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Dwayne Bowe
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Dwayne Bowe during his tenure at LSU.
Kansas City Chiefs
Career information
College:Louisiana State
NFL draft:2007 / Round: 1 / Pick: 23
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of Week 4, 2008
Receptions:92
Receiving Yards:1,262
Receiving TDs:7

Dwayne Lorenzo Bowe (born September 21, 1984 in Miami, Florida) is an American football wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs. He played college football at Louisiana State University. He was selected as the 23rd pick in the 2007 NFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs.

Collegiate career

Bowe's first year with the LSU Tigers was 2003, the year that they won the national championship. As a true freshman he played in 13 games and led all freshmen receivers with nine receptions for 106 yards. In his senior year, Bowe developed into LSU's #1 receiver. He and quarterback JaMarcus Russell hold the school record for touchdown passes from one player to another. Bowe also holds the school record for total touchdowns. Dwyane also likes to spend time in the cotton fields back in his hometown. Dwayne has stated many times on CNN that during the summer he heads back to his hometown and work the fields.

Awards and honors

  • SEC Academic Honor Roll (2005)
  • SEC Offensive Player of the Week (10/21/06 vs. Fresno State)
  • Coaches' First-team All-SEC (2006)
  • AP Second-team All-SEC (2006)
  • AP First-team All-American(2006)
  • Rivals.com Third-team All-American (2006)

Professional career

2007

Bowe was selected 23rd overall in the 2007 NFL Draft by Kansas City. Alongside his former teammates JaMarcus Russell and Craig Davis, the trio became the first quarterback/wide receiving group to be selected in the first round. On August 5, 2007, Bowe signed a five-year contract with the Chiefs, after holding out the first week of practice at training camp.[1]

Bowe scored his first NFL touchdown on a pass from Damon Huard in the first half of the Chiefs' game against the Chicago Bears on September 16, 2007.

In his rookie season, Bowe led all first-year receivers in receptions (70), yards (995), and touchdowns (6). His reception and yardage totals set franchise records for Chiefs' rookie receivers. Bowe also set the team's single-game rookie receiving record with 164 yards against the San Diego Chargers on September 30, 2007. Bowe was in contention for the Rookie of the Year Award for his performance in 2007 (the award was eventually given to Minnesota Vikings halfback Adrian Peterson).

2008

In the Chiefs first game of the 2008 season, Bowe recorded five receptions for forty–nine yards, but he also dropped 4 passes, including a game–tying catch in the endzone on first and goal.[2]

Personal life

Born to an unmarried mother living in Overtown and a largely absent father with an alleged drug problem, Dwayne Bowe and his older brother Wayne were raised by their grandparents (their father's parents), KW and Dorothy Williams, since Dwayne was only months old. Struggling with school, gangs, and fighting, Bowe grew into a big and athletic teenager but was not involved in many sports. It wasn't until his junior year in high school that he had a life-changing experience and began his football career. Bowe was beaten badly during a nightclub fight—his last fight—and spent the night in the hospital. Bowe began his high school career by returning a kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown, and by the end of the year had an offer to play for LSU. His coach, Nigel Dunn, said Bowe was one of the best kick returners he ever had.[3]

As revealed in episode 4 of Hard Knocks: Training Camp With The Kansas City Chiefs, Bowe is a relative of Brad Pitt.

References

  1. ^ Chiefs' top pick Bowe ends holdout ESPN.com, 5 August, 2007.
  2. ^ Whitlock, Jason. "Blame Bowe and Carl for this loss". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved 2008-09-10.
  3. ^ Reiter, Bill (2007-09-30). "Raising Dwayne". The Kansas City Star. pp. EXTRA1, EXTRA6. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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