Terrell Owens

Terrell Eldorado Owens (T.O.) (twitter: @terrellowens)

Position: WR
Height: 6-3    Weight: 226 lbs.

Born: December 7, 1973 in Alexander City, AL
College: Tenn-Chattanooga
Drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the 3rd round (89th overall) of the 1996 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 119 (48th overall since 1950)
6-time Pro Bowler & 5-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

• 5/21 49ersSpin: Michael Crabtree: ‘I’m the No.1 receiver on the 49ers: The San Francisco 49ers needed just five yards to win the franchise’s sixth Super Bowl, but could not complete a fade...
• 5/20 FootballPerspective.com: Which coaches are the most pass happy?: One reason I came up with the concept of Game Scripts was to identify the most pass-happy coaches. Remember, a team’s Game...
• 5/18 Stripe Hype: My Big NFL 5: Wide Receivers: The next part of my segment is a really fun one. I am now going to look at the 5 greatest wide receivers in my eyes. Some of these...
• 5/14 FootballPerspective.com: Placing Cecil Shorts’ Production in Context: One of the surprising success stories of the 2012 season was the breakout performance of second-year Jacksonville wide receiver...
• 5/9 FootballPerspective.com: Record Watch: Can Jason Witten Catch Jerry Rice?: Jerry Rice’s records are essentially unbreakable. Over a marvelous twenty-year career, Rice caught 41 more touchdowns than...

• 4/12 FootballPerspective.com: Which Player Has Scored the Most Game-Winning Touchdowns: Five years ago, Doug wrote an interesting post about game-winning touchdowns. Let’s be clear: tracking things like game-winning...
• 4/8 FootballPerspective.com: Forgotten Stars: Hugh Taylor: Only three players in NFL history have been responsible for half of their team’s receiving touchdowns over a six-year period:...
• 4/5 Musket Fire: New England Patriots thankfully not interested in Terrell Owens: New England Patriots star quarterback Tom Brady was working out with new slot receiver Danny Amendola at the USC Trojans campus...

• 3/22 FootballPerspective.com: Playing with the most coaches on one team: During the season, Mike Tanier noted that Shane Lechler has played for eight different coaches while being a member of the Raiders....
• 3/20 FootballPerspective.com: Arrelious Benn moves to Philly in search of a career revival: To the casual fan, Arrelious Benn is one of many nondescript wide receivers in the NFL. The Buccaneers selected him in the second...
• 3/14 FootballPerspective.com: A look at the best receivers to change teams: The craziness continues, with Wes Welker signing with the Denver Broncos being the big story of day two of the league year. The...
• 3/13 FootballPerspective.com: What veterans did the eventual Super Bowl Champs add in the prior offseason?: Happy New Year to the NFL, which opened for business at 4PM yesterday. It’s been a busy couple of days, as the Seahawks...
• 3/12 FootballPerspective.com: Examining Paul Warfield’s career: Paul Warfield has been confounding stat heads for years. Warfield was a rare first-ballot Hall of Fame wide receiver and one of...
• 3/5 FootballPerspective.com: Career Receiving Numbers Translated to the 2012 Passing Environment: I’ve written several posts about how to grade wide receivers and did a three-part series on one ranking system two weeks...
• 3/3 FootballPerspective.com: Jimmy Smith is one of the best wide receivers in NFL history: Jacksonville’s Jimmy Smith was first eligible for the Hall of Fame in 2011. He was cut early in the process, failing to...

• 2/19 FootballPerspective.com: The Greatest Wide Receivers Ever Version 2.0: Part III – Career Rankings: On Monday, I explained my methodology for ranking every wide receiver in football history, and yesterday, I presented a list of...
• 2/18 FootballPerspective.com: The Greatest Wide Receivers Ever Version 2.0: Part II – Single season leaders: Yesterday, I explained my methodology for ranking every wide receiver in football history. Today I’m going to present a...
• 2/13 KC Kingdom: Locking Up Dwayne Bowe is Key: To sign, or not to sign, that is the question? The 6’2 221 pound receiver is seeking a new, top tier contract for 2013. But,...

• 1/7 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL News of January 7, 2003: Stopping Terrell Owens will be one of the top priorities of the Tampa Bay Bucs defense in the NFC Divisional playoff game Sunday...
• 1/6 Stripe Hype: Arizona Cardinals Confirm They’re Meeting with Jay Gruden:     The @azcardinals confirm they plan to interview Bengals offensive coordinator Jay Gruden this week for their vacant...
• 1/5 FootballPerspective.com: Checkdowns: Career receiving stats in wins and losses: Last weekend, I looked at career rushing stats in wins and losses, and yesterday, I did the same for quarterbacks. Today we will...
• 1/5 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL News of January 5, 2003: Giants tight end Jeremy Shockey was the only rookie named to the Associated Press N.F.L. All-Pro team yesterday. Marvin Harrison...

• 12/31 The High Phive: Eagles Head Coach Andy Reid Fired: It’s finally official according to PhiladelphiaEagles.com. The man who led the Philadelphia Eagles to 1 Super Bowl and 5...
• 12/9 FootballPerspective.com: Larry Fitzgerald, innocent bystander: In the preseason, I wrote a post showing what percentage of each receiver’s receiving yards came from each of their quarterbacks....
• 12/4 The High Phive: The Nick Foles Era Begins Right Now for the Eagles: Get ready Philadelphia Eagles fans. Nick Foles is your starting quarterback for the remainder of this dismal season. This isn’t...

• 11/13 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL news of November 13, 2002: The challenge in the salary cap era of the NFL is finding a way to be offensively and defensively balanced. Recent Super Bowl...
• 11/5 Bolt Beat: POLL: Should the Chargers Keep Danario Alexander as the Starting Receiver?: Should we keep Danario Alexander as the starter at receiver OR go back to Robert Meachem OR should we go with someone else? I...

• 10/29 Stripe Hype: Bengals Roundtable: Bye Week Optimism: In light off the Bengals three-game losing streak with the most difficult part of their schedule coming up, we thought it was...
• 10/28 Stripe Hype: Bengals Roundtable: Bye Week Optimism: In light off the Bengals three-game losing streak with the most difficult part of their schedule coming up, we thought it was...
• 10/28 Stripe Hype: Bengals Roundtable: Bye Week Optimism: In light off the Bengals three-game losing streak with the most difficult part of their schedule coming up, we thought it was...
• 10/24 The High Phive: A Tale of Two Coaches: As the city stands on the precipice of another NBA season, and reaches the half way point of football season, it is hard to imagine...
• 10/23 Bolt Beat: Video: Little Man Beats Terrell Owens in Game of Basketball: You know it is the Chargers BYE week if I mention Terrell Owens twice in a week! T.O. standing at 6-foot-3 was challenged in...
• 10/22 Bolt Beat: Did These Chargers Use Stick-Um?: After seasons and seasons of dropping interceptions, Eric Weddle figured something out last season and led the league with 7 interceptions....
• 10/17 Stripe Hype: Earning their Stripes: A.J. Green’s Light Continues to Shine Bright: Another tough loss Sunday was another unfortunate setback for a Bengals squad hoping to ascend to the next level of the NFL hierarchy...
• 10/17 Stripe Hype: Earning their Stripes: A.J. Green’s Light Continues to Shine Bright: Another tough loss Sunday was another unfortunate setback for a Bengals squad hoping to ascend to the next level of the NFL hierarchy...
• 10/17 First and Ten Years Ago: NFL news of October 17, 2002: Commissioner Paul Tagliabue is expected to send a stern memo to all 32 National Football League teams today, warning them that...
• 10/7 Stripe Hype: Week in Review: Just How Good is AJ Green?:     When the 2011 NFL Draft approached, most fans of the Cincinnati Bengals were ready to move on at the wide receiver...
• 10/3 Stripe Hype: Just How Good is AJ Green?:     When the 2011 NFL Draft approached, most fans of the Cincinnati Bengals were ready to move on at the wide receiver...

• 8/17 Stripe Hype: Morning Headlines: Ryan Tannehill will start against the Panthers, & Brian Urlacher’s Season in Jeopardy?:     The NFL on provided a federal judge with new evidence on Thursday that commissioner Roger Goodell did not improperly...
• 8/7 Stripe Hype: A History Of Terrell Owens: It was reported late Monday evening that diva wide receiver and reality television star, Terrell Owens would possibly have another...

• 7/21 FootballPerspective.com: Trivia of the Day – Saturday, July 21st: Last weekend, I asked you to name the fifth of the five running backs who rushed for over 1,000 rushing yards in the final season...
• 7/20 FootballPerspective.com: The top receivers and the men who threw to them: Let’s start with some trivia before moving to today’s post: Only two quarterback-receiver pairs have ever topped the...
• 7/5 Stripe Hype: Evening Headlines: NBA Free Agency News, and Terrell Owens working out with Drew Brees & Carson Palmer:     Free agent Terrell Owens is working out with Drew Brees, Carson Palmer, and Kyle Boller in San Diego this week....

• 6/22 Stripe Hype: From Glam To Fam: Bengals Receivers: It wasn’t very long ago (2010 to be exact) when the Bengals decided to focus more on a star studded cast of a team (that seemed...
• 6/17 FanSided: Week in Review: Vancestradamus's NFL Predictions  ...
• 6/13 paullebowitz.com: Did The Dolphins Sign Ochocinco For Hard Knocks?: HBO’s Hard Knocks wanted to have the New York Jets on for a second straight season but after the loud mouth of coach Rex Ryan...

• 5/30 FanSided: The One That Got Away: [caption id="attachment_10483" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Left guard Evan Mathis signed a five-year deal with the...
• 5/14 FanSided: A Conspiracy in Orange [caption id="attachment_10688" align="aligncenter" width="390" caption="Jul 26, 2011; C......

• 4/22 FanSided: Finding a True #2 WR: [caption id="attachment_9754" align="aligncenter" width="448" caption="December 29, 2011; Orlando, FL, USA; Notre Dame Fighting...
• 4/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: NFL | Terrell Owens feeling good: Free-agent WR Terrell Owens (Bengals) is reportedly healthy and feeling good. 'I'm keeping myself in shape. I'm sure everyone...[+] knows I'm playing in the Indoor Football League with the Allen Wranglers,' Owens said. 'We're 5-1 right now and I'm having fun. I'm using it as a way to keep myself in shape to play a few more years.'

• 2/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: NFL | Terrell Owens lost close to $80 million? : Free-agent WR Terrell Owens (Bengals) said he lost close to $80 million over the span of his 15-year NFL career. Owens wants...[+] players to be more aware of where their financial earnings are going. 'It's partially my fault because I didn't manage and I wasn't (as) on top of my financial people as I should have (been),' Owens said. 'Again, who's to say how much I lost? Have I lost money? Yeah. Was it $80 million? I doubt it. But at the same time, I feel like this is a situation for me to go out and speak and let a lot of guys know that are coming into the National Football League, or any league for that matter ... When you have financial advisers that you're dealing with and that are on their team that are supposed to be taking care of their finances.'
• 2/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Ravens | Terrell Owens feels he would have helped: Free-agent WR Terrell Owens (Bengals) said he could have helped the Baltimore Ravens in their quest to win a Super Bowl this past...[+] season. 'You look at the AFC championship. The Baltimore Ravens the past two years brought in two guys they thought could get the job done,' Owens said. 'It comes down to crucial catches and they didn’t make those catches. So I am definitely aware of my talents.'
• 2/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: NFL | Terrell Owens still feels he is an elite WR: Free-agent WR Terrell Owens (Bengals) still feels he is an elite wide receiver and he is surprised no one wanted him during the...[+] 2011 season. Williams was introduced Wednesday, Feb. 8, to a crowd, as a wide receiver for the Allen Wranglers of the Indoor Football League. He will also receive a 50 percent ownership in the franchise. 'It was an opportunity for myself and my family,' Owens said. 'It's a way for myself to keep in shape. I haven't retired from the NFL. I want to play a couple more years. This right here will allow me to do that and assess where I am. I know I'm physically fit to play the game still.'

• 1/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: NFL | Terrell Owens feels he can still play : Former NFL WR Terrell Owens feels he could have competed in the league this season, even at less than full strength. 'It's not...[+] a question,' Owens said. 'I think everybody knows that even at 50 percent or 70 percent or 80 percent, I could have done some of the things if not better than what was out there on the field. Not to mention any names, but I think everybody knows what I'm capable of. My track record speaks for itself. I wasn't even 100 percent in the Super Bowl and I played on one leg basically. So from that standpoint alone, I felt like I could have played.'
• 1/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: NFL | Terrell Owens joining Indoor Football League: Former NFL WR Terrell Owens announced that he will join the Allen Wranglers of the Indoor Football League, where he will also...[+] serve as part owner to the club.

• 11/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: NFL | Arrest warrant issued for Terrell Owens : A California judge has issued a bench warrant for free-agent WR Terrell Owens' (Bengals) arrest for not appearing at a scheduled...[+] child support hearing Oct. 24. Owens claims he had an obligation to attend a public workout session in the hopes of securing an NFL contract.

• 10/25 The Hazean: Daily Haze: Sneaky Waiver Wire Adds for Week 8: Slim pickings on the waiver wire this week, despite all of the injuries suffered in Week 8. Could be a good time to use that waiver...
• 10/24 The Hazean: Daily Haze: Waiver Wire Adds for Week 8: The injury bug hit fantasy owners in a major way in Week 7. Darren McFadden, Beanie Wells, Tim Hightower and maybe even Matthew...
• 10/18 The Writer's Journey: 2011 Bengals (’86 Style): Carlos Dunlap: The defensive MVP of the 2009 BCS National Championship Game, Carlos Dunlap recovered a fumble and scored on Sunday against the...

• 9/15 The Writer's Journey: 2011 Bengals (’86 Style): Cedric Benson: The Bengals leading rusher for the past three seasons, and twice topping the 1000-yard mark, Cedric Benson is the biggest veteran...
• 9/7 Sunday Morning Legend: Top Ways for the Colts to Tank the Season and Draft Andrew Luck: Venturing away from fantasy land for a bit, I’d like to officially launch my campaign to have the Colts tank the season and...

• 8/12 18to88.com: Is the Moss Effect Unique?: Yesterday, I chronicled the Moss effect. Numbers within a vacuum don't mean much, however. The question was rightly raised as...
• 8/11 Stripe Hype: Bengals Roster Comparison 2010-11: It’s been made mentioned many times on this blog and all over the internet that the Bengals have rebooted their roster....

• 4/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Bengals | Terrell Owens unlikely to return: The Cincinnati Bengals are unlikely to re-sign WR Terrell Owens, who is an unrestricted free agent when the league season begins....[+]

• 3/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Bengals | Cedric Benson would like to return: Cincinnati Bengals impending free-agent WR Cedric Benson said he is receptive to re-signing with the team, particularly with offensive...[+] coordinator Jay Gruden replacing former offensive coordinator Bob Bratkowski, according to Joe Reedy, of The Cincinnati Enquirer. 'We had an interesting conversation about a lot of things,' Benson said. 'We have a lot of things in common as far as the way we see the game.' With the team ready to move on from QB Carson Palmer, impending free-agent WR Terrell Owens not returning and WR Chad Ochocinco’s future in doubt, Benson is the offense’s biggest free agent and possibly lone skill position player from last season’s opening week lineup who might return.

• 1/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Jets | Terrell Owens, Chad Ochocinco interested: Cincinnati Bengals WR Chad Ochocinco and pending free-agent WR Terrell Owens said during 'The T. Ocho show' that they would both...[+] like to play for the New York Jets next season, according to Ohm Youngmisuk, of ESPNNewYork.com. 'They will make it to this point every year,' Ochocinco said about the Jets, who made it to their second straight AFC Championship Game. 'I'd do anything to play for someone like Rex Ryan or anyone who has that type of mentality.' Owens also put in his bid to play in New York. 'I'm jumping on that bandwagon, too, because I was thinking the exact same thing, Chad,' Owens said.

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