Corey Bradford
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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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| Born: | December 8, 1975 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 201 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Clinton (LA) | ||||||||
| College: | Jackson State | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1998 / round: 5 / pick: 150 | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
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Corey Lamon Bradford (born December 8, 1975) is an American former professional football wide receiver. He played for the Green Bay Packers, Houston Texans, and Detroit Lions.[2]
Early life
[edit]Bradford attended Clinton High School in Clinton, Louisiana, and was a four-year letterwinner in football, basketball, and track & field. In football, he won All-State honors at defensive back as a senior, and was the starting quarterback for two years. In basketball, he won All-District honors, and in track & field, he won the state long jump title as a junior.
College career
[edit]Bradford attended Hinds Community College in Raymond, Mississippi for two years and garnered two varsity letters in track and field.
Bradford attended Jackson State University, and played football his senior year.[3] He was named the Southwestern Athletic Conference "Newcomer of the Year", and was a first-team All-SWAC selection. He finished his impressive season with 48 receptions for 937 yards (19.5 yards per rec. avg.)
Professional career
[edit]| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft 0+5⁄8 in (1.84 m) | 197 lb (89 kg) | 35+1⁄4 in (0.90 m) | 9+3⁄8 in (0.24 m) | 4.47 s | 1.66 s | 2.66 s | 4.36 s | 8.07 s | 34.5 in (0.88 m) | |||
| All values from NFL Combine[4] | ||||||||||||
Bradford was drafted in the fifth round of the 1998 NFL draft by the Green Bay Packers.[5] He played in Green Bay for four years before signing with the Houston Texans as a free agent in March 2002.[6] On March 15, 2006, Bradford signed a four-year contract with the Detroit Lions,[6] which included a $2 million signing bonus; he was released on September 27, 2006, and re-signed with the team on November 16, 2006. On July 26, 2007, he signed with the Redskins and was released on September 1, 2007. Bradford scored 25 receiving touchdowns in his career.
Bradford holds the record for the lowest career catch rate in NFL history (minimum 200 career receptions), catching only 45.7% of the passes that were intended for him.
NFL career statistics
[edit]| Year | Team | Games | Receiving | |||||
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| GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
| 1998 | GB | 8 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
| 1999 | GB | 16 | 2 | 37 | 637 | 17.2 | 74 | 5 |
| 2000 | GB | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | GB | 16 | 6 | 31 | 526 | 17.0 | 56 | 2 |
| 2002 | HOU | 16 | 16 | 45 | 697 | 15.5 | 81 | 6 |
| 2003 | HOU | 16 | 6 | 24 | 460 | 19.2 | 78 | 4 |
| 2004 | HOU | 15 | 10 | 27 | 399 | 14.8 | 47 | 3 |
| 2005 | HOU | 16 | 6 | 34 | 436 | 12.8 | 50 | 5 |
| 2006 | DET | 9 | 2 | 14 | 164 | 11.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Career | 114 | 50 | 215 | 3,346 | 15.6 | 81 | 25 | |
References
[edit]- ^ "Corey Bradford". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
- ^ Corey Bradford career stats, NFL.com, retrieved January 20, 2010
- ^ Corey Bradford Archived September 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, houstontexans.com, retrieved January 20, 2010
- ^ "Corey Bradford, Combine Results, WR - Jackson State (MS)". nflcombineresults.com. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
- ^ "1998 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
- ^ a b Bentley, Brooke "Where are they now: Corey Bradford[permanent dead link]", houstontexans.com, April 9, 2009, retrieved January 20, 2010