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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