Donald Driver

Driver aboard the USS Columbus (SSN-762) for a tour
Green Bay Packers — No. 80
Wide receiver
Date of birth: February 2, 1975 (1975-02-02) (age 33)
Place of birth: Houston, Texas
Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Weight: 190 lb (86 kg)
National Football League debut
1998 for the Green Bay Packers
Career history
College: Alcorn State
NFL Draft: 1999 / Round: 7 / Pick: 213
Teams: Green Bay Packers (1999-Present)
Career highlights and awards
3x Pro Bowl selection (2002, 2006, 2007) All-Pro selection (2006) 2002 Team MVP 2002 Packers' "Walter Payton Man of the Year". Green Bay Packers' nominee for the 2005 Ed Block Courage award.
Selected NFL statistics (through Week 17 of the 2007 NFL season)
Receptions	503
Receiving Yards	6,977
Receiving TDs	38
Stats at NFL.com

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College career

Donald Driver attended Alcorn State University, where he lettered in both football and track & field. He finished his college football career there with 88 receptions for 1933 yards (19.69 YPC). Driver is one of the most decorated track athletes in the NFL (he is an Olympic class high jumper, being able to jump 7 feet 6 inches^[1] and could have qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics team). He was a five time "Athlete of the Year" in his conference for his track and football prowess. Alcorn State University, located near Lorman, Mississippi, United States, is a public land grant university. ... This article covers college football played in the United States. ... The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... Gold medal winner Ethel Catherwood of Canada scissors over the bar at the 1928 Summer Olympics The high jump is an athletics/track and field event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights. ... The 2000 Summer Olympics or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were the Summer Olympic Games celebrated in 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ...

Driver is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first inter-collegiate Greek-letter organization established for African Americans.^[2] Alpha Phi Alpha (ΑΦΑ) is the first intercollegiate fraternity established by African Americans. ...

Professional career

Green Bay Packers

Donald Driver (lower right) lined up during a game against the Buffalo Bills

Known as one of the toughest wide receivers in the game, Driver had the most catches in the NFL in the middle of the field in 2006. He set a career best for yards on November 12, 2006 when he caught six passes for 191 yards including an 82 yard touchdown against the Minnesota Vikings. A couple of weeks later against the 49ers, he and quarterback Brett Favre, connected on a 35 yard pass in which he made an acrobatic leap to turn around and out run former teammate Mark Roman, to the end zone for his seventh touchdown of the year. The play ended as a 68 yard touchdown catch. Driver finished the 2006 season in the top 5 of the league in reception yardage with 1,295 yards. He also recorded the most receptions in his career with 92 of them, earning a spot in the 2007 Pro Bowl. Driver is also the last seventh round pick to make it to a Pro Bowl as of 2007. For other uses, see Buffalo Bills (disambiguation). ... League/Conference affiliations National Football League (1961–present) Western Conference (1961-1969) Central Division (1967-1969) National Football Conference (1970-present) NFC Central (1970-2001) NFC North (2002-present) Current uniform Team colors Purple, Gold, White Fight song Skol, Vikings Mascot Viktor the Viking, Ragnar Personnel Owner Zygi Wilf General... 49ers can refer to: The immigrants of the California gold rush in 1849; The San Francisco 49ers American football team, named after the above; Athletic teams of Long Beach State, also named after the California gold rush immigrants; Athletic teams of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, in memory... Navy quarterback Aaron Polanco sets up to throw. ... Brett Hillbilly Favre (pronounced Farv, born on October 10, 1969 in Gulfport, Mississippi [1]) is an American football player, currently starting quarterback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). ... Mark Emery Roman (born on 3/16/1977) is currently a defensive back for the Green Bay Packers. ... Latrell loves him some MIRACLE WHIP!! sho nuff and mashmell The end zone is a term in both Canadian football and American football. ... The 2006 season of the National Football League (NFL) was the 87th one played by the major professional American football league in the United States. ... The 2007 AFC-NFC Pro Bowl is scheduled to take place on February 10, 2007, at 1:00 p. ... In professional American football, the Pro Bowl is the all-star game of the National Football League (NFL). ...

On December 16, 2007 during a 33-14 victory over the St. Louis Rams, Brett Favre broke Dan Marino's all-time record mark of 61,361 career passing yards. The new record came on a seven yard completion to Driver.^[3] League/Conference affiliations American Football League (1936) National Football League (1937–present) Western Division (1937-1949) National Conference (1950-1952) Western Conference (1953-1969) Coastal Division (1967-1969) National Football Conference (1970-present) NFC West (1970-present) Current uniform Team colors Millennium Blue and New Century Gold Personnel Owner Chip... Brett Hillbilly Favre (pronounced Farv, born on October 10, 1969 in Gulfport, Mississippi [1]) is an American football player, currently starting quarterback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). ... For the Gambino crime family mobster, see Daniel Marino. ...

Donald Driver, as well as team mates Chad Clifton, Aaron Kampman, and Al Harris, and head coach Mike McCarthy, went to Hawaii for the 2008 Pro Bowl. Brett Favre was scheduled to be in the Pro Bowl, but he has been replaced by Jeff Garcia. ^[4] Jeffrey Chad Clifton (born June 26, 1976 in Martin, Tennessee) is an American football Offensive Tackle who currently plays for the Green Bay Packers of the NFL. High School career At Westview High School in Martin, Tennessee, Clifton was an all-around athlete. ... Aaron Kampman (born November 30, 1979) is a professional American football player. ... For the former defensive lineman of the same name see Al Harris (defensive lineman). ... The head coach in sports coaching is the coach who is in charge of the other coaches. ... Mike McCarthy (born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on November 10, 1963) is the head coach of the National Football Leagues Green Bay Packers, having been hired on January 12, 2006, to replace Mike Sherman, whom the organization had fired ten days earlier following a disappointing season in which the Packers... The 2008 AFC-NFC Pro Bowl is an upcoming NFL Pro Bowl in 2008. ... Brett Hillbilly Favre (pronounced Farv, born on October 10, 1969 in Gulfport, Mississippi [1]) is an American football player, currently starting quarterback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). ... Jeffrey Jason Garcia (born February 24, 1970 in Gilroy, California) is a Mexican American professional quarterback currently employed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. ...

In the NFC Championship game on January 20, 2008 against the New York Giants, Driver had the longest play in the playoffs of the Packers' franchise history with a 90 yard TD catch from Brett Favre. This article is about the current National Football League team. ...

He currently resides in Flower Mound, Texas.

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References

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External links

• NFL.com profile
• The Donald Driver Foundation