Larry Darnell Fitzgerald Jr. is an American football wide receiver for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League. He played college football at Pittsburgh, where he earned unanimous All-America honors. Fitzgerald was drafted by the Cardinals third overall in the 2004 NFL Draft. He has been voted to the NFL Pro Bowl 11 times, including two times as a member of the Cardinals’ first-team wide receiver. He won the NFL Defensive Player of the Year award in 2007 and 2008, as well as the Super Bowl XLVIII MVP award in 2010.
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Larry Darnell Fitzgerald Jr. is an American football wide receiver for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League. He played college football at Pittsburgh, where he earned unanimous All-America honors. Fitzgerald was drafted by the Cardinals third overall in the 2004 NFL Draft. He is widely considered by fans and peers to be one of the greatest receivers in NFL history. Fitzgerald has been selected for the Pro Bowl eleven times. As of September 29, 2019, he is second in NFL career receiving yards, second in career receptions, and sixth in receiving touchdowns. Fitzgerald became a minority owner of the Phoenix Suns of the NBA in 2020. Fitzgerald attended and played high school football at the Academy of Holy Angels in Richfield, Minnesota. He did not meet NCAA requirements to play football as a freshman, so he spent a year at Valley Forge Military Academy in Pennsylvania. Fitzgerald played for the Pittsburgh Panthers football team under head coach Walt Harris from 2002 to 2003. In the 2002 Insight Bowl, Fitzgerald had a Big-East conference leading 69 receptions for 1,005 yards and twelve touchdowns. Overall, Fitzgerald led the Big East conference with 92 receptions, 1,672 yards and an NCAA-leading 22 touchdowns in the 2003 season. He had five receptions for 77 yards against Virginia in the final game of his collegiate career, a 23–16 regular season loss. He also had a season-high 207 yards and two touchdowns against Rutgers in the 42–32 victory.
Fitzgerald ended up his 12th consecutive game with at least one touchdown reception in the season and 18th straight game with a touchdown reception. He was named First-team All-Pro in 2008 and Second-teamAll-Pro twice in 2009 and 2011. He has been voted to the NFL Pro Bowl 11 times, including two times as a member of the Cardinals’ first-team wide receiver. Fitzgerald is a three-time NFL All-Star and was named to the NFC Pro Bowl three times, the AFC Pro Bowl two times and the AFC All-American Bowl four times. He won the NFL Defensive Player of the Year award in 2007 and 2008, as well as the Super Bowl XLVIII MVP award in 2010 and the 2010 Pro Bowl. Fitzgerald also won the Golden Glove Award in 2008, 2010, and the 2011 Pro Bowl as the top wide receiver in the NFL. He received the NFL’s Most Valuable Player award in 2011 and the 2013 Pro Bowl award as the best wide receiver from the NFC East. Fitzgerald won the Lombardi Award in 2012 and 2013, and received the Lombard Award in 2014 and the 2014 Pro Bowl awards in both of those years as the No. 1 wide receiver for the Cardinals. He will be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2015. Fitzgerald’s father, Larry Fitzgerald, is a former U.S. Air Force captain and coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers football team. The Fitzgerald family has three children, all of whom are currently living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and one of whom lives in Pittsburgh.
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