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Torry Holt

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Career Stats:

Games: 50
Games Started: 45
Receiving Attempts: 306
Receiving Yards: 5,088
Avg.: 16.6
Longest: 85
TD's: 23
TD's 40+ yds.: 19

Pro Career

Talented wide receiver who picked up where he ended rookie season and continued that in 2000 ... blessed with outstanding physical skills ... led all NFC rookie wide receivers in receptions and receiving yards in '99 ... ..selected by Rams in first round (6th overall) of 1999 NFL Draft.

2000

Earned first Pro Bowl berth and became first Ram since teammate Isaac Bruce in 1996 to lead the NFL in receiving yards ... set career highs in receptions (82), yards (1,635) and tied career high with six touchdowns ... had eight 100-yard receiving games, led or tied for team lead in receptions six times and led in receiving yards eight times. One of three Rams (RB Marshall Faulk, WR Az-Zahir Hakim) to have at least 100 receiving yards in the season opener vs. Denver 9/4 with six receptions for 103 yards ... caught six passes for 101 yards at Seattle 9/10, including 41-yard reception on third-and-17 from midfield with 26 seconds to play to set up K Jeff Wilkins' 27-yard field goal for 37-34 win ... set NFL record by averaging 63.00 yards on three receptions at Atlanta 9/24, catching three passes for 189 yards and two touchdowns (80, 85) ... yardage average set broke mark of 60.67 yards set by Houston's Bill Groman (vs. Denver 11/20/60 3-182) and tied by the N.Y. Giants' Homer Jones (vs. Washington 12/12/65 3-182).

Ended the season with three consecutive 100-yard receiving games, third longest streak in team history ... set career high with nine receptions for 172 yards vs. Minnesota 12/10. Tied career-high reception total one week later at Tampa Bay for 165 yards and one touchdown ... caught five passes for 121 yards at New Orleans 12/24 to help Rams clinch playoff berth ...caught two passes for 26 yards in wildcard game at New Orleans 12/30.

1999

Played in 16 games with 15 starts ... was third on team in receptions (52) and receiving yards and tied for third with six touchdown receptions ... also had three rushes for 25 yards and three punt returns for 15 yards ... led or tied the Rams in receptions three times and in receiving yards three times ... receptions and receiving yards totals second highest for a rookie in team history (Eddie Kennison, 1996, 54 for 924) ... was named to the first-team all rookie selection for Football Digest ... touchdown total tied for third with Leon Clarke (1956) on the Rams' rookie list behind Bucky Pope (10) and Kennison (8) ... caught his first NFL touchdown of his career, a 20-yard pass from Kurt Warner in the fourth quarter, to secure the season-opening victory over Baltimore, 27-10 ... had strong finish in final six games, catching 25 passes for 429 yards and four touchdowns ... began streak by recording then career highs for receptions (5), receiving yards (87) and touchdowns (2) against Saints 11/28 ... posted his best game of the season at New Orleans two weeks later, catching a season high six receptions for 113 yards, his first 100-yard reception game of his career ... his first 100-yard game was part of the second foursome in team history to produce a 300-yard passer (Warner 346 passing yards), a 100-yard rusher (RB Marshall Faulk 154 yards), and two 100-yard receivers (WR Isaac Bruce 102 yards, Holt 112 yards) in same game.

Tied a season high with two touchdowns and recorded then-career high 122 receiving yards on five receptions in the Rams' finale of the season against Philadelphia ... was on the receiving end of Kurt Warner' 41st touchdown pass of the season, a 15-yard toss in the third quarter ... scored on a 63-yard touchdown pass from rookie quarterback Joe Germaine in the fourth quarter ... led the Rams in receptions in all three playoff games ... caught a team high 20 passes for 242 yards and one touchdown ... set Super Bowl rookie record for receptions (7) and receiving yards (109) ... scored first touchdown of game on nine-yard scoring pass from Warner in the third quarter.

College Highlights

Consensus all-America first-team selection as senior ... all-Atlantic Coast Conference first-team choice as a receiver and returner ... ACC Player of the Year and Offensive Back of the Year ... finalist for the Fred Biletnikoff Award, given to the nation's premier receiver ... set school and conference season-records with 88 receptions for 1,604 yards (18.2 avg.) ... 11 touchdown catches set Wolfpack record ... averages of 145.8 yards receiving and 179.9 all-purpose yards established ACC marks ... set school record with eight games with at least 100 yards receiving ... All-ACC first-team selection as junior ... led the team, setting Wolfpack season records with 62 receptions for 1,099 yards (17.7 avg.), topping marks of 55 by Naz Worthen (1988) while becoming first player to gain more than 1,000 yards in a season ... his 16 touchdowns broke the old school season-record of 10 by Eddie Goines in 1993 ... Started in five of the first seven games as sophomore ... made 24 receptions for 415 yards (17.3 avg.) and returned seven kickoffs for 143 yards (20.4 avg.) ... fourth on team with 17 receptions for 261 yards (15.4 avg.) freshman season ... sociology major.

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