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RUEBEN RANDLE
WIDE RECEIVER
Height - 6-3
Weight - 210
College - LSU
High School - Bastrop (Louisiana)
Birthdate - May 7, 1991
How Acquired - Draft, 2nd Round
(63rd pick overall)
new york football giants
TRANSACTIONS:
- Originally a third round draft choice by the
Giants in 2012.
GIANTS NOTES:
- Caught his first NFL touchdown vs. Green
Bay (11/25) on a 16-yard pass from Eli
Manning in the first quarter.
CAREER NOTES:
- Randle played in 40 games with 25 starts
at LSU - four at slot receiver, nine at flanker
and 12 at split end…Caught 97 passes for
1,634 yards (16.9-yard avg.) and 13 touchdowns…His
average of 17.3 yards per reception
in 2011 tied Josh Reed (2000) for 4th on
the school’s single-season list…Randle’s eight
touchdown catches in 2011 placed 11th on
the Tigers’ annual list…Recorded five 100-yard
receiving performances during his career,
including four in 2011.
2012 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS:
- Saw action at receiver and at punt returner
at Washington (12/3)...Caught one passes for
13 yards...Also returned two punts back for 11
yards.
- Saw action at receiver and as punt returner
vs. Green Bay (11/25)...Caught two passes for
26 yards, including his first NFL touchdown
reception, a 16-yarder from Eli Manning in the
first quarter...Returned two punts for 0 yards.
- Saw extended action at receiver and served
as punt returner at Cincinnati (11/11)...Caught
two catches for four yards...Also had his best
punt-return day of his young career, when he
when gained 28 yards on his two returns.
- Saw action at receiver and as punt returner
vs. Pittsburgh (11/4)...Targeted three times by
Eli Manning, but did not record a catch.
- Saw action at receiver and as punter
returner at Dallas (10/28)...Connected on
a 56-yard third down reception to set up
Lawrence Tynes 41-yard field goal for the first
score of the afternoon...Finished with two
receptions for 68 yards...Returned one punt
for one yard.
- Saw action at reciever and as punter
returner vs. Washington (10/21)...His only
return opportunity was a fair catch.
- Saw action at receiver and as punter
returners at San Francisco (10/14)...Returned
to punts for two yards.
- Saw extended action vs. Cleveland (10/7)
due to the injuries to Hakeem Nicks (Foot,
Knee) and Ramses Barden (Head)...Led team
with six receptions for 82 yards, including a
team-high 36-yarder...Targeted nine times
by Eli Manning...Returned his only punt eight
yards.
- Saw action at receiver and as punt returner
at the Eagles (9/30)...Returned three
punts for 29 yards, with a long of 18.
- Played receiver and on special teams
against Carolina (9/20)...Returned one punt
back for six yards...Caught first career pass at
the 4:20 mark of the first quarter, a four-yard
reception that helped set up Lawrence Tynes
47-yard field goal.
- Saw action at receiver and on special
teams...Returned two punts back for 23
yards...Also had three fair catches...Had a
42-yard punt returned called back due to a
block-in-the-back penalty.
- Made his NFL debut against the Cowboys
in the season opener against Dallas (9/5).