1. Christopher J Chambers was born on August 12,1978 and is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for 10 seasons in the National Football League.
48 Facts About Chris Chambers
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Chris Chambers was selected by the Miami Dolphins in the second round of the 2001 NFL draft, and played for the San Diego Chargers and Kansas City Chiefs.
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Chris Chambers was a high school teammate of wide receiver Lee Evans, who played for the Wisconsin Badgers.
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Chris Chambers played in 43 games during his career, starting the final 33.
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Chris Chambers topped the football team in receiving his sophomore season when he totaled 28 catches for 563 yards and seven touchdowns, including an 80-yard grab against Michigan.
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Chris Chambers missed two games as a junior with a broken finger, but still led the team in receiving with 41 catches for 578 yards and four scores, and was an honorable mention All-Big Ten selection.
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Chris Chambers had the best game of his career when he hauled in 11 passes for 191 yards against Iowa.
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Chris Chambers finished his collegiate career with 127 receptions for 2,004 yards and 16 touchdowns.
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Chris Chambers rushed for 17 yards on two carries, returned one kickoff for 15 yards and fielded five punts for two yards.
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Chris Chambers was part of Badger teams that won the Rose Bowl following the 1998 and 1999 seasons.
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Chris Chambers was drafted by the Miami Dolphins 52nd overall in the second round of the 2001 NFL draft.
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Chris Chambers turned in one of the most productive seasons of any rookie wide receiver in club history.
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Chris Chambers started seven of the 16 games in which he played, and finished with 48 receptions for 883 yards and seven touchdowns.
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Chris Chambers finished the year ranked 18th in the AFC in receiving yards, while his average per catch was first among the top 20 receivers in both the AFC and NFC.
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Chris Chambers returned 36 kickoffs for a 22.5-yard average with a long of 47.
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Chris Chambers missed the team's first-round playoff game on January 13,2002, against the Baltimore Ravens due to a sprained ankle suffered the last week of the regular season.
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In 2002, Chris Chambers started all 15 games in which he played.
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Chris Chambers led team with 52 receptions for 734 yards and scored three touchdowns.
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Chris Chambers totaled 78 rushing yards on six carries, including a long run of 45 yards.
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Chris Chambers had seven catches of 25 yards or longer, trailing only James McKnight.
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Chris Chambers led the team in receptions five times and in receiving yards on five occasions as well.
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Chris Chambers's rushing total on the year was the fourth-highest single-season total by a Dolphins wide receiver at the time, and it was the highest figure since Nat Moore had 89 yards in 1977.
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Chris Chambers started all 16 games in 2003, becoming the first Dolphins wide receiver to do so since Oronde Gadsden in 2000.
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Chris Chambers finished the season with 64 catches for 963 yards and 11 touchdowns, leading the team in all three categories.
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Chris Chambers tied for fifth in the conference in overall touchdowns and was first in the AFC and third in the NFL in receiving scores.
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Chris Chambers accounted for the most catches by a Dolphin since 1999 when Tony Martin had 67 receptions.
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Chris Chambers rushed for 30 yards on four attempts on the year.
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Chris Chambers started 15 games in 2004, missing only an October 3 contest against the New York Jets with a knee injury.
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Chris Chambers led Miami in both receiving yards and touchdowns with 898 yards and seven scores.
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Chris Chambers led team in receptions seven times and in receiving yards on five occasions during the course of the season.
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Chris Chambers accounted for four 100-yard receiving games on the year, tied for the sixth-highest single-season figure in club history and the most by a Dolphin since Tony Martin had five in 1999.
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In 2005, Chris Chambers started all 16 games in which he played.
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Chris Chambers set career highs for both receptions and receiving yards, while his touchdown total equaled his career best from 2003.
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Chris Chambers became the first Dolphin to record 1,000 or more receiving yards since Tony Martin had 1,037 receiving yards in 1999.
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Chris Chambers rushed for 92 yards on 12 attempts during the course of the season, good for third on the team in rushing.
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Chris Chambers suffered a down season in 2006 after a Pro Bowl performance the year before.
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Chris Chambers ranked third on the team in rushing with eight rushes for 95 yards.
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Chris Chambers led the team in receptions four times and in reception yardage four times during a season in which he started all 16 games.
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The Chargers hoped that Chris Chambers' experience this season with Dolphins head coach Cam Cameron, whose offense is a derivative of the Norv Turner offense, would help make the transition to the Chargers smoother.
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The decision to go after Chris Chambers was made after the team realized that receiver Eric Parker's toe injury was not healing fast enough for him to have an impact in 2007 and he was placed on injured reserve to make room on the roster for Chris Chambers.
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Chris Chambers was scheduled to earn $5.1M and $4.55M in 2008 and 2009 respectively.
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Chris Chambers' was inactive in weeks 6 and 7 due to an ankle injury sustained during a game against the Miami Dolphins.
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Chris Chambers finished the 2008 season with 33 receptions for 462 yards and 5 touchdowns.
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Chris Chambers made his Chiefs debut in week 9, catching 3 passes for 70 yards and 2 touchdowns.
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On March 8,2010, Chris Chambers re-signed a 3-year, $15 million contract with the Kansas City Chiefs.
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Chris Chambers served in 2021 as the first-ever University of Fort Lauderdale head football coach.
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Chris Chambers was later the wide receivers coach at Keiser University.
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Chris Chambers did a commercial for Reebok in which he is seen catching three footballs, one with each hand, then caught the third one between the two.