-yard pass for his second touchdown of the season against Florida State…Matched a season-high with six catches against North Carolina State...Had three receptions for 99 yards, his second-highest total of the season, against Oregon State in the Emerald Bowl...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 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...The receptions were tied for 17th on the Terps all-time single-season chart and tied for seventh on the conference freshman single-season list...Led Maryland with five touchdown receptions…Shattered the school record for longest play with his 96-yard touchdown catch against Miami...Ranked fifth in the ACC (No. 99 nationally) in receiving yards per game (53.4) and ninth in receptions per game (3.5)...Had two, 100-yard receiving games...Named the team’s freshman of the year...Caught a season-high five passes for 49 yards against West Virginia...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...The first score was a five-yarder that was set up by his 22-yard catch on the same drive...Later in the game, he raced 30 yards for the gamedeciding score…Tied a season high with five catches and had a career-best 175 yards against Miami…Scored touchdowns from 65 and 96 yards…His 96-yard TD reception was the longest in school history, eclipsing a 92-yarder in 1949…Majored in American Studies.

PERSONAL: A three-year letterwinner and two-year starter at McDonogh (Owings Mills, Md.) High School...Played wide receiver and outside linebacker...Had 47 receptions for 821 yards and 10 touchdowns as a senior and 40 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…Listed as the 23rd-best wide receiver in the nation by ESPN.com’s Tom Lemming...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-America 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 Articles

Recent Videos

  • Heyward-Bey 34-yard catch

    (00:00:37:07) By NFL.com - Posted Sep 2, 2010

    Bruce Gradkowski hits Darrius Heyward-Beyfor the 34-yard gain in the first quarter.

  • Heyward-Bey's 1st career TD

    (00:00:33:04) By NFL.com - Posted Nov 26, 2009

    Darrius Heyward-Bey catches a 4-yd TD pass, his first of his career, on Thanksgiving.

  • Heyward-Bey's first reception

    (00:00:15:04) By NFL Films - Posted Sep 20, 2009

    Raiders rookie WR Darrius Heyward-Bey makes his first NFL reception vs. the Chiefs.

Photos

  • Aug 9 Training Camp

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    WR Darrius Heyward-Bey catches the pass in front of the defender. Photo By Tony Gonzales.
  • Aug 9 Training Camp

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    WR Darrius Heyward-Bey makes the catch across the middle. Photo By Tony Gonzales.
  • Aug 7 AM Practice

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    WR Darrius Heyward-Bey goes down and gets the pass. Photo By Tony Gonzales.
  • Aug 7 AM Practice

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    WR Darrius Heyward-Bey goes up and makes the catch. Photo By Tony Gonzales.
  • Aug 6 Camp Photos

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    WR Darrius Heyward-Bey smiles before the next play. Photo By Tony Gonzales.