Dwayne Bowe life and biography

Dwayne Lorenzo Bowe (born September 21, 1984 in Miami, Florida) is an American football wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Chiefs 23rd overall in the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Louisiana State.

Dwayne's Career

Former first-round draft pick enters his fourth season in Kansas City ... Has accumulated 203 receptions in his inaugural three campaigns with the Chiefs, trailing only only RB Priest Holmes (206) for the highest mark to start his career in Kansas City ... Only WR Derrick Alexander (3,215) and WR Otis Taylor (2,701) have recorded more receiving yards among players in their first three seasons with the Chiefs than Bowe (2,606) ... Big, strong performer is a determined runner after the catch ... His size and leaping ability provide a big target in the Red Zone ... Earned a spot on USA Today’s All-Joe Team in 2008, which annually recognizes the league’s top blue-collar performers ... His 86 catches in 2008 were the highest seasonal total ever accumulated by a Chiefs wide receiver ... No other player selected in the 2007 NFL Draft can top his reception tally of 203 catches, while only Detroit WR Calvin Johnson (3,071) has more receiving yards over that two-year span ... Posted 12 TD catches from 2007-08, tying for the second-highest total by a player in his first two years with Kansas City. Only WR Otis Taylor (13 in ’65-66) had more ... Racked up 1,022 yards in 2008 to register his initial 1,000-yard campaign ... Voted the club’s Mack Lee Hill Award Winner as the team’s top rookie or first-year player in 2007 when he led all NFL rookie pass catchers with 70 catches for 995 yards, the top marks by a rookie in Chiefs history ... His 70 receptions were the most by a rookie wide receiver among the 34 pass catchers selected in the first round from 2000-09 ... Registered a TD catch in each of his first three starts, becoming the first Chiefs rookie since the AFL-NFL merger to accomplish that feat ... Recorded a pair of 100-yard receiving games in 2007, becoming only the third rookie in Chiefs history to accomplish that feat ... Was thrust into the lineup as a rookie after WR Eddie Kennison was injured on the first play of the 2007 season at Houston (9/9/07) ... Made his first NFL start the following week at Chicago (9/16/07) ... Named to the Pro Football Weekly All-Rookie Team, becoming the first Chiefs wide receiver to earn that honor since WR Sylvester Morris in 2000 ... Has seen duty in 43 games (40 starts), catching 203 passes for 2,606 yards (12.8 avg.) with 16 TDs.

Transactions: Signed with Kansas City (8/6/07) ... Originally entered the NFL as the Chiefs first-round pick (23rd overall) in the 2007 NFL Draft.

2009: Played in 11 games with nine starts at WR ... Was inactive for one contest and served an NFL suspension for four games ... Had a team-high 47 catches for 589 yards (12.5 avg.) with four TDs ... Caught four passes for 40 yards with a two-yard TD at Baltimore (9/13) ... Recorded five receptions for 56 yards with a 29-yard TD pass vs. Oakland (9/20), marking his first scoring grab from from QB Matt Cassel ... Was inactive with a hamstring injury at Philadelphia (9/27), ending his streak of 34 consecutive games played ... Produced five receptions for 74 yards with a 16-yard TD with 0:24 remaining in the fourth quarter to send the game into OT vs. Dallas (10/11) ... Registered six catches for a season-high 109 yards at Washington (10/18), marking his fifth career 100-yard game ... Posted four receptions for 74 yards at Jacksonville (11/8) ... Compiled six catches for 91 yards at Oakland (11/15) ... Was on the NFL Reserve/Suspended List vs. Pittsburgh (11/22), at San Diego (11/29), vs. Denver (12/6) and vs. Buffalo (12/13) ... Caught four passes for 56 yards vs. Cleveland (12/20) ... Recorded a season-high nine receptions for 61 yards at Cincinnati (12/27).

2008: Started all 16 games for the first time in his career ... Established career highs with 86 catches for 1,022 yards (11.9 avg.) and seven TDs ... Named to the USA Today All-Joe Team ... Joined WR Otis Taylor as the second player in franchise history to register a 1,000-yard season in just his second pro campaign ... Ranked seventh in the AFC and 10th in the NFL with 86 catches, the fifth-highest single-season total in Chiefs history and the best single-season total in franchise annals by a wide receiver ... Finished ninth in the AFC with 1,022 receiving yards ... Tied for fourth in the AFC and tied for sixth in the NFL with 25 catches on third down ... Posted five receptions for 49 yards with a 13-yard TD at New England (9/7) ... Caught six passes for 90 yards vs. Oakland (9/14) ... Had a 15-yard TD at Atlanta (9/21) ... Produced seven receptions for 85 yards vs. Denver (9/28) ... Registered seven receptions for 86 yards vs. Tennessee (10/19) ... Posted six catches for 102 yards at the N.Y. Jets (10/26) ... Had a seven-yard TD vs. Tampa Bay (11/2) ... Tallied six receptions for 72 yards at San Diego (11/9) ... Produced seven receptions for 53 yards with a career-high two TDs vs. New Orleans (11/16) ... Caught a three-yard TD vs. Buffalo (11/23) ... Posted seven receptions for 96 yards at Denver (12/7) ... Compiled six catches for 44 yards with a one-yard TD vs. San Diego (12/14) ... Posted a career-high 10 receptions for a season-high 103 yards at Cincinnati (12/28).

2007: Played in 16 games (15 starts) ... Finished second on the team with 70 catches for 995 yards (14.2 avg.) with five TDs ... Named the club’s Mack Lee Hill Award winner, an honor bestowed on Kansas City’s top rookie or first-year player ... Selected to the Pro Football Weekly All-Rookie Team ... His 70 receptions, 995 receiving yards and five TD catches led all NFL rookies ... His reception and receiving yardage totals were also the highest seasonal totals by a rookie in Chiefs history ... His five receiving TDs tied as the third-highest total by a rookie in Chiefs history ... Led all NFL rookies with 13 catches of 20+ yards ... Caught three passes for 42 yards in his first NFL game at Houston (9/9) ... Made his first NFL start at Chicago (9/16), catching his first career TD on a 16-yard pass from QB Damon Huard ... Posted five catches for 71 yards with a TD vs. Minnesota (9/23) to win NFL Rookie of the Week honors ... Caught eight passes for a career-high 164 yards with a 51-yard TD at San Diego (9/30) to win his second straight NFL Rookie of the Week Award. Became the first Chiefs rookie WR since the AFL-NFL merger to catch a TD pass in his first three NFL starts. Set a Chiefs rookie record with 164 receiving yards, breaking the previous mark of 130 yards set by RB/S Johnny Robinson vs. Buffalo (12/18/60). Became just the fifth rookie in Chiefs history to register a 100-yard receiving game and the second to accomplish the feat on the road ... Recorded a career-long 58-yard catch vs. Oakland (10/21) ... Caught nine passes for 105 yards vs. Denver (11/11), joining Robinson (’60) and WR Sylvester Morris (2000) as the only rookies in franchise history to post a pair of 100-yard receiving games ... Posted seven catches for 64 yards with a 19-yard TD at Indianapolis (11/18) ... Produced two catches for 35 yards at Denver (12/9). Caught his 56th pass of the season to pass RB Abner Haynes (55) for the best mark by a rookie in Chiefs history. Ended the day with 821 receiving yards, surpassing E Chris Burford (789) for the highest single-season rookie total in Chiefs history ... Caught eight passes for 97 yards with a 34-yard TD at Detroit (12/23).

College: Played in 50 games (30 starts) at LSU ... Finished his collegiate career with 154 receptions for 2,403 yards (15.6 avg.) with a school-record 26 TDs ... Also had one carry for two yards ... Ranked fourth in LSU history with 154 catches while his 2,403 receiving yards were sixth in Tigers annals ... Combined with 2007 first overall pick QB JaMarcus Russell (Oakland) to produce 24 career TD catches, making them the top scoring battery in school history ... Played in 13 games (11 starts) as a senior in 2006, catching 65 passes for 990 yards (15.2 avg.) with a school single-season record 12 touchdowns ... Earned first-team All-Southeastern Conference honors ... Saw action in 12 contests (nine starts), registering 41 receptions for 710 yards (17.3 avg.) with nine TDs in 2005 as a junior ... Caught a touchdown pass in seven consecutive games, the longest streak in Tigers history ... Appeared in 12 games (10 starts) as a sophomore in 2004, catching 39 passes for 597 yards (15.3 avg.) with five touchdowns ... Also had one carry for two yards ... Played in 13 games, recording nine receptions for 106 yards as a freshman in 2003 ... Played in the BCS National Championship Game vs. Oklahoma ... Majored in Education at LSU.

Personal

• A first-team All-Florida Class 6A selection at Norland Senior High School in Miami, Florida.
• Caught 40 passes for 882 yards (20.6 avg.) with 14 scores as a senior when his season was cut short by a foot injury.
• Added eight catches for 195 yards with three TDs in three playoff contests in leading his school to its first Class 6A State Championship.
• Recorded 32 receptions for 624 yards (19.5 avg.) with two touchdowns as a junior, his first year of high school football.
• Established the “Un-Bowe-lievable Foundation” to assist those raised by grandparents, working closely with the Family Friends Grandparents and Relative Caregivers program.

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