Tai Lamar Streets was born on April 20,1977 and is a former professional American football wide receiver in the National Football League.
60 Facts About Tai Streets
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Tai Streets was selected with the second pick of the sixth round of the 1999 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers.
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Tai Streets was the leading receiver for the national champion 1997 Michigan Wolverines football team.
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Tai Streets is considered to be one of the greatest three-sport athletes in the history of Illinois.
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Tai Streets had two touchdown receptions in the 1998 Rose Bowl, which clinched a share of the national championship.
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Tai Streets played in the Senior Bowl and was selected for the Hula Bowl.
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Tai Streets was injured right before the 1999 draft causing him to slip from a projected second-round selection to a sixth-round choice.
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Tai Streets had modest success as a professional in five seasons with the 49ers.
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Tai Streets began as a fourth wide receiver on a team with perennial Pro Bowl receivers Jerry Rice and Terrell Owens, but he eventually became a starter before moving on to play his final season with the Lions.
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Tai Streets's career was highlighted by playoff performances in which he caught at least four receptions for at least 50 yards in all three playoff games.
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Tai Streets recorded two fourth quarter playoff touchdowns one of which was the game-winner in a 24-point comeback victory and the other of which was a game-tying touchdown in a losing effort.
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Tai Streets's mother kept him active in sports as a youth to keep him out of trouble.
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Tai Streets's mother describes him as a clumsy awkward youth and his father remembers him for his duck-footed stance.
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Tai Streets started him in track, which quickly supplanted baseball, which he last played at age 12.
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Rich South coach Hud Venerable, who had seen videotapes of Tai Streets, set out to bring him back as a junior.
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Tai Streets attempted to recruit Streets by attending his basketball games and track meets.
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Tai Streets realized football could provide a better college opportunity than basketball, especially for a 6-foot-4-inch athlete such as himself.
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That same season, Tai Streets won the Amateur Athletic Union triple jump championship.
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Tai Streets moved in with his dad and transferred to Thornton Township High School.
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At the time of his 1994 senior year transfer to Harvey, Illinois's Thornton, Tai Streets was described by a Chicago Sun-Times journalist as "the best high school athlete in Illinois".
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Tai Streets ended the season as a Chicago Tribune second-team All-state selection.
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Tai Streets was part of a Michigan football recruiting class that included Tom Brady and Charles Woodson.
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Tai Streets was selected to play in the Chicago Public League Football Coaches Association eighth annual Harold Washington All-Star Football Game.
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Tai Streets was selected to the Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette All-state team.
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Tai Streets was the highest vote-getter on the Associated Press Class AA all-tournament team.
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Tai Streets was selected to play in the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association all-star game.
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Tai Streets scored 12 points and had 10 rebounds in the game.
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Tai Streets was selected as a member of the Chicago Suburban All-Stars.
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Tai Streets placed fourth in the 1995 Illinois Mr Basketball selection that Garnett won in a landslide.
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Tai Streets was part of a Michigan Wolverines men's basketball incoming number-one ranked recruiting class with three McDonald's All-Americans: Robert Traylor, Albert White, and Louis Bullock.
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Tai Streets was honored as the IHSA Sports Report Athlete of the Year.
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Daily Herald of Arlington Heights, Illinois said that Tai Streets would have won their Athlete of the Year award had he competed in their coverage area.
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Tai Streets was so highly regarded as an athlete that the Thornton baseball coach repeatedly extended him an open offer to pitch for the baseball team.
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Tai Streets played college football and basketball at the University of Michigan.
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Tai Streets earned the starting wide receiver job and started in all twelve games.
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Tai Streets led the 1996 Michigan Wolverines football team in receptions and reception yardage with 44 receptions for 730 yards.
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Tai Streets caught no passes against either Minnesota or Penn State the following week.
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In 1998, Tai Streets' returned for his senior season with several experienced receivers including 1997 All-American tight end Tuman.
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Tai Streets caught a fourth-quarter touchdown pass and two-point conversion in the January 23,1999 Senior Bowl, and he was on the January 24,1999 Hula Bowl roster.
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Tai Streets was voted to the All-Big Ten Second Team in 1998.
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Tai Streets remains second to Jack Clancy on the all-time Michigan single game receptions yardage list with 192.
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Tai Streets finished his career at Michigan with 2284 yards and 19 touchdowns on 144 receptions.
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Tai Streets was regarded as between the 6th and 8th best wide receiver in the 1999 NFL Draft according to most expert analyses in April.
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Tai Streets, who was on crutches at the time of the draft, was relieved to have been drafted.
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Tai Streets was the only 1999 draftee not to sign in July when the other draftees signed, but he signed just before the end of the month.
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Just before the season started, Tai Streets was placed on the reserve non-football injury list in order to make roster space for Na'il Benjamin and Damon Griffin.
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Tai Streets activated for the gameday roster three weeks later for the final two games.
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When Tai Streets had the chance to exhibit his skills during the 2000 NFL season for the 2000 49ers, he proved himself to be the only speed receiver with the ability to create big plays downfield, but he remained the fourth receiver.
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Tai Streets became the number three receiver for the 2001 49ers behind Stokes and Owens that season.
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Tai Streets recorded his first career touchdown on December 2,2001, against the Buffalo Bills.
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Tai Streets had eight receptions three times, but recorded no 100-yard games.
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That season, Tai Streets posted his career-highs in yards and receptions and totaled five touchdowns for the first time.
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Tai Streets was expected to be signed and traded to another team before the 2003 NFL draft in order to improve the 49ers' draft position.
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In March, Tai Streets signed with the Detroit Lions, for the 2004 NFL season.
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Williams and Rogers were projected as the starters with Tai Streets considered the third receiver as the season began.
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Tai Streets started 12 of the 13 games that he played for the 2004 Lions while accumulating 260 yards on 28 receptions.
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Tai Streets was active in mentoring and coaching youth basketball while he was a professional football player.
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Tai Streets coached a team to the 16-under national AAU championship.
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Tai Streets was actively involved in creating and expanding the Chicago-area AAU basketball program.
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Tai Streets founded and coaches the Meanstreets AAU travelling club team, that has included players like Anthony Davis.