Wes Welker
- San Diego Chargers (2004)
- Miami Dolphins (2004-2006)
- New England Patriots (2007-2012)
- Denver Broncos (since 2013)
- 2 × AFC Champion ( 2007, 2011, 2013)
- 5x Pro Bowl selection ( 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
- 4x All-Pro selection (2007, 2008, 2009, 2011)
- 2007 NFL most passes caught (112 )
- 2009 NFL most passes caught (123 )
- 2011 NFL most passes caught (122 )
- New England Patriots 12th Player Award ( 2007)
- Mosi Tatupu Award 2003
- Pop Warner Inspiration to Youth Award ( 2008)
- 2 x Ed Block Courage Award ( 2007, 2010 )
- Longest pass catcher NFL history ( set 99 yards)
- New England Patriots All- 2000s Team
Wesley Carter " Wes " Welker ( born May 1, 1981 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is an American professional American football player at the position of wide receiver and kick- Returners. He plays for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League ( NFL).
Career
Welker attended Texas Tech University and was with eight pieces break the record for most punt return touchdowns in career. Nevertheless, he was not selected in the NFL Draft and signed as a free agent contract with the San Diego Chargers. From them he was taken directly after the first week of the team and went to the Miami Dolphins, where he mainly played team in the Special. On 10 November 2004 he was able to achieve a tackle, returnen a kickoff and a punt, a field goal and shoot an extra point (PAT ) as the first player in the history of American football. Nevertheless, Welker was just a role player ( a game he played from the beginning ) and later said: "I arrived in Miami usually only in the 3rd down to the course. "
After two unspectacular years Welker moved in 2007 to the New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick to. On the side of quarterback Tom Brady and wide receiver Randy Moss Welker was suddenly a star: he began 112 passes, which was a team record, and eight touchdowns - seven more than he has been able to achieve in his whole career. The Patriots got off to a perfect regular season, but lost surprisingly the Super Bowl XLII with 14-17 against the New York Giants. Welker was one of the few Patriots reached the normal form, and set with eleven caught passes a Super Bowl record.
2008 started for New England with a shock on, when Brady seriously injured her foot and was replaced by Matt Cassel as a starting quarterback. Nevertheless, Welker established with 111 captive litters ( three touchdowns ) and wide receiver resistant. The Patriots missed despite eleven wins the play-offs, but Welker was first elected to the Pro Bowl. 2009 managed Welker caught 123 passes ( four touchdowns ) back into the Pro Bowl, but then he tore the cruciate ligament and fell out of the play- offs, where New England was eliminated against the Baltimore Ravens. In 2010, he rose through injury until the middle of the season: on the side of the young tight ends Rob Gronkowski and Aaron Hernandez, who replaced the sacked from disciplinary reasons, Moss, Welker managed 86 caught passes ( nine touchdowns ), but different with the newly formed Patriots against the New York Jets from. 2011 Welker played his best season statistically (122 caught throws, nine touchdowns ), in which he scored against the Miami Dolphins a 99 - yard touchdown. With New England managed to Welker in the Super Bowl XLVI against the New York Giants. In the 17-21 defeat he left the score at 17-15 detached drop a pass in the fourth quarter of New England would have brought at least in field goal near.
Play
Welker is statistically one of the most consistent wide receiver in the NFL: he is the only wide receiver, who has three seasons with at least 110 passes caught, and only Marvin Harrison and Jerry Rice have four seasons as he scored at least 100 prisoners passports. Welker is considered prototypical " slot receiver ", a small, agile catcher, the short passes may decrease in the dense crowd: be praised its combination of " game intelligence, lightness, safety catch and fearlessness ." Before Welker slot receivers were rather used as a last resort in the 3rd down, but he and Victor Cruz (New York Giants ) contributed to the fact that more and more clubs slot receiver running down each time.