Robert Ferguson (football player)

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Robert Ferguson
Date of birth	December 17, 1979
Place of birth	Houston, Texas
Position(s)	Wide Receiver
College	Texas A&M University
NFL Draft	2001 / Round 2
Team(s)
2001–current	Green Bay Packers

Robert Charles Ferguson (born December 17, 1979 in Houston, Texas) is an American football wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers of the NFL who was drafted in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He attended Texas A&M University. He has 111 career receptions for 1546 yards, and 11 touchdowns.

On March 27, 2007 Packers.com reported that Ferguson was changing his jersey number from 89 to 87, which had most recently been worn by tight end David Martin, now with the Miami Dolphins.

[edit] Injury

On December 19, 2004, during a home game against the Jacksonville Jaguars (won by the Jaguars, 28-25), Ferguson was severely injured as a result of a hard clothesline hit by Jaguars safety Donovin Darius. He was knocked unconscious, and was also temporarily parylyzed below the waist. He did not regain feeling or movement below the waist until after he was lifted onto a strecher and in an ambulance. The NFL immediately investigated the hit, but decided not to fine Darius (who was ejected from the game), because the hit was deemed unintentional. Darius defended himself, noting that he was not trying to injure Ferguson, but merely trying to knock the football out of his hands.