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Donté Stallworth

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Donté Stallworth
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Stallworth with the Redskins in 2011
No. 83, 18, 19
Position:Wide receiver
Personal information
Born: (1980-11-10) November 10, 1980 (age 43)
Sacramento, California, U.S.
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school:Grant Union (Sacramento, California)
College:Tennessee (1998–2001)
NFL draft:2002 / round: 1 / pick: 13
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Receptions:321
Receiving yards:4,837
Receiving touchdowns:35
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Donté Lamar Stallworth (born November 10, 1980) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for ten seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Tennessee Volunteers and was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the first round of the 2002 NFL draft.

Stallworth also played for the Philadelphia Eagles, New England Patriots, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens, and Washington Redskins.

Early years

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Stallworth was born in Sacramento, California.[1] He attended Grant Union High School in Sacramento, California where he was a star in football and track and field, PR of 10.49 seconds in the 100 meters and 7.16 meters in long jump.[2][3] He was a high school teammate of former Minnesota Vikings running back Onterrio Smith and Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Paris Warren.[4]

College career

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Stallworth played college football at the University of Tennessee for the Volunteers, where his nickname was "Hands," as his teammates watched his ability to come up with difficult catches on a regular basis.[5][6] In consecutive weeks in the 2001 season, Stallworth had games with three receiving touchdowns in each, one against Memphis and one against Kentucky.[7][8] In the following game against Vanderbilt, he had a 55-yard punt return for a touchdown.[9] In the 2001 season, he had 41 receptions for 821 yards and ten touchdowns.[10]

Professional career

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Pre-draft measurables
Height Weight
6 ft 0+1⁄8 in
(1.83 m) 		197 lb
(89 kg)
Values from NFL Combine[11]

New Orleans Saints

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Stallworth was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the first round (13th overall) of the 2002 NFL draft.[12] He made his NFL debut versus the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on September 8 and had four receptions for 63 yards and a touchdown. He caught a touchdown in his first four career games, becoming the first player to do so in 20 seasons.[13] He caught eight touchdown passes in 2002, his rookie year, but saw less action the next season.[14][15] As a full-time starter in 2004, he had 767 receiving yards and five touchdowns.[16] In 2005, he recorded a career-high 70 receptions for 945 yards with seven touchdowns.[17]

Philadelphia Eagles

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Donté Stallworth during his season with the Eagles.

On August 28, 2006, Stallworth was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles for linebacker Mark Simoneau and a conditional fourth round pick in the 2007 NFL draft.[18] In Stallworth's first game with the Eagles, less than two weeks after the trade, he caught six passes for 141 yards and a touchdown.[19] Due to a nagging hamstring injury, he missed three games early in the regular season, but finished the year with 725 yards and five touchdowns.[20] He caught a touchdown in each of the Eagles' postseason games that season.[21][22]

In March 2007, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Stallworth was in the league substance abuse program.[23]

New England Patriots

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On March 11, 2007, Stallworth agreed to terms with the New England Patriots on a reported six-year deal worth $30 million with $3.5 million guaranteed.[24] The contract was incentive laden, meaning that the Patriots could release him if he underperformed for a small fraction of the full contract.[25] Stallworth was a member of the famous 2007 Patriots, who went 16–0 in the regular season before losing in Super Bowl XLII to the New York Giants.[26] He had three receptions for 34 yards in the Super Bowl.[27] He finished the 2007 season with 46 receptions for 697 yards and three touchdowns.[28] On February 22, 2008, the Patriots declined the option on his contract and he became a free agent.

Cleveland Browns

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On March 1, 2008, Stallworth signed a seven-year, $35 million deal with the Cleveland Browns.[29] However, he had just 17 catches for 170 yards and one touchdown for the Browns in 2008 and then missed the entire 2009 season after being suspended by the NFL following his conviction on manslaughter charges.[30][31] On February 8, 2010, after being reinstated by the NFL, the Browns terminated Stallworth's contract.[32]

Baltimore Ravens

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On February 16, 2010, Stallworth signed a one-year, $900,000 deal with the Baltimore Ravens.[33]

On August 28, 2010, Stallworth broke his foot in a preseason game against the New York Giants. Head Coach John Harbaugh stated that this injury was not season-ending and Stallworth would be back after the Ravens' bye week.[34] Stallworth made his return to the field in November.[35]

On December 23, 2010, Stallworth was voted by his teammates and awarded the Ed Block Courage Award for 2010.[36]

Washington Redskins

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Stallworth signed a one-year deal with the Washington Redskins on July 29, 2011. On November 8, 2011, Stallworth was released and put on waivers.[37] On November 15, 2011, he re-signed with the Redskins after wide receiver, Leonard Hankerson, and defensive end, Kedric Golston, were put on injured reserve.[38] After his return to the team, Stallworth would catch a touchdown pass in the endzone in Week 11 against the Dallas Cowboys allowing the Redskins to go into overtime.[39] At the end of 2011 season, Stallworth recorded 22 receptions, 309 receiving yards, and two touchdowns.[40]

New England Patriots (second stint)

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On March 19, 2012, Stallworth signed with the New England Patriots.[41] On August 27, 2012, Stallworth was released by Patriots.[42] On December 3, 2012, Stallworth re-signed with the Patriots because of a broken right foot suffered by wide receiver Julian Edelman and lack of depth at the wide receiver position.[43] On December 11, it was reported that Stallworth was placed on injured reserve with an ankle injury after only playing in one game during his brief return and making a 63-yard reception for a touchdown.[44][45]

Washington Redskins (second stint)

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Stallworth re-signed with the Redskins on June 12, 2013.[46][47] On August 26, 2013, Stallworth was waived by the Redskins.[48]

NFL career statistics

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Year Team GP Rec Tgts Yards Avg Lng TD FD Fum Lost
2002 NO 13 42 69 594 14.1 57 8 26 0 0
2003 NO 11 25 55 485 19.4 76 3 19 1 1
2004 NO 16 58 106 767 13.2 45 5 35 0 0
2005 NO 16 70 129 945 13.5 43 7 50 0 0
2006 PHI 12 38 70 725 19.1 84 5 30 0 0
2007 NE 16 46 75 697 15.2 69 3 27 0 0
2008 CLE 11 17 45 170 10.0 19 1 8 0 0
2010 BAL 8 2 5 82 41.0 67 0 2 0 0
2011 WAS 11 22 38 309 14.0 51 2 15 0 0
2012 NE 1 1 2 63 63.0 63 1 1 0 0
Career 115 321 594 4,837 15.1 84 35 213 1 1

Journalism

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In September 2014, Stallworth was hired by The Huffington Post for a six-month fellowship covering national security politics full-time, based in the company's Washington, D.C., office. Although the fellowship lasted six months, Stallworth expressed hope that he would be hired permanently.[49] In 2016 Stallworth was hired by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross at Valens Global as a Strategy Consultant. Stallworth's work at Valens focuses on securing and hardening public venues against terror attacks.[50]

Personal life

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DUI manslaughter charges

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On the morning of March 14, 2009, Stallworth struck and killed a pedestrian while driving his car at the eastern end of the MacArthur Causeway in Miami Beach, Florida.

Around 7:15 a.m., Stallworth was headed toward the beach, driving a black 2005 Bentley Continental GT about 50 mph in a 40 mph zone, according to a Miami Beach Police report.[51] Mario Reyes, 59, was on the busy causeway, trying to catch a bus home after finishing his shift.[52] Stallworth claims that he flashed his car's headlights to warn Reyes.[53] Stallworth struck Reyes with his car, killing him.

In a police investigation, Stallworth admitted to drinking the night before the accident. News sources reported that his blood alcohol content was 0.12, over the legal limit of 0.08.[54][55]

On April 1, 2009, Stallworth was charged with DUI manslaughter; he surrendered to police on April 2, 2009, and was released on $200,000 bail.[56] Under a plea deal, he received a sentence of 30 days in the county jail, plus 1,000 hours of community service, two years of community control, and eight years' probation.[57] His Florida state driver's license was permanently suspended.[58] On July 10, 2009, Stallworth was released from county jail after serving 24 days of a 30-day sentence.[59]

The Associated Press reported on June 16, 2009, that Stallworth and the Reyes family reached a financial agreement, avoiding a civil lawsuit. The amount of the settlement was not disclosed.[60]

On August 13, 2009, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Stallworth would be suspended for the 2009 season without pay. Stallworth was reinstated after Super Bowl XLIV.[61]

A Yahoo! Sports story reported that Stallworth's lawyers claimed he could have fought all charges, but that Stallworth chose to be convicted of a felony.[62]

Hot Air Balloon injury

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Stallworth was hospitalized with serious burns on March 16, 2013, after the hot air balloon carrying him and two other people crashed into power lines above South Florida.[63]

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