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NoteCARDS:
Earned his second career Pro Bowl selection last season, joining Mel Gray (1974-77) and Roy Green (183-84) as the only Cardinal receivers to earn multiple Pro Bowl selections.
Reached the 300 career reception plateau faster than any player in NFL history. He hit the mark in Oakland on 10/22/06 after only 47 games, seven faster than the previous record holder (Lionel Taylor, Denver).
Boldin’s 342 catches in his first 56 career games are the most ever by an NFL receiver in that span.
Reached the 4,000-yard receiving mark in his 48th career game and became the 3rd fastest player in NFL history to reach the milestone behind Lance Alworth (42) and Randy Moss (47); Charley Hennigan and Jerry Rice also did it in 48.
His four 100-yard receiving games in 2006 gave him 19 for his career, placing him third on the Cardinals all-time list, one short of Roy Green (20) and three short of tying Jackie Smith (22) for first place on the list.
Owns three of the nine best receiving yardage seasons in Cardinals history.
Eclipsed the 1,000-yard receiving mark in 2006, the third time he has done so in his four years in the NFL (2003, ‘05, ‘06). RB Edgerrin James topped 1,000 yards rushing to give the Cards a 1,000-yard rusher and receiver in the same season for just the fifth time ever and first time since 1998 (Adrian Murrell & Frank Sanders).
Despite missing two games in the middle of the 2005 season, caught 102 passes that year breaking his previous personal best and franchise record of 101 (2003). Only surpassed by Larry Fitzgerald who caught 103 passes in 2005.
Set a new franchise mark in 2005 with five consecutive games with at least 100 yards receiving record.
In 2005, Boldin and Fitzgerald became only the second tandem in NFL history to top 100 receptions and 1,400 receiving yards in the same season (Detroit’s Herman Moore and Brett Perriman in 1995).
Boldin and Fitzgerald eclipsed the franchise record for 100-yard receiving games in a season, combining for 15 in 2005, the previous record was 11 (2001).
In 2003, set NFL rookie records for Most Pass Receptions (101); Most Receiving Yards, First NFL Game (217); and the Cardinals Single-Season Receptions record (101) en route to Offensive Rookie of the Year honors that season.
Pro Career:
A second-round draft choice and the sixth receiver taken in the 2003 Draft, Boldin became the most prolific rookie receiver in league annals with 101 receptions, which broke the previous NFL record of 90 (New England’s Terry Glenn, 1996). The only rookie selected to the Pro Bowl in the 2003 season, Boldin recorded five 100-yard games in his rookie year. Missed the first six games of 2004 with a knee injury suffered in training camp. In 2005, caught 102 passes for 1,402 yards and seven touchdowns while becoming the franchise leader in consecutive games with 100 or more yards receiving with five. In 2005, he and Larry Fitzgerald became the second tandem of receivers with 100 receptions and 1,400 yards in a season (Detroit’s Herman Moore and Brett Perriman in 1995). In 2006, he earned the second Pro Bowl selection of his career after putting up 83 receptions for 1,203 yards and four touchdowns. He also became the fastest player in NFL history to record 300 career receptions, hitting the mark on 10/22/06 at Oakland, his 47th career game, seven games faster than previous record holder Lionel Taylor.
2006: For the third time in four years went over 1,000 yards receiving and was also selected to the Pro Bowl for the second time in his career hauled in four passes for 62 yards with his first catch of the season being a six-yard TD from Kurt Warner in the first quarter of the season opener vs. SF (9/10) hauled in 10 passes for 129 yards vs. StL (9/24), marking his 11th game in a row with at least three catches and 60 yards receiving caught four passes for 71 yards including rookie QB Matt Leinart’s first career TD pass when he pulled in a team-long 49-yard pass in the first quarter to give the Cardinals a 7-0 lead vs. KC (10/8) established a new career high on the regular season’s biggest stage with 12 receptions in his first ever Monday Night appearance, piling up a game-high 136 yards and a TD vs. Chi (10/16); his 17th 100-yard game moved him into a tie for fourth (Mel Gray) most in team history recorded the 300th reception of his career @ Oak (10/22) on his first catch of the day, a 15-yard pass from Matt Leinart, to become the fastest receiver in NFL history to reach the career milestone (47 games); ended the day with four receptions for 59 yards one week after becoming the fastest receiver to 300 receptions, set another personal milestone when he reached 4,000 career receiving yards, recording four receptions for 47 yards @ GB (10/29) grabbed nine receptions for 140 yards and a TD @ Min (11/26): his nine receptions moved him into 10th place on the Cardinals career receptions list, passing Rob Moore (322) and his 140 yards gave him his 18th career 100-yard game and moved him into a tie with Moore for third most in team history caught five passes for 60 yards and rushed once for five yards vs. Den (12/17); earned his third 1,000-yard receiving season in the past four years, joining Roy Green as the only Cardinals receivers with three 1,000-yard seasons in franchise history voted to his second career Pro Bowl on 12/19/06 ended the season with a terrific performance @ SD (12/31), catching four passes for 112 yards, including a Cardinal season-long reception of 64 yards, most of which came on an electrifying run after the catch.
2005: Opened the season by continuing his streak of catching at least three passes in every game he has played, catching four passes for 62 yards @ NYG (9/11) recorded his eighth career 100-yard receiving game vs. StL (9/18) with 119 yards on eight receptions recorded a game-high eight receptions for 116 yards and a touchdown vs. SF (10/2); combined with Fitzgerald’s 102 yards, the duo became the first Cardinals pair to collect 100 or more receiving yards in the same game since 1999 recorded 10 receptions for 162 yards vs. Car (10/9) becoming the first Cardinals receiver since David Boston in December of 2001 to record consecutive 100 yard receiving games; teamed with Fitzgerald to become the first pair of Cardinals receivers to record 100+ yards in consecutive games; seven of his 10 receptions vs. Carolina came for 10 or more yards held without a catch for the first time in his career vs. Ten (10/23) which ended his streak of having three or more receptions in every game he has played at 31 suffered a bone contusion in his right knee @ Dal (10/30) after catching three passes for 69 yards including a 44-yard touchdown from Josh McCown inactive vs. Sea (11/6); @ Det (11/13) due to a knee injury became the fastest NFL receiver to reach 200 receptions after making eight grabs for 105 yards and a touchdown @ StL (11/20); recorded his fourth 100-yard game of the season recorded a career-high 11 receptions for 156 yards including a 54-yard touchdown in which he dodged at least five 49ers defenders @ SF (12/4) became the second Cardinals receiver to record 1,000 yards in 2005 with nine receptions for 114 yards vs. Was (12/11) recorded a team-record fifth consecutive 100-yard game @ Hou (12/18) with eight catches for 134 yards and a touchdown recorded a team and game high eight receptions for 81 yards en route to finishing the year with 102 receptions, topping his former team record of 101 which he set in 2003 as a rookie.
2004: Underwent surgery to repair a slightly torn meniscus in his right knee on 8/11 after suffering the injury in a training camp practice on 8/10 subsequently deactivated due to the knee injury for the first six games of 2004 returned to action @ Buf (10/31) as a third receiver and recorded a game-high four receptions for 50 yards in his first start of the season tied Larry Fitzgerald for a team-high five receptions in his homecoming game @ Mia (11/7) for 37 yards in his second game back from a knee injury became the first Cardinals receiver to post a 100-yard game in 2004 with nine receptions for 109 yards vs. SF (12/12) recorded his first receiving touchdown of the year and put the Cardinals on the board first with a 31-yard pass from McCown in the first quarter @ Sea (12/26); recorded his second 100-yard receiving day of the season and the seventh of his career.
2003: In his first professional season, caught at least three passes in all 16 games and his five 100-yard receiving games were the most by a Cardinal since 1998 (Frank Sanders, 5) authored the Cards’ three longest plays from scrimmage, all touchdowns (71, 60, and 54 yards), and eight of the top 10 led the NFL with 40 third-down receptions and registered 64 first downs to lead all rookies held the third down receiving leader spot for 15 of 17 weeks stellar rookie campaign began @ Det (9/7) with a 10-reception, 217-yard day, the latter the season’s league wide single-game best; his 217 yards set an NFL record for a rookie in his first game and were the most yards by a rookie since 1996 (226, St. Louis Rams, Eddie Kennison); six of 10 grabs came for third-down conversions and 172 combined yards; after a relatively quiet first half (four receptions for 54 yards), Boldin sped 71 yards on the third play of the third quarter and took Jeff Blake’s pass to the end zone for a 21-14 Cardinals lead his five receptions for 99 yards in the Cards 20-13 win vs. GB (9/21) gave him more receptions (23) and yards (378) in his first three games than any other player in NFL history; set up the Cards first touchdown with a 38-yard catch to the one-yard line on third-and-10 grabbed six passes for 51 yards vs. Cin (11/2) including a seven-yard touchdown pass from Blake for the game-deciding points in the third quarter of a 17-14 win in his biggest day since the season opener recorded eight receptions for 118 yards and a touchdown @ Pit (11/9) hauled in six passes for 123 yards vs. StL (11/23) with touchdowns of 54 and three yards recorded nine receptions for 123 yards @ SF (12/7) including a one-handed 16-yard touchdown grab from McCown on fourth down late in the game while inducing four penalties from 49er defenders for either pass interference or defensive holding became the NFL’s single-season rookie reception leader with 10 receptions for 122 yards @ Sea (12/21), pushing his season total to 96 catches six more than the previous record-holder Terry Glenn (New England, 1996); recorded eight receptions for 133 yards in the second half, including an acrobatic 60-yard scoring connection from McCown; another apparent touchdown was ruled incomplete after replay review.
College:
Former quarterback was the consummate team player for Florida State, playing wherever the coaching staff needed him played quarterback in his final game after injuries and suspensions depleted FSU’s quarterback corps despite starting only 23 games, finished career with 118 receptions for 1,790 yards (15.2-yard average) and 21 touchdowns all-Atlantic Coast Conference (A.C.C.) second team selection by the league’s media as senior recipient of the conference’s Brian Piccolo Award, given to the A.C.C.’s most courageous player as a senior in 2002 led Seminoles in receiving with career-high 65 receptions for 1,011 yards (15.6-yard average) and 13 touchdowns rushed 21 times for 86 yards (4.1 yard average) and completed seven of 16 passes (43.8 percent) for 111 yards and a score played receiver and quarterback in final college game vs. Georgia in the Sugar Bowl; had three receptions for 34 yards and a five-yard touchdown and completed six of 14 passes for 78 yards and a 40-yard score; added 34 rushing yards on 13 carries granted medical redshirt as junior after suffering torn anterior cruciate knee ligament prior to start of season started seven games as a sophomore split end, finishing third on team with 41 receptions for 664 yards (16.2-yard average) and six touchdowns one of three true Florida State freshmen to earn a letter in his first collegiate game, caught touchdown passes of four and 29 yards vs. Louisiana Tech.
Personal:
Full name Anquan Kenmile Boldin attended Pahokee (FL) High School regarded as one of the top prospects in the country by nearly every recruiting publication USA Today first-team selection and the Florida player-of-the-year first-team class 3A all-Florida named Florida’s Mr. Football completed 133 of 233 passes for 2,482 yards and 36 touchdowns as a senior also rushed for 1,497 yards and 20 touchdowns nabbed four interceptions on defense set state of Florida record with 11,433 career total yards as prep athlete younger brother Demir is a wide receiver for Wake Forest; older brother Carl, Jr. played defensive line at Morgan State ... criminology major cousin of former Florida State offensive lineman Ronald Boldin (1999-2001) has one son, Anquan Jr. |
