Early Joseph Doucet III was born on October 28,1985 and is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League.
22 Facts About Early Doucet
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Early Doucet was selected by the Arizona Cardinals in the third round of the 2008 NFL draft.
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Early Doucet prepped at St Martinville High School in St Martinville, Louisiana.
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Early Doucet was exceptionally versatile, playing quarterback, running back, receiver, and return man for his team.
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Early Doucet ran for 3,592 yards on 470 carries and 52 touchdowns during his career.
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Early Doucet participated in four different postseason teams, helping his basketball team, which included future LSU athlete Darrel Mitchell, to the state championship, as well as taking his football team to the state semi-finals twice.
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Early Doucet played in the 2004 US Army All-American Bowl, which is a national all-star game for some of the nation's best and brightest high school football players.
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Early Doucet was a member of the Louisiana State University Tigers.
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Early Doucet began playing a bigger part on the team his sophomore year, during which he played in 12 games and started five.
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Early Doucet did not play in the 2005 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl against the University of Miami Hurricanes due to an ankle injury, which he got during the SEC Championship Game against Georgia.
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Early Doucet finished the season with 26 catches for 389 yards and five touchdowns.
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Early Doucet improved his statistics drastically, finishing the season with 59 catches for 772 yards and eight touchdowns.
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Early Doucet rushed the ball eight times for 59 yards and two touchdowns.
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Early Doucet played an instrumental role in the 2007 Sugar Bowl, where he caught eight passes for 115 yards in a rout of Notre Dame.
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Early Doucet was regarded as one of the better wide receivers available in the 2008 NFL draft, and drew comparisons to Reggie Wayne.
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Since he neither has the speed nor size of elite wideout prospects, Early Doucet was projected as second to third round pick and a "No 3 receiver" in the NFL.
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Early Doucet was picked in the third round by the Arizona Cardinals with the 81st pick overall.
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Early Doucet caught his first career playoff touchdown, a 15-yarder with 9:16 remaining in the first quarter of the NFC Wild Card playoff game between the Cardinals and Green Bay Packers on January 10,2010.
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Early Doucet finished the 2011 season with 54 receptions, 689 yards and five touchdowns, all career highs, in his fourth NFL season, which included a couple long touchdown catches against the Carolina Panthers and San Francisco 49ers.
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On March 9,2013, Early Doucet was released by the Arizona Cardinals.
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Early Doucet was released five days later after only one practice session.
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Head coach Pete Carroll was dismissive when asked by the media why the sudden release of the wideout, however the official NFL transaction wire notes that Early Doucet was released with a "failure to disclose physical condition" tag.