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team … Named AFC Offensive Player of the Month for
September, with 24 catches for 331 yards and a TD in
three games … Caught eight-for-153 in Jets’ 23-16
victory on Sept. 10 at Tennessee … Tied career high
with 12 catches Dec. 17 at Minnesota for 144 yards and
a TD. 2007—Limited to 12 games and 10 starts by high
ankle sprain, missing action due to injury for first time
in career … Despite missed time, led Jets in TD catches
(six) and was 55-for-646 receiving … Named an offensive
captain … Led all receivers on Oct. 21 at Bengals in
catches (eight), yards (133) and TDs (two) … Placed on
Reserve/Injured list on Dec. 22.
COLLEGE: Finished his Florida State career with 127
LAVERANUES COLES’ STATISTICS
— 31 —
catches for 2012 yards and nine TDs … Became second
player under coach Bobby Bowden to score a TD via kick
return, reception and rush in the same season … Logged
2012 all-purpose yards in his final season in 1999, with
1064 receiving, 260 rushing and 688 on kickoff returns.
PERSONAL: Hometown is Jacksonville, Fla. …
Attended Ribault High School, where he played RB and
rushed for almost 5000 career yards while earning Class
4A all-state honors … Also as a prep senior, played on
state championship basketball team … Has two sons,
Trilion and Landon … Avid collector of DVD movies,
with more than 2000 in his collection … First name is
pronounced “luh-VER-nee-us.”
Receiving Rushing Scoring
YEAR TEAM G-S NO YDS AVG LG TD ATT YDS AVG LG TD TD TD-R TD-P TD-Rt 2-PtC PTS
2000 N.Y. Jets 13-0 22 370 16.8 63 1 2 15 7.5 8 0 1 0 1 0 1 8
2001 N.Y. Jets 16-16 59 868 14.7 40t 7 10 108 10.8 20 0 7 0 7 0 0 42
2002 N.Y. Jets 16-16 89 1264 14.2 43 5 6 39 6.5 21 0 5 0 5 0 1 32
2003 Washington 16-16 82 1204 14.7 64 6 10 39 3.9 23 0 6 0 6 0 0 36
2004 Washington 16-16 90 950 10.6 45 1 3 -3 -1.0 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 6
2005 N.Y. Jets 16-16 73 845 11.6 43 5 0 0 — — 0 5 0 5 0 0 30
2006 N.Y. Jets 16-16 91 1098 12.1 58t 6 2 14 7.0 15 0 6 0 6 0 0 36
2007 N.Y. Jets 12-10 55 646 11.7 57t 6 0 0 — — 0 6 0 6 0 0 36
2008 N.Y. Jets 16-16 70 850 12.1 54 7 2 9 4.5 6 0 7 0 7 0 0 42
NYJ TOTALS 105-90 459 5941 12.9 63 37 22 185 8.4 21 0 37 0 37 0 2 226
WASH. TOTALS 32-32 172 2154 12.5 64 7 13 36 2.8 23 0 7 0 7 0 0 42
CAREER 137-122 631 8095 12.8 64 44 35 221 6.3 23 0 44 0 44 0 2 268
Special Teams Kickoff Returns Punt Returns
FR-
YEAR TEAM ST AT TT FF YDS BP BFG BXP NO YDS AVG FC LG TD NO YDS AVG FC LG TD
2000 N.Y. Jets 5 0 5 0 0-0 0 0 0 11 207 18.8 0 24 0 — — — — — —
2001 N.Y. Jets 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 9 211 23.4 0 34 0 — — — — — —
2006 N.Y. Jets 0 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 — — — — — —
CAREER 5 0 5 0 0-0 0 0 0 21 418 19.9 0 34 0 — — — — — —
—— COLES’ SINGLE-GAME HIGHS ——
RECEIVING — Receptions: 12 (twice), most recently at Minn. 12-17-06 (for NYJ); Yards: 180 at Atl. 9-14-03 (for Wash.); Long: 64 vs.
Sea. 11-9-03 (for Wash.); Touchdowns: 3 vs. Ariz. 9-28-08 (for NYJ).
RUSHING — Attempts: 2 (twice), most recently at Mia. 11-23-03 (for Wash.); Yards: 23 vs NYG 9-21-03 (for Wash.); Long: 23 vs NYG
9-21-03 (for Wash.).
—— POSTSEASON ——
Receiving Rushing Scoring
YEAR TEAM G-S NO YDS AVG LG TD ATT YDS AVG LG TD TD TD-R TD-P TD-Rt 2-PtC PTS
2001 N.Y. Jets 1-1 8 123 15.4 29 0 1 7 7.0 7 0 — — — — — —
2002 N.Y. Jets 2-2 8 66 8.3 14 0 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0 — — — — — —
2006 N.Y. Jets 1-1 5 45 9.0 14 0 0 0 — — 0 — — — — — —
CAREER 4-4 21 234 11.1 29 0 2 6 3.0 7 0 — — — — — —
10 WINS, NO PLAYOFFS
The best Bengals team to miss out on postseason play was coach Bill Johnson’s 1976 club, which
went 10-4 but lost a tiebreaker to Pittsburgh for the AFC Central title. Only one Wild Card team made the
playoffs from each conference at that time, and the berth went to an 11-3 New England club that lost a
tiebreaker in the AFC East. One other Bengals team — the 1986 club — won 10 games (10-6) and failed
to make the playoffs.
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