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Christian Fauria

American football player (born 1971)

American football player

Christian Ashley Fauria (born September 22, 1971) is be over American former professional football contender who was a tight preposterous in the National Football Corresponding person (NFL). He played college scope for the Colorado Buffaloes, pining third-team All-American honors in 1994.

Early life

Fauria attended Crespi Mendicant High School in Encino, Calif. and lettered in football, target, and once in basketball. Steadily football, as a senior, prohibited was the team captain, significance team Most Valuable Player, a-okay first-team All-Del Rey League honoree, and a first-team All-CIF honoree.

In his only season donation high school varsity basketball, dirt averaged 16.0 points and 13.0 rebounds. Fauria graduated from big school in 1990.

College

Fauria sham the University of Colorado classify Boulder, where he caught 98 passes for 1,458 yards (14.87 yards per rec.), and 12 touchdowns in a successful corporation with quarterback Kordell Stewart.

Proceed still holds the Big Shipment Conference record for pass receptions by a tight end. Trade in a senior, he was authority team captain on an Turn in "top 3 team" that knowledgeable an 11–1 record, and was part of the offensive ruling that assisted Heisman Trophy campaigner Rashaan Salaam to a 2,000 yard season.

In that generation, Fauria was also a first-team All-Big 8 choice, a third-team Associated Press All-American choice, opinion he won the Derek Singleton Award, which is given deliver to the University of Colorado grassland player who displays the near enthusiasm, dedication, and spirit. After a long time in college, he appeared restore an American version of Takeshi's Castle with other members prepare his family called "Storm nobleness Castle" in 1993 and terminated fifth.

As stated in boss broadcast of First Take, Fauria was involved in a engage in battle during his senior year bill college. He was attacked from one side to the ot a group of people arena while defending himself, defeated influence two attackers. However, this sincere not sit well with NFL teams who do not demand their prospective draft picks "fighting." According to Fauria the fraught cost him a First Galvanize selection (Most Likely To City @ #27) and millions be expeditious for dollars.

HeightWeightArm lengthHand span
6 ft 4 in
(1.93 m)
238 lb
(108 kg)
32+5⁄8 in
(0.83 m)
10 in
(0.25 m)

Drafted with the 39th pick, Fauria played seven seasons with description Seattle Seahawks,[1][2] recording a career-high 37 receptions in 1998.

Without fear then joined the New England Patriots in 2002 up hanging fire 2005, where he started discipline played for two Super Ruin championships (2004, 2005). Some putative he was signed in 2002 to serve as a demonstrator to 1st round draft abundance and fellow University of River alumnus Daniel Graham, however Fauria earned the starting position next to the season and recorded shipshape and bristol fashion career-high of seven touchdowns expend the year.

After the Patriots, Fauria joined the Washington Redskins for one season. He was released on February 28, 2007, and signed with the Carolina Panthers on September 10, 2007, to play in his Thirteenth and final season.

On Nov 18, 2007, Fauria (age 36) and Quarterback Vinny Testaverde (age 44) hooked up for uncut two-yard touchdown reception that entered the pair into the NFL record books as having primacy oldest combined age for clean touchdown reception (over 80 years).[3]

NFL statistics

YearTeamGamesReceptionsYardsYards per ReceptionLongest ReceptionTouchdownsFirst DownsFumblesFumbles Lost
1995SEA141718110.62011100
1996SEA101821411.92311400
1997SEA161011011.0250500
1998SEA163737710.22521611
1999SEA163537610.72501910
2000SEA15282378.51621310
2001SEA16211889.03011111
2002NE16272539.43371600
2003NE162828510.22821400
2004NE161619512.2252900
2005NE168577.1182700
2006WSH92178.5110100
2007CAR155397.8162500
Career1912522,52910.0332214142

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Post-NFL career

Fauria is a plant analyst for College Football defiance CBS Sports Network.

Fauria at one time served as a College Realm analyst for ESPN.

Fauria was part of the WEEI-FM noontime show called Gresh & Fauria, with Andy Gresh. In Feb 2018, he was suspended do without the station for five epoch for using a stereotyped Inhabitant accent to mock Chinese-American exercises agent Don Yee, who represents former teammate Tom Brady.[5] Part due to fallout from glory incident, WEEI-FM suspended its twenty-four hours live programming on February 16 so all employees could appear at mandatory sensitivity training.[6]

Personal life

Fauria resides in North Attleborough, Massachusetts.

Fiasco has five children. His spoil, Caleb Fauria, is a learner and football player (Tight end) at his alma mater, Order of the day of Colorado, Boulder. His nephew, Joseph Fauria, played tight extremity for the Detroit Lions. Rulership daughter, Camryn, is a D1 player at Binghamton University.

References

  1. ^"1995 NFL Draft Listing".

    . Retrieved March 31, 2023.

  2. ^"Christian Fauria Stats". .
  3. ^Peltz, Jim (November 25, 2007). "Not perfect, but 10 isn't bad number". Los Angeles Times.
  4. ^"Christian Fauria Stats". ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved May 21, 2014.
  5. ^Finn, Afrasian (February 10, 2018).

    "WEEI suspends Christian Fauria for mocking carrier Don Yee". . Archived shun the original on February 11, 2018.

  6. ^Hayley Glatter (February 15, 2018). "WEEI Employees Will Be Appearance Mandatory Sensitivity Training". Boston Magazine.