Chris Calloway

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Chris Calloway
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Position: Wide receiver
Personal information
Born: (1968-03-29) March 29, 1968 (age 55)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Height:5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:189 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school: Chicago (IL) Mount Carmel
College: Michigan
NFL Draft: 1990  / Round: 4 / Pick: 97
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Receptions:386
Receiving yards:5,497
Receiving TDs:30
Player stats at NFL.com  ·  PFR

Christopher Fitzpatrick Calloway (born March 29, 1968) is a former American football player.

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Calloway played professional football as a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons, including seven seasons for the New York Giants from 1992 to 1998. He was the Giants' leading receiver for four consecutive seasons from 1995 to 1998 and set a franchise record with a pass reception in 47 consecutive games from 1996 to 1998. At the end of his time with the Giants, his 334 catches ranked third in franchise history. He also played for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1990 to 1991, the Atlanta Falcons in 1999 and the New England Patriots in 2000.

A native of Chicago, Calloway played college football as a flanker for the University of Michigan from 1987 to 1989. He caught 56 passes for 826 yards and eight touchdowns at Michigan. He played on two Big Ten Conference championship teams and appeared in two Rose Bowl Games for the Wolverines.

Early years

Calloway was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1968. He attended Mount Carmel High School in Chicago. [1]

University of Michigan

Calloway enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1986 and played college football as a flanker for head coach Bo Schembechler's Michigan Wolverines football teams from 1987 to 1989. [2] He started five games at the flanker position in 1987, [3] five games at flanker and one at split end in 1988, [4] and 12 games at flanker in 1989. [5] He won both the Meyer Morton Award and the Robert P. Ufer Award in 1989. In his three years as a receiver at Michigan, he caught 56 passes for 826 yards and eight touchdowns. [6]

Professional football

Pittsburgh Steelers

Calloway was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the fourth round (97th overall pick) of the 1990 NFL Draft. [7] He was principally a backup receiver and special teams player for the Steelers. He appeared in 28 games, two as a starter, during the 1990 and 1991 seasons. He caught 25 passes for 378 yards and two touchdowns with the Steelers. [1]

New York Giants

In March 1992, the New York Giants signed Calloway as a Plan B free agent. [8] Calloway spent seven seasons with the Giants, appearing in 112 games, including 86 as a starter. He caught 334 passes for 4,710 yards (14.1 yards per catch) and 27 touchdowns. He had his best seasons in 1997 (58 catches for 849 yards and eight touchdowns) and 1998 (62 catches for 812 yards and six touchdowns). [1] He was the Giants' leading receiver for four straight years from 1995 to 1998 and set a franchise record with a pass reception in 47 straight games from 1996 to 1998. [9] In 1998, Calloway's last season with the Giants, he led the team with 62 receptions for 812 yards and 6 touchdowns. His 62 receptions were the most by a Giant receiver since Lionel Manuel in 1988. [10] He was released by the Giants in February 1999, [10] a move which he said had surprised him after leading the team in receptions for the previous four consecutive seasons. [11] He was due just over $1 million and had a $300,000 bonus due on March 1. [12] At the end of his seven seasons with the Giants, his 334 catches ranked third in franchise history behind Frank Gifford (367 catches) and Joe Morrison (395 catches). [9]

Atlanta Falcons

In February 1999, following a visit with the Washington Redskins [11] Calloway signed with the Atlanta Falcons, reuniting him with former Giants head coach Dan Reeves. Calloway's agent, Peter Schaffer, stated that Calloway's contract was for nearly $4 million. [13] Calloway appeared in 11 games for the Falcons, six as a starter, and caught 22 passes for 314 yards and one touchdown. [1] Calloway was released by the Falcons in May 2000

New England Patriots

In August 2000, Calloway signed with the New England Patriots, [9] bringing him back together with former Giants assistant and new Patriots assistant coach, Dick Rehbein. He appeared in seven games, two as a starter, for the Patriots in 2000. He caught only five passes for 95 yards. [1]

NFL career statistics

YearTeamGamesReceivingRushingFumbles
GPGSRecYdsAvgLngTDAttYdsAvgLngTDFumLost
1990 PIT 1621012412.420T1000.00000
1991 PIT 1201525416.933T1000.00000
1992 NYG 1612733512.42810120.00000
1993 NYG 1693551314.7473000.06000
1994 NYG 16144366615.551T28779.620011
1995 NYG 16155679614.24932-9-4.5-3000
1996 NYG 16155373913.9364122.02011
1997 NYG 16165884914.668T81-1-1.0-1000
1998 NYG 16166281213.1366000.00011
1999 ATL 1162231414.3331000.00000
2000 NE 7259519.0280000.00000
Career158963865,49714.2683012695.820033

Later years

After retiring from football, Calloway bought a nightclub in Atlanta called "Fuel". He later became involved with an Atlanta businessman who Calloway claimed "nearly milked him dry in a treacherous Ponzi scheme." [8] As of 2020, he lives in Houston and is married to Crystal L. Calloway. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Chris Calloway". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  2. ↑ "All-Time Football Roster Database". University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  3. ↑ "1987 Michigan Football Team". University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  4. ↑ "1988 Michigan Football Team". University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  5. ↑ "1989 Michigan Football Team". University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Michigan Football Statistic Archive Query Page". University of Michigan. Archived from the original on November 12, 2007. Retrieved April 2, 2015.(to retrieve Calloway's statistics, enter "calloway" in the box for the player's last name)
  7. ↑ "1990 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-05-25.
  8. 1 2 3 "Former New York Giants wide receiver Chris Calloway trying to hang on". New York Daily News. November 28, 2009.
  9. 1 2 3 "82 Chris Calloway WR". New England Patriots. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  10. 1 2 "Falcons Catch Chris Calloway". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  11. 1 2 Mark Maske (1999-02-25). "CALLOWAY VISITS WITH REDSKINS". The Washington Post . Washington, D.C. ISSN   0190-8286. OCLC   1330888409.
  12. ↑ By. "Bears, Simmons agree for two years, $4 million". Journal Times. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
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