Visanthe Shiancoe
| No. 81 Minnesota Vikings | |
| Tight end | |
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| Date of birth: June 18, 1980 | |
| Place of birth: Birmingham, England | |
| Height: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | Weight: 240 lb (109 kg) |
| Career information | |
| College: Morgan State | |
| NFL Draft: 2003 / Round: 3 / Pick: 91 | |
| Debuted in 2003 for the New York Giants | |
| Career history | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2011 | |
| Receptions | 243 |
| Receiving Yards | 2,677 |
| Touchdowns | 27 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
Visanthe Shiancoe (
/vɪˈʃɔːn ˈʃæŋkoʊ/ vi-shawn shang-koh; born June 18, 1980) is an American football tight end who currently plays for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League.
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[edit] High school
He played high school football for Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland, gaining all-county honors competing at wide receiver, quarterback, and his current NFL position, tight end.
[edit] College career
Shiancoe enjoyed a successful college football career at Morgan State University, playing in 30 games and receiving 52 passes for 1,001 yards.[citation needed] His senior year proved to be noteworthy, garnering both All-American Dream Team and All-Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference 1st-team honors from the NFL Draft Report.[citation needed]
[edit] Professional career
[edit] New York Giants
He was drafted in the third round (91st overall) in the 2003 NFL Draft by the New York Giants. Shiancoe played the first four years of his professional career with the New York Giants compiling 35 receptions for 253 yards and 3 touchdowns, predominantly in a backup role behind Jeremy Shockey.
[edit] Minnesota Vikings
Shiancoe signed with the Minnesota Vikings in 2007. He has since compiled an additional 125 receptions for 1485 yards and 19 touchdowns as a Viking, in regular season games. He has played in 96 games as of 2008 of which he started in 53.[1] He led the NFC tight ends with 7 touchdowns in 2008 and ranked 3rd by a tight end in the NFL.[2] In 2009 he caught 11 touchdowns as one of Brett Favre's favorite targets in the red zone. In 2010, Shiancoe only caught 2 touchdowns. Shiancoe's numbers dropped again in 2011 as he recorded 36 receptions and caught 3 touchdowns.
[edit] TV Appearance
Shiancoe is a contestant on NBC's Minute to Win It on Wednesday, Sept. 8th at 8/7c playing to win money for the National Kidney Foundation.[3] When he could not perform the card trick, where he had to blow off a deck of 53 playing cards with one joker at the bottom remaining on the bottle in a minute, he successfully performed the same trick on NFL Network again in less than 30 seconds, only to realize that the final Joker card was glued on.[4]
[edit] Towel Incident
Fox aired a post game segment following a victory over the Detroit Lions in 2008. Vikings owner Zygi Wilf was presenting the game ball to coach Brad Childress' son, Andrew, who had enlisted in the United States Marine Corps the day before. In the background, Shiancoe was shown unclothed for a moment before covering himself with a towel. According to the NFL and Fox Sports, the image lasted a fifth of a second.[5] Fox Sports apologized for airing the image.[6] Through his agent, Shiancoe said he was embarrassed by the unintentional incident.[7] Displaying a good sense of humor, he later remarked that at least he did not "just come out the swimming pool".[8]
[edit] Personal background
According to his official website, Shiancoe, resides in Prince George’s County, but was born in Birmingham, England, in 1980, to a Liberian mother and a Ghanaian father. He moved to Silver Spring, Maryland as an infant. [9] The source also adds that his first name, pronounced Vi-san-th, is not of African origin but from the nation of India, and furthermore, that in India it is pronounced Vi-san-tay. In addition, the source states that Visanthe Shiancoe has considered opening a Liberian themed restaurant in the U.S., and that he plans to become involved in causes in his mother's home country of Liberia. [10]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.nfl.com/players/visantheshiancoe/profile?id=SHI025168
- ^ http://www.vikings.com/team/roster/Visanthe-Shiancoe/d68bacc3-6342-46d9-a058-b8300b26ea8b
- ^ http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2010/08/19/nbcs-minute-to-win-it-to-air-special-nfl-themed-episodes-september-7-and-8-leading-up-to-nbcs-nfl-kickoff-on-september-9/20100819nbc01/
- ^ http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-network-total-access/09000d5d81e58a06/Shiancoe-s-card-trick
- ^ Pucin, Diane (December 8, 2008). "Not the kind of exposure Visanthe Shiancoe wanted". Los Angeles Times. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2008/12/of-deadspin-the.html.
- ^ Zulgad, Judd (December 7, 2008). "Fox apologizes for showing unclothed Viking". Star Tribune. http://www.startribune.com/sports/vikings/35688854.html?elr=KArks7PYDiaK7DUHPYDiaK7DUiacyKUU.
- ^ "Naked truth on Vikes TE". Associated Press (Chicago Sun-Times). December 9, 2008. http://www.suntimes.com/sports/football/1320714,CST-SPT-nflsep09.article.[dead link]
- ^ Newsweek, December 22, 2008, p.23
- ^ "Visanthe Shiancoe's Bio". http://www.visantheshiancoe.com/2011/10/14/visanthe-shiancoe/.
- ^ "Visanthe Shiancoe 'In the Game'". http://www.visantheshiancoe.com/2011/02/17/visanthe-shiancoe-in-the-game/.
[edit] External links
- Visanthe Shiancoe on Twitter
- Visanthe Shiancoe's Official Website
- Visanthe Shiancoe NFL Profile
- Visanthe Shiancoe profile on the official Minnesota Vikings website
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- 1980 births
- American football tight ends
- English players of American football
- Living people
- Minnesota Vikings players
- Morgan State Bears football players
- New York Giants players
- People from Silver Spring, Maryland
- Black British sportspeople
- Liberian players of American football
- Ghanaian players of American football
