In the eight years that he played with the Packers he had 431 catches, which is the sixth most number of catches in Packer history. On June 16, 2007, Freeman re-signed with the Packers.
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He played in the Pro Bowl in 1999 and participated in the NFL Alumni skills competition at the February 2007 Pro Bowl. Nicknamed "Free", in 2006 Freeman won a Pop Warner Award for his work with youth. Freeman had three 1,000 yard receiving seasons in his career, 1997-1999. He ranks sixth all-time on the Green Bay Packers receivers list with 6,651 yards on 431 catches. He appeared in four NFC Championship Games and two Super Bowls. His teams made the playoffs in seven of his NFL seasons. In his ten NFL seasons, Freeman caught 477 passes for 7,251 yards, gained 1,007 yards returning kickoffs and punts, and scored 61 touchdowns. He played his final game with Green Bay in the infamous "4th and 26" debacle in the NFL playoffs against the Philadelphia Eagles in January 2004.įreeman last played in the NFL with the Miami Dolphins during 2004 training camp. He caught 46 receptions for 600 years and four touchdowns. He started one game while serving as the third wide receiver. His production in Philadelphia was nowhere near his Green Bay career totals. His final catch with the Packers occurred on the road in December 2003 during the fourth quarter of Brett Favre's phenomenal performance against the Oakland Raiders on ABC's Monday Night Football, following the death of Favre's father.įreeman played for the Green Bay Packers from 1995 through the 2001 NFL season.Īfter feuding with Packers head coach and general manager, Mike Sherman, Freeman signed with the Philadelphia Eagles. He then went on to play a year for the Eagles in 2002 before coming back to Green Bay for the 2003 season and a second tenure with the club. His final game in his first Packers tenure was against the St. The play has since been labeled the "Monday Night Miracle". In 2005 ESPN labeled the catch as the greatest play in the history of Monday Night Football. The touchdown prompted ABC play-by-play announcer Al Michaels, who was obviously stunned by the play, to famously say, "He did WHAT?". Untouched by the defender, Freeman jumped to his feet & ran the ball in for the winning touchdown over the rival Minnesota Vikings. In 1998, Freeman had his best NFL season, catching 84 passes for a league leading 1,424 receiving yards and earning the right to his only Pro Bowl appearance.ĭuring overtime of a Monday night game on Novemdespite bad weather conditions, Freeman caught what initially appeared to be an incomplete pass while lying on his back. In the course of that Super Bowl season, Freeman made several acrobatic catches for touchdowns from quarterback Brett Favre.
That play would give the Packers the lead for good as they went on to win 35–21. During that Super Bowl, Freeman caught a Super Bowl record-length touchdown pass of 81 yards from Brett Favre, since eclipsed. The peak of Freeman's career occurred during his first tenure with the Green Bay Packers including a victory in Super Bowl XXXI in 1997 over the New England Patriots. It does not store any personal data.Professional career Green Bay Packers (1995-2001) The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies.
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