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Red Raiders In The NFL: Week 12
November 29, 2016 | Football
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Amaro did not factor into Sunday's win over the Bears ... Amaro has four catches for 59 yards this season as he looks to build off an impressive 2014 rookie campaign, in which he hauled in 38 passes for 345 yards while hitting paydirt twice ... Amaro was the New York Jets' second-round pick (49th overall) in the 2014 NFL Draft.
Amendola caught an eight-yard pass and had 32 combined yards on kickoff and punt returns ... In seven NFL seasons, Amendola has caught 362 passes for 3,422 yards and scored 17 touchdowns … On top of that, he has hauled in three career postseason touchdowns, including a score in Super Bowl XLIX … Amendola was signed by the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2008.
Clark did not factor into the Colts' loss to Pittsburgh … Clark was the first of three Red Raiders to hear their names called in the 2016 NFL draft, going at No. 82 overall … Clark started all 51 games of his Red Raider career, and his senior year he was named a CBS Sports second team All-American ... He was the third-round pick of the Colts in the 2016 NFL Draft.
Crabtree had another huge game for the Raiders, hauling in eight passes for 110 yards, including a 49-yard bomb from Derek Carr to set up the game-winning field goal ... He now has 492 receptions for 5,960 yards and 41 regular-season touchdowns in his professional career … Crabtree played two seasons at Texas Tech (2007-08), where he
Cody Davis saw the field for 34 snaps (5 defense, 29 special teams) in L.A.'s loss to New Orleans … This summer, Davis and Red Raider teammate Bradley Marquez were featured on the popular HBO "Hard Knocks" series … Davis was a four-year letterman with the Red Raiders (2009-12) and then signed as an undrafted free agent with the Rams in 2013.
Grant picked up 34 kick return yards in Miami's win over San Francisco … Grant ranks 16th in the NFL, averaging 8.4 yards per punt return this season ... Grant was Miami's sixth-round pick in the 2016 NFL Draft after a senior year at Tech in which he averaged 181 all-purpose yards per game which ranked fourth nationally, and ranked fourth nationally with 1,017 kickoff return yards and fifth with two kickoff return touchdowns … CBS Sports tabbed him as a second team All-American.
Hyder did not record a tackle in the Lions' Thanksgiving win ... His 7.0 sacks this season are tied for 17th in the NFL ... Hyder joined the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent in 2014 after a Red Raider career which included a litany of All-Big 12 honors in 2013 and 2014.
Marquez caught one pass for 12 yards in L.A.'s loss to the Saints … Two weeks ago, Marquez celebrated the birth of his son, Kash ... This summer, Marquez and Red Raider teammate Cody Davis were featured on the popular HBO "Hard Knocks" series ... Marquez played four seasons at Texas Tech (2010-14) before the Rams signed him as an undrafted free agent in the spring of 2015.
Waddle was inactive in New England's win over the Jets … in 2015, after missing the first two games of the season recovering from off season knee surgery, Waddle came back strong for Detroit, earning a starting spot for the rest of the season … Waddle played four seasons at Tech (2009-12) before being signed by the Lions as an undrafted free agent.
For the first time this season, Washington was a healthy scratch for the Raiders ... His 302 rushing yards this season rank third among Oakland running backs ... Washington was the first Red Raider running back to register back-to-back 1,000 yard seasons since former Doak Walker Award winner Byron Hanspard in 1995 and 1996 ... one of five players in school history to rush for over 1,000 yards twice in a career.
Jace Amaro – Tennessee Titans
Week 12 Matchup: Tennessee 27, Chicago 21Amaro did not factor into Sunday's win over the Bears ... Amaro has four catches for 59 yards this season as he looks to build off an impressive 2014 rookie campaign, in which he hauled in 38 passes for 345 yards while hitting paydirt twice ... Amaro was the New York Jets' second-round pick (49th overall) in the 2014 NFL Draft.
Danny Amendola – New England Patriots
Week 12 Matchup: New England 22, New York 17Amendola caught an eight-yard pass and had 32 combined yards on kickoff and punt returns ... In seven NFL seasons, Amendola has caught 362 passes for 3,422 yards and scored 17 touchdowns … On top of that, he has hauled in three career postseason touchdowns, including a score in Super Bowl XLIX … Amendola was signed by the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2008.
Le'Raven Clark – Indianapolis Colts
Week 12 Matchup: Pittsburgh 28, Indianapolis 7Clark did not factor into the Colts' loss to Pittsburgh … Clark was the first of three Red Raiders to hear their names called in the 2016 NFL draft, going at No. 82 overall … Clark started all 51 games of his Red Raider career, and his senior year he was named a CBS Sports second team All-American ... He was the third-round pick of the Colts in the 2016 NFL Draft.
Michael Crabtree – Oakland Raiders
Week 12 Matchup: Oakland 35, Carolina 32Crabtree had another huge game for the Raiders, hauling in eight passes for 110 yards, including a 49-yard bomb from Derek Carr to set up the game-winning field goal ... He now has 492 receptions for 5,960 yards and 41 regular-season touchdowns in his professional career … Crabtree played two seasons at Texas Tech (2007-08), where he
WHAT. A. CATCH.
— NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) November 28, 2016
Michael Crabtree are you kidding me?!
8 receptions.
— OAKLAND RAIDERS (@RAIDERS) November 28, 2016
110 yards.
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Cody Davis – Los Angeles Rams
Week 12 Matchup: New Orleans 49, Los Angeles 21Cody Davis saw the field for 34 snaps (5 defense, 29 special teams) in L.A.'s loss to New Orleans … This summer, Davis and Red Raider teammate Bradley Marquez were featured on the popular HBO "Hard Knocks" series … Davis was a four-year letterman with the Red Raiders (2009-12) and then signed as an undrafted free agent with the Rams in 2013.
Jakeem Grant – Miami Dolphins
Week 12 Matchup: Miami 31, San Francisco 24Grant picked up 34 kick return yards in Miami's win over San Francisco … Grant ranks 16th in the NFL, averaging 8.4 yards per punt return this season ... Grant was Miami's sixth-round pick in the 2016 NFL Draft after a senior year at Tech in which he averaged 181 all-purpose yards per game which ranked fourth nationally, and ranked fourth nationally with 1,017 kickoff return yards and fifth with two kickoff return touchdowns … CBS Sports tabbed him as a second team All-American.
Kerry Hyder – Detroit Lions
Week 12 Matchup: Detroit 16, Minnesota 13Hyder did not record a tackle in the Lions' Thanksgiving win ... His 7.0 sacks this season are tied for 17th in the NFL ... Hyder joined the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent in 2014 after a Red Raider career which included a litany of All-Big 12 honors in 2013 and 2014.
DE @KerryhyderJR talks about his mindset when preparing to face the @Saints in Week 13: https://t.co/LJ4h6bddjx pic.twitter.com/wCeLawE9Kq
— Detroit Lions (@Lions) November 29, 2016
Bradley Marquez – Los Angeles Rams
Week 12 Matchup: New Orleans 49, Los Angeles 21Marquez caught one pass for 12 yards in L.A.'s loss to the Saints … Two weeks ago, Marquez celebrated the birth of his son, Kash ... This summer, Marquez and Red Raider teammate Cody Davis were featured on the popular HBO "Hard Knocks" series ... Marquez played four seasons at Texas Tech (2010-14) before the Rams signed him as an undrafted free agent in the spring of 2015.
LaAdrian Waddle – New England Patriots
Week 12 Matchup: New England 22, New York 17Waddle was inactive in New England's win over the Jets … in 2015, after missing the first two games of the season recovering from off season knee surgery, Waddle came back strong for Detroit, earning a starting spot for the rest of the season … Waddle played four seasons at Tech (2009-12) before being signed by the Lions as an undrafted free agent.
DeAndre Washington – Oakland Raiders
Week 12 Matchup: Oakland 35, Carolina 32For the first time this season, Washington was a healthy scratch for the Raiders ... His 302 rushing yards this season rank third among Oakland running backs ... Washington was the first Red Raider running back to register back-to-back 1,000 yard seasons since former Doak Walker Award winner Byron Hanspard in 1995 and 1996 ... one of five players in school history to rush for over 1,000 yards twice in a career.
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