david dieHl - New York Giants

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Wide Receiver
Height - 6-1
Weight - 208
College - North Carolina
High SCHool - Independence (Charlotte, N.C.)
Birthdate - January 14, 1988
How Acquired - Draft (1st Round, 2009)
NFL Exp. - 4th Year
Giants Exp. - 4TH Year
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TRANSACTIONS:
- Originally a 1st round (29th pick overall)
draft choice by the Giants in 2009.
GIANTS NOTES:
- In three seasons, Nicks has established
himself as one of the NFL’s best receivers and
one of the most talented wideouts in Giants
history.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
- Has played in 54 regular-season games
with 44 starts and has started all four postseason
games in which he played…Career
totals include 255 catches for 3,726 yards and
27 touchdowns. The 255 receptions place
Nicks 20th on the Giants’ career list…Nicks
also has 28 postseason catches for 444 yards
and four scores. The 28 catches leave him 3rd
on the team’s postseason list and he is 2nd in
both yards and touchdown catches.
2012 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS:
- Started at receiver at Baltimore (12/23)...
Was targeted three times by Eli Manning but
did not catch a pass for the first ime of his
career, ending a streak catching at least one
pass in 53-consecutive games in which he’s
played.
- Started at receiver at Atlanta (12/16)...
Targeted a game-high seven times by Eli
Manning, catching three passes for 40 yards.
- Started at receiver vs. New Orleans
(12/10)...Caught four passes for 67 yards,
including a long of 25 for a touchdown.
- Started at receiver and caught five passess
for 43 yards at Washington (12/3).
- Caught five passes for 77 yards and one
touchdown vs. Green Bay (11/25).
- Caught nine passes for 75 yards at
Cincinnati (11/11), his highest receptions
total since he had 10 vs. Tampa Bay.
- Started at receiver vs. Pittsburgh (11/4)...
Caught one pass for 10 yards.
- Started at receiver, opposite Victor
Cruz at Dallas (10/28)...Was targeted by Eli
Manning seven times and caught four passes
for 46 yards.
- Caught five passes for 53 yards vs. the
Hakeem Nicks
Redskins (10/22)...Had a long of 21 yards...
Was targeted by Eli Manning 10 times.
- Returned to the starting lineup at San
Francisco (10/14) after missing the previous
three games due to injury (foot/knee)...
Caught three passes for 44 yards.
- Inactive for the thrid-straight contest vs.
Cleveland (10/7, Foot/Knee).
- Inactive for the second-straight game at
Philadelphia (9/30, Foot/Knee).
- Inactive against Carolina (9/20; Foot).
- Started at wide receiver, recording 10
receptions for 199 yards, with a long of 50,
with one TD against the Buccaneers (9/16)...
According to the NFL, Manning, Cruz and
Nicks joined three Hall of Famers – quarterback
Norm Van Brocklin and receivers Elroy
(Crazy Legs) Hirsh and Tom Fears of the 1951
Los Angeles Rams - as the only teammates
in history with 500 passing yards, plus two
receivers with at least 150 yards, in the
same game...His Week 3 efforted earned NFC
Offensive Player of the Week honors.
- Made four receptions for 38 yards (9.5
avg.) in the season opener against Dallas
(9/5)... Along with Victor Cruz, who had 11
catches, it was the second time in their history
the Giants had two receivers with at least
10 catches in the same game.
nicks’ GAME-BY-GAME
2012
RECEIVING
Date Opp. NO. YDS AVG. LG TD
9/5 DAL 4 38 9.5 12 0
9/16 TB 10 199 19.9 50 1
9/20 @CAR inactive
9/30 @PHI INACTIVE
10/7 CLE INACTIVE
10/14 @SF 3 44 14.7 27 0
10/21 WAS 5 53 10.6 21 0
10/28 @DAL 4 45 11.4 29 0
11/4 PIT 1 10 10.0 10 0
11/11 @CIN 9 75 8.3 16 0
11/25 gb 5 77 15.4 30 1
12/3 @WAS 5 43 8.6 16 0
12/9 @ATL 3 40 13.3 24 0
12/23 @BAL 0 0 0.0 0
012/30 PHI
TOTALS 49 624 12.7 50 2