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VETERANS &RETURNING PLAYERSAntonio Gates, continuedput him at season-high 106 for game. 2010: Pro Bowl...second-teamAssociated Press All-Pro...led team with 10touchdown catches...60th career touchdown catch Sept. 13at Kansas City...Sept. 19 vs. Jacksonville, passed Steve Jordan(6,307) for seventh in NFL receiving yards by tight end...nineyardtouchdown in second quarter was 61st of career, breakingtie with Jerry Smith for the third most touchdowns bytight end in NFL history…later in second quarter, secondtouchdown catch (62) put him into tie with Shannon Sharpefor second among tight ends…12-yard touchdown pass infourth quarter at Seattle Sept. 26 was 63rd-career, secondmostall-time among NFL tight ends...seventh-straight gamewith touchdown, second-longest in team history...vs. Seattlepassed Lance Alworth (493) for fourth-most catches in teamhistory...two touchdowns Oct. 3 vs. Arizona, eighth-straightgame with touchdown catch, one shy of Alworth’s teamrecord...caught 500th career pass vs. Cardinals to becomeseventh tight end in NFL history with at least 500 catchesand fastest tight end in NFL history to reach 500...12 pointsvs. Arizona put him into sixth on team’s all-time scoringlist...19-yard touchdown catch in second quarter Oct. 10 atOakland was team-record-tying ninth-straight game withtouchdown (Alworth, 1963).. .injured foot Oct. 17 at St.Louis...Oct. 24 vs. New England, passed Winslow (6,741) forsixth-most yards by tight end in NFL history...touchdowncatch in fourth quarter was eighth of season, extendingleague record of consecutive seasons with at least eight toseven...18th-career 100-yard game Oct. 31 vs. Tennessee,tying John Jefferson for seventh-most in team history...41sttouchdown catch from Philip Rivers vs. Tennessee set newteam record for quarterback-tight end combo...Dan Fouts &Winslow (40) held previous mark... missed first-career gamedue to injury (foot) Nov. 7 at Houston...placed on “Reserve-Injured” Dec. 30...did not play in Pro Bowl due to injury (foot).2009: Pro Bowl Starter...second-team All-Pro by AssociatedPress and first-team by Sports Illustrated...Chargersco-Offensive Player of Year ...led team with 79 receptionsand ranked second with career-high 1,157 yards...14.6 yardsper catch average led all NFL tight ends...teamed with VincentJackson (1,167 yards) for Chargers’ first 1,000-yardreceiving duo since 1985, and combined to give Chargersmost yards by receiving duo since 1980...Oct. 24 at Pittsburgh,124 yards and first two touchdowns of season...firsttouchdown on 3rd-and-goal, plus catches of 26 on 3rd-and-8 and 16 on 3rd-and-15 during drive...over 100 yards on secondtouchdown...drew 26-yard pass interference penalty onseparate touchdown drive...Game Ball after 118-yard, twotouchdowngame vs. Kansas City Nov. 29...touchdowns were54th and 55th of career, third-most all-time among tightends...Dec. 13 at Dallas on receiving end of Philip Rivers’100th career touchdown pass...Game Ball after career-high167 yards at Cleveland Dec. 6...catches of 56 and 18 yardsduring drive when LaDainian Tomlinson scored 150th careertouchdown...Dec. 25 at Tennessee, on receiving end of 36-yard touchdown that gives him new season career-high foryards and puts Rivers over 4,000 yards for season...movesinto tie with Gary Garrison for second-most touchdowncatches in team annals (58)...59th career touchdown catchJan. 3 vs. Washington for second on team touchdown receptionslist. 2008: Pro Bowl selection… 48th-career touchdowncatch late second quarter vs. New Orleans in Londonto move past Charlie Joiner for third-most touchdowns inteam history…game-winning touchdown catch (eight yards)with 6:55 left in fourth quarter vs. Kansas City Nov. 9…ChargersAlumni co-Offensive Player of Month(December)…season-high two touchdowns Dec. 21 atTampa Bay were 50th and 51st of career…fastest tight end inNFL history to 50 (92 gms), beating Jerry Smith (100)…over5,000 career yards on first touchdown...second-fastest to5,000 yards (Winslow, 69 gms)…two one-handed catches inTampa Bay game... team-high eight catches in Jan. 5 WildCard overtime win vs. Indianapolis…did not play in Pro Bowl(ankle). 2007: Pro Bowl starter…All-AFC by Pro FootballWeekly and Professional Football Writers of America…17-yardhalfback-option touchdown catch from Tomlinsonin 14-3 Opening Day win vs. Chicago…Game Ball after113 yards and touchdown Oct. 7 vs. Denver…touchdowns of49 and 31 yards vs. Houston Oct. 28...over 4,000 careerreceiving yards in Texans’ game (68th career)...third-fastesttight end in NFL history to 4,000 behind Winslow (58 games)and Mike Ditka (67)…two touchdown catches vs. BaltimoreNov. 25 (41 and 42 yards) to crack top-five on team’s touchdownreception list…game-tying touchdown (two yards) with:09 left in fourth quarter of overtime win at Tennessee Dec.9…in overtime, 11-yard catch on 3rd-and-4 of game-winningtouchdown drive…toe injury in Wild Card vs. Tennessee…played in Divisional Playoffs and Championship Game withinjured toe, but did not play in Pro Bowl. 2006: Pro Bowl…first-team All-Pro by Associated Press, Sporting News,USA Today Sports Weekly, Pro Football Weekly and ProfessionalFootball Writers of America, Sports Illustrated,SportsIllustrated.com, and ESPN.com...All-AFC by PFWand PFWA...NFL.com All-Interview…57-yard touchdownat San Francisco Oct. 15 is career second-longest…19-yardtouchdown catch from Tomlinson in 21-14 win vs. OaklandNov. 26…Chargers Alumni Player of Week after 104 yardsand two TDs Dec. 10 vs. DEN...first-career 100-yard gameand touchdowns vs. Broncos…ninth touchdown catch in Dec.31 season finale vs. Arizona…leading receiver in Jan. 14 AFCPlayoffs vs. New England. 2005: Pro Bowl starter…firstteamAll-Pro by Associated Press, Sporting News, SportsIllustrated and SportsIllustrated.com, ESPN.com, ProANTONIO GATES’ ALL-PRO HONORSEight-time Pro Bowl selection (2004-11 seasons)Sporting News All-Pro (2004-06)AP First-Team All-Pro (2004-06)AP Second-Team All-Pro (2009-10)Pro Football Weekly and Professional FootballWriters of America All-Pro (2004-06)USA Today Sports WeeklyAll-Pro (2005-06)SI and SI.com All-Pro (2004-06) ESPN.com All-Pro (2005-06)Football Digest All-Pro (2004)Dallas Morning News All-Pro (2009)MEDIA GUIDE | 60
Football Weekly and Professional Football Writers ofAmerica, and USA Today Sports Weekly…Chargers coOffensive Player of Year…Pro Football Weekly MidseasonAll-Pro…tied team record for catches by tight end (89)and yards (1,101) were most by Bolts’ tight end since ’83(Winslow)...second tight end in NFL history (Todd Christensen,’83) with 1,100-yard, 10 touchdown season...23touchdown catches between 2004-05, most ever by tightend over two-year span...did not play Week 1 vs. Dallas (rosterexemption)…Chargers Alumni Player of Week aftertying career-high with three touchdowns and season-high 10catches and 145 yards Oct. 30 vs. Kansas City...132 yardsweek later at New York Jets…27-yard touchdown catch for14-3 lead over Buffalo Nov. 20, but injured foot in third quarterand did not return…started following week at Washingtonand 24-yard catch on first play of overtime immediated precededgame-winning 41-yard touchdown run…123 yards vs.Miami Dec. 11 to raise season total to new career-high of997...career-high 13 catches vs. Dolphins, including eightyardtouchdown with :15 left in fourth quarter. 2004: ProBowl starter…first-team All-Pro by Associated Press,Football Digest, Sporting News, Sports Illustrated andSportsIllustrated.com…second-team All-Pro by College &Pro Football News weekly…All-NFL, All-AFC and All-Prosecond-team by Pro Football Weekly and ProfessionalFootball Writers of America…NFL Alumni AssociationTight End of Year…Chargers Offensive Player of Year…season-high 123 yards in Week 1 at Houston…ChargersAlumni Player of Week after season-high three touchdownsvs. New Orleans Nov. 7…first Chargers receiver withthree touchdown catches in game since ’97 (Tony Martin vs.Baltimore) and first three-touchdown game by Bolts tightend since ’83 (Winslow vs. Kansas City)…10th and 11thtouchdowns in fourth quarter at Kansas City Nov. 28 to setnew single-season mark for tight ends (Winslow and WillieFrazier, 10)…touchdowns vs. Chiefs were eight in last fourgames, tying Wes Chandler for most by Charger in four-gamestretch…career-long 72-yard touchdown in AFC West-clinchingwin at Cleveland Dec. 19…12th touchdown of season totie NFL record for tight ends…set tight end single-seasontouchdown record with 13th at Indianapolis Dec. 26…did notplay vs. Kansas City Jan. 2…one-yard touchdown catch with:11 left in fourth quarter forced overtime in Wild Card vs.New York Jets…21 and 44-yard catches during drive…12-yardtouchdown from Peyton Manning for 28-7 lead in secondquarter of 38-27 Pro Bowl win Feb. 13. 2003: First-careertouchdown Nov. 9 vs. Minnesota on pass from Doug Flutie…season-high117 yards vs. Green Bay Dec. 14, includingseason-long 48-yard catch…first 100-yard receiving game byChargers rookie since Wayne Walker at Washington (1989).COLLEGE: Honorable mention Associated Press All-Americaas senior after averaging 20.6 points per game and 7.7rebounds per game…first-team All-Mid-American Conferenceand runner-up for MAC Player of Year…sixth in school historywith 1,216 points…spent first college semester at MichiganState...transferred to Eastern Michigan in Spring ’99, averaging10.2 ppg and 7.4 rpg…attended College of Sequoias in2000-01 but did not play…general studies major.PERSONAL: Born June 18, 1980 in Detroit, Mich.…ledDetroit Central High to Class A state championship as senior…first-team all-state in football and basketball.VETERANS &RETURNING PLAYERSRegular Season Receiving Special Teams PostseasonYear Team G-S No.-Yds. Avg. Long TD Tackles G-S No.-Yds. Avg. Long TD2003 San Diego 15-11 24-389 16.2 48 2 4 n/a2004 San Diego 15-15 81-964 11.9 72t 13 0 1-1 6-89 14.8 44 12005 San Diego 15-15 89-1,101 12.4 38 10 0 n/a2006 San Diego 16-16 71-924 13.0 57t 9 0 1-1 6-61 10.2 19 02007 San Diego 16-16 75-984 13.1 49t 9 0 3-2 6-60 10.0 23 02008 San Diego 16-16 60-704 11.7 34 8 0 2-2 13-146 11.2 30 02009 San Diego 16-16 79-1,157 14.6 56 8 0 1-1 8-93 11.6 23 02010 San Diego 10-10 50-782 15.6 48t 10 0 n/a2011 San Diego 13-13 64-778 12.2 38t 7 0 n/aTotals 132-128 593-7,783 13.1 72t 76 4 8-7 39-449 11.5 44 1Regular-Season Single-game HighsPostseason Single-game HighsReceptions — 13 vs. Miami Dec. 11, 2005 Receptions — 8 (2 times) Last: vs. New York Jets, Jan. 17, 2010Receiving Yards — 167 at Cleveland Dec. 6, 2009 Receiving Yards — 93 vs. New York Jets, Jan. 17, 2010Receiving Long — 72t at Cleveland Dec. 19, 2004 Receiving Long — 44 vs. New York Jets, Jan. 8, 2005Receiving TDs — 3 (2 times) Last: vs. Kansas City Oct. 30, 2005 Receiving TDs — 1 vs. New York Jets, Jan. 8, 2005Receiving Long TD — 72t at Cleveland Dec. 19, 2004 Receiving Long TD — 1t vs. New York Jets, Jan. 8, 2005Receptions by Opponent (incl. playoffs)Opponent Games No. Yards Avg. Long TDArizona 2 11 200 18.2 33t 3Atlanta 2 9 107 11.9 23 0Baltimore 5 17 255 15.0 37 2Buffalo 4 23 290 12.6 27t 4Carolina 2 11 122 11.1 24t 1Chicago 3 13 170 13.1 26 2Cincinnati 3 10 114 11.4 27 1Cleveland 4 11 261 23.7 72t 1Dallas 1 4 44 11.0 14t 1Denver 15 57 723 12.7 34 4Detroit 3 7 66 9.4 16 0Green Bay 3 24 326 13.6 48 1Houston 2 11 215 19.5 49t 2Indianapolis 7 33 293 8.9 30 1Jacksonville 5 24 282 11.8 29 5Kansas City 14 77 952 12.4 35t 12Miami 4 19 199 10.5 25 1Minnesota 3 12 139 11.6 26 1New England 7 29 348 12.0 38 3New Orleans 2 11 152 13.8 30 4New York Giants 2 11 159 14.5 29 1New York Jets 6 33 432 13.1 44 3MEDIA GUIDE | 61Oakland 18 74 1,040 14.1 38t 10Philadelphia 2 15 150 10.0 20 1Pittsburgh 6 29 373 12.9 30t 4St. Louis 2 7 78 11.1 27 0San Francisco 1 5 78 15.6 57t 1Seattle 2 9 172 19.1 38 1Tampa Bay 2 5 60 12.0 17 2Tennessee 6 27 381 14.1 48t 4Washington 2 4 51 12.8 24 1Totals 140 632 8,232 13.0 72t 77Continued next page
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GAME-DAY MEDIA PARKING: Media atten
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Page 35 and 36: VETERANS &RETURNING PLAYERSQuentin
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Page 39 and 40: 97 BRONT BIRDInside Linebacker Free
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Page 43 and 44: 86 VINCENT BROWNWide Receiver Draft
Page 45 and 46: 20 ANTOINE CASONCornerback Draft 1
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27 EDWIN BAKERRunning Back Draft 7B
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2011 IN REVIEWRyan Mathews finished
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RECORDSDuring the Chargers’ Dec.
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HEAD COACHESSid Gillman1960-69, ’
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