Keenan McCardell

Washington Redskings, Cleveland Browns, Jacksonville Jaguars, San Diego Chargers, Houston Texans

Biography

Keenan Wayne McCardell (pronounced /mc-CAR-dell/) (born January 6, 1970 in Houston, Texas) is an American football wide receiver who currently plays for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Redskins in the twelfth round (326th overall) of the 1991 NFL Draft but played the bulk of his career for other teams. He played collegiately at Nevada-Las Vegas. Despite the fact that 44 wide receivers were drafted before him, McCardell out ranks all of them in every category. He is the only receiver left from the 1991 draft as well as the only player left in the league from the last Redskins Super Bowl team. He is also the only player to be make the playoffs with five different teams; '91 Redskins, '94 Browns, '96-'99 Jaguars, '02 Buccaneers, and the Chargers in '04 and '06.

As of 2007, McCardell ranks eighth all-time in receptions with 865 catches for 11,186 yards and 62 touchdowns. He has earned two Super Bowl rings in his career - one with the Redskins while on injured reserve in Super Bowl XXVI and another with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl XXXVII. He only caught 2 passes in Super Bowl XXXVII, but both were for touchdowns.

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