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COLLEGE FREE AGENTS<br />
STAFF<br />
QUAN COSBY — WR<br />
Height: 5-9 College: Texas<br />
Weight: 196 Born: 12-23-82<br />
Cosby played four years of<br />
pro baseball, as an outfielder in<br />
the Angels’ farm system, before<br />
starting his standout college<br />
football career in 2005 … Played four seasons (2005-08)<br />
at Texas, finishing second in school career receptions (212),<br />
third in receiving yards (2598) and fourth in receiving TDs<br />
(19) … Played in 52 games with 35 starts, helping Longhorns<br />
to 45-7 record … Played every game with three starts<br />
as a freshman as Texas capped 13-0 national championship<br />
season with Rose Bowl win over then-No. 1 USC … Was<br />
consensus first-team All-Big 12 as a senior, helping Texas to<br />
12-1 record with 92 catches for 1123 yards and 10 TDs …<br />
2008 Biletnikoff Award semifinalist … Finished his career<br />
COLIN DOW — G<br />
Height: 6-5 College: Montana<br />
Weight: 315 Born: 2-25-86<br />
One of the top offensive<br />
linemen in Univ. of Montana<br />
history, Dow played 49 games<br />
with 41 starts over four seasons<br />
(2005-08) … Helped offense average 179 rushing yards<br />
per game as a junior and 175 yard per game as a senior<br />
… During his career, Grizzlies had a 45-9 record and<br />
won the Big Sky Conference championship every year<br />
… Dow helped lead team to FCS national semifi nals<br />
in 2006 and to FCS title game in ’08 … Started every<br />
game at LG for 14-2 team as a senior in 2008 and earned<br />
DARIUS HILL — TE<br />
Height: 6-7 College: Ball State<br />
Weight: 245 Born: 8-26-85<br />
Tall, powerful prospect established<br />
new Ball State career<br />
mark for TD receptions (31) …<br />
His 2473 career receiving yards<br />
rank third in school history, and his 158 receptions rank<br />
third … Played in all of team’s 50 games during his career<br />
(2005-08), and was named fi rst-team All-Mid-American<br />
Conference as both a junior and a senior … Earned<br />
honorable mention All-America from SI.com as a junior,<br />
when he posted a school-record 11 TD receptions while<br />
catching 65 passes for 926 yards … Had streak of five<br />
straight games with a TD as a junior … As a senior last<br />
— 119 —<br />
12<br />
with a streak of 44 straight games with at least one reception<br />
… Averaged 23.7 yards on 73 career kickoff returns and 11.3<br />
yards on 33 punt returns … A sixth-round baseball draft<br />
choice in 2001, he played two rookie league and two Class A<br />
seasons in Angels system, batting .260 in 340 career games<br />
… Born in Waco, Texas; hometown is Mart, Texas … Twotime<br />
first-team Class 2A all-state selection as QB and DB at<br />
Mart High School … Batted .479 as a prep senior in baseball;<br />
won track state titles in 100 and 200 meters … Social work<br />
major at Texas; first-team Academic All-Big 12 in 2008 … A<br />
leader in UT’s community service program and was a major<br />
organizer of several events … Twin brother, Quincy, played<br />
football at Baylor … First name is pronounced “Kwahn” …<br />
Signed <strong>Bengals</strong> contract on 5-1-09.<br />
67<br />
multiple nods as an FCS first-team All-American, including<br />
Associated Press and Walter Camp Foundation …<br />
Slowed early in the 2007 season by injuries, but started<br />
the last 10 games at center … First-team All-Big Sky as<br />
a sophomore … Did not play as a redshirt in 2004 …<br />
<strong>Home</strong>town is Billings, Mont. … Earned football all-state<br />
honors at Billings Senior High School and also lettered<br />
in track … Team captain in football and track as a prep<br />
senior, and was school’s student body president as a<br />
senior … Psychology major at Montana … Signed<br />
<strong>Bengals</strong> contract on 4-30-09.<br />
49<br />
season, he helped lead Cardinals to 12-2 mark, including<br />
a 12-0 start before losses to Buffalo (MAC title game) and<br />
Tulsa (GMAC Bowl) … Caught 40-for-670 last season<br />
with seven TDs … Caught 42-for-741 as a sophomore,<br />
and his 10 TD catches were a school record until he broke<br />
it the next season … Did not play as a redshirt in 2004<br />
… Born in St. Charles, Mo.; hometown is Blue Springs,<br />
Mo. … Attended Blue Springs High School, where he<br />
helped team to a 13-0 record as a senior … Earned three<br />
prep letters in basketball … Participated in <strong>Bengals</strong> <strong>2009</strong><br />
rookie minicamp as a tryout player, and was signed to a<br />
contract on 5-3-09, following the camp.<br />
ROSTERS<br />
VETERANS<br />
<strong>2009</strong> DRAFT CHOICES<br />
COLLEGE FREE AGENTS<br />
2008 REVIEW<br />
HISTORY RECORDS STADIUM , NFL & MEDIA
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