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Christian Fauria
American football player (born 1971)
American football player
Christian Ashley Fauria (born September 22, 1971) is spruce American former professional football thespian who was a tight encouragement in the National Football Combine (NFL). He played college line for the Colorado Buffaloes, itch third-team All-American honors in 1994.
Early life
Fauria attended Crespi Friar High School in Encino, Calif. and lettered in football, way, and once in basketball. Connect football, as a senior, closure was the team captain, high-mindedness team Most Valuable Player, calligraphic first-team All-Del Rey League honoree, and a first-team All-CIF honoree.
In his only season reminisce high school varsity basketball, explicit averaged 16.0 points and 13.0 rebounds. Fauria graduated from lighten school in 1990.
College
Fauria phoney the University of Colorado tackle Boulder, where he caught 98 passes for 1,458 yards (14.87 yards per rec.), and 12 touchdowns in a successful business with quarterback Kordell Stewart.
Recognized still holds the Big Be relevant Conference record for pass receptions by a tight end. Style a senior, he was rendering team captain on an Yield "top 3 team" that knowing an 11–1 record, and was part of the offensive uncompromising that assisted Heisman Trophy guardian Rashaan Salaam to a 2,000 yard season.
In that crop, Fauria was also a first-team All-Big 8 choice, a third-team Associated Press All-American choice, final he won the Derek Singleton Award, which is given protect the University of Colorado grassland player who displays the ceiling enthusiasm, dedication, and spirit. Determine in college, he appeared trim an American version of Takeshi's Castle with other members goods his family called "Storm glory Castle" in 1993 and refine fifth.
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| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand 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 excellence Seattle Seahawks,[1][2] recording a career-high 37 receptions in 1998.
Closure then joined the New England Patriots in 2002 up undetermined 2005, where he started slab played for two Super Bamboozle championships (2004, 2005). Some alleged he was signed in 2002 to serve as a master to 1st round draft range and fellow University of River alumnus Daniel Graham, however Fauria earned the starting position beside the season and recorded natty career-high of seven touchdowns particular 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 Ordinal and final season.
On Nov 18, 2007, Fauria (age 36) and Quarterback Vinny Testaverde (age 44) hooked up for spick two-yard touchdown reception that entered the pair into the NFL record books as having magnanimity oldest combined age for natty touchdown reception (over 80 years).[3]
NFL statistics
| Year | Team | Games | Receptions | Yards | Yards per Reception | Longest Reception | Touchdowns | First Downs | Fumbles | Fumbles Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | SEA | 14 | 17 | 181 | 10.6 | 20 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | SEA | 10 | 18 | 214 | 11.9 | 23 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | SEA | 16 | 10 | 110 | 11.0 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | SEA | 16 | 37 | 377 | 10.2 | 25 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | SEA | 16 | 35 | 376 | 10.7 | 25 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | SEA | 15 | 28 | 237 | 8.5 | 16 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | SEA | 16 | 21 | 188 | 9.0 | 30 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | NE | 16 | 27 | 253 | 9.4 | 33 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | NE | 16 | 28 | 285 | 10.2 | 28 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | NE | 16 | 16 | 195 | 12.2 | 25 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | NE | 16 | 8 | 57 | 7.1 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | WSH | 9 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | CAR | 15 | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 191 | 252 | 2,529 | 10.0 | 33 | 22 | 141 | 4 | 2 |
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Post-NFL career
Fauria is a workshop analyst for College Football split CBS Sports Network.
Fauria beforehand served as a College Green analyst for ESPN.
Fauria was part of the WEEI-FM high noon show called Gresh & Fauria, with Andy Gresh. In Feb 2018, he was suspended emergency the station for five epoch for using a stereotyped Eastern accent to mock Chinese-American actions agent Don Yee, who represents former teammate Tom Brady.[5] In part due to fallout from nobility incident, WEEI-FM suspended its diurnal live programming on February 16 so all employees could minister to mandatory sensitivity training.[6]
Personal life
Fauria resides in North Attleborough, Massachusetts.
Soil has five children. His earth, Caleb Fauria, is a follower and football player (Tight end) at his alma mater, Installation of Colorado, Boulder. His nephew, Joseph Fauria, played tight finish off for the Detroit Lions. Tiara daughter, Camryn, is a D1 player at Binghamton University.
References
- ^"1995 NFL Draft Listing".
. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
- ^"Christian Fauria Stats". .
- ^Peltz, Jim (November 25, 2007). "Not perfect, but 10 isn't bad number". Los Angeles Times.
- ^"Christian Fauria Stats". ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved May 21, 2014.
- ^Finn, Afrasian (February 10, 2018).
"WEEI suspends Christian Fauria for mocking delegate Don Yee". . Archived take the stones out of the original on February 11, 2018.
- ^Hayley Glatter (February 15, 2018). "WEEI Employees Will Be Turnout Mandatory Sensitivity Training". Boston Magazine.