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Kevin Curtis

Weight: 186

Position: WR

College: Utah State

Drafted: Pick 10 of the 3rd round by St. Louis
Analysis
Positives: Displays superb athletic ability, possessing the change-of-direction agility, speed, quickness and body control to be a consistent deep threat...Shows good foot- ball intelligence, timing his leaps perfectly to go up and get the ball at its highest point...Leads by example, as he has that "never quit" attitude, whether in games, practices or the weight room...Plays with pain...Shows great tilt and lean in his release, displaying the sudden burst and acceleration, to go along with the stutterstep foot moves to elude...Has solid body control, using his head and shoulder fakes as he stabs and stems to set up the defensive backs...Has that extra gear needed to change pace running his routes...Will settle and break with a sharp burst to separate...Does a nice job of tracking the ball over his shoulder...Looks very fluid reaching and plucking at the ball away from his body... Knows how to use double moves to defeat the cornerbacks...Runs proper post and corner routes, streaks and fades and is also very effective on the short outs and curls, finding the holes to break out of his cuts.
Negatives: Struggles to get a fluid release in press coverage...Marginal blocker who lacks the strength to sustain...Does not have the leg drive to break tackles...Has solid body control, but needs to improve his quickness when trying to move laterally...Occasionally will drop the easy pass...Needs to get his hands up quicker when blocking for the ground game...Despite his speed, he needs to work on his wiggle and shake when trying to make the defender miss.
Career Notes
Classic Cinderella story, joining the Aggies program as a walk-on three years after playing his last football game...Was given a scholarship in 2002, after leading the nation in receptions per game in 2001...Served on an LDS mission in 1998-99 and was redshirted in 2000, his first year at Utah State...Spent the 1996-97 seasons at Snow (Ut.) Junior College...Despite playing only two seasons for the Aggies, he holds the school's career-record with 171 receptions...His 2789 yards receiving rank second on UTSU's all-time record list behind Kendal Smith's 2943 (1985-88)...Only Smith (25), Tracy Jenkins (22, 1988-91) and Aaron Jones (21, 1997-2000) had more touchdown catches than his 19 in school annals.
2002 Season

All-American second-team, All-Independent and National Independent Offensive Player of the Year by The NFL Draft Report and the Sports Xchange...Ranked seventh in the nation with an average of 114.36 yards per game receiving...Ranked 12th in the country with an average of 6.73 receptions per game...Led the team with 74 receptions (fifth-best season total in school history) for 1258 yards (17.0 avg) and nine touchdowns..His 1258 yards rank fifth on Utah State's season-record chart...Gained 21 yards on six carries (3.5 avg) with a score...Returned two punts for 12 yards and completed one of three passes for 16 yards... Scored 60 points and led the team with an average of 117.4 all-purpose yards per game... Gained over 100 yards receiving in seven of the team's eleven games.

Associated Press All-American third-team selection...Finalist for the Biletnikoff Award, given to the nation's top receiver...Consensus All-Independent first-team pick...Led the country with an average of 9.1 receptions per game...Ranked third in the Division 1A ranks with an average of 139.2 yards receiving per game...Set school season-records with 100 receptions for 1531 yards (15.3 avg) and ten touchdowns, breaking the previous marks of 92 catches for 1400 yards by Kevin Alexander in 1995...His ten scoring grabs rank sixth on the Aggies' season-record list...Second on the team in scoring with 60 points...Completed one of two passes for 22 yards...Added 25 yards on three reverses (8.3 avg)...Averaged 141.5 all-purpose yards per game, ranking 20th in the nation in that category...Recorded a solo tackle...Set more school season-records as he had six games with at least ten catches, nine contests with at least 100 yards receiving and six consecutive games going over the century mark.

33-yard score.

Joined the team as a walk-on and was redshirted.

Served on a Church of Latter Day Saints mission.

30 3/8 9 3/8 48 4.44 2.59 1.53 36 10'2" 3.99 6.76

1996 10 09 30 600 20.0 5 N/A 3.00 60.00

1997 10 10 55 1100 20.0 19 N/A 5.50 110.00

2001 11 11 100 1531 15.3 10 58 9.09 139.18

2002 11 11 74 1258 17.0 9 80 6.73 114.36

TOTAL 42 41 259 4489 17.3 43 80 6.17 106.88

YEAR NO YARDS AVG TD LONG NO YARDS AVG TD LONG

2001 3 25 8.3 0 18

2002 6 21 3.5 1 14 2 12 6.0 0 8

TOTAL 9 46 5.1 1 18 2 12 6.0 0 8
SPECIAL TEAM TACKLES
YEAR TK SO AS FR FC

2001 1 1 0 0 0

2002 1 1 0 0 0

TOTAL 2 2 0 0 0

2001 3 1 33.3 22 0 0 22

2002 3 1 33.3 16 0 0 16

TOTAL 6 2 33.3 38 0 0 22

2001 11 103 1531 25 0 0 1556 10 15.11 141.45

2002 11 82 1258 21 0 12 1291 10 15.74 117.36

TOTAL 22 185 2789 46 0 12 2847 20 15.39 129.41