Showing posts with label Marvin Harrison. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marvin Harrison. Show all posts

Monday, October 20, 2014

NFL tweet lists all of Peyton Manning's 509 TD pass recipients (PHOTO)

In case you didn't know, Peyton Manning is the NFL's new leader in career touchdown passes. And, while his receivers were playing keep-away with the milestone ball Sunday night, the NFL wasted no time in letting everyone know who was on the the receiving end of all 509 scores. 

The league posted this tweet and graphic:


Marvin Harrison, Manning's favorite target in Indianapolis, led the pack with 112 while Demaryius Thomas, the recipient of the historic second-quarter catch, has 29.


And there's a whole lot of guys with one TD catch who can now say they are part of NFL history.

Friday, April 18, 2014

Colts won't let Hakeem Nicks wear No. 88: Report

After wearing No. 88 during his five-year career with the New York Giants and as a standout receiver at North Carolina, Hakeem Nicks has been given No. 14 by the Colts, according to the team's website.

And not by any choice of the newly acquired wideout.


To be clear, the Colts have not officially retired the 88 jersey which the team’s all-time leading receiver, Marvin Harrison, wore during his 13 seasons in Indianapolis, and which Hall of Fame tight end John Mackey wore for nine seasons in Baltimore. But the Colts aren’t giving No. 88 out anymore.



“Everybody knows I love those eights on my chest, but we’ll have to see how that pans out,” Nicks said when he signed with the Colts in March.

The Colts are running out of numbers in the 80s, with Raymond Berry’s 82 and Gino Marchetti’s 89 both retired, and Reggie Wayne’s 87 likely to be retired some day as well. But it's only right they retire 88, and when they do they should honor both Harrison and Mackey.


The Colts open their offseason conditioning program Monday, at which time Nicks will work out in his new number.