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Personal information | |
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Date of birth: August 19, 1978 | |
Place of birth: Humble, Texas | |
Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | Weight: 228 lb (103 kg) |
Career information | |
College: Ohio State | |
NFL Draft: 1999 / Round: 1 / Pick: 8 | |
Debuted in 1999 for the Arizona Cardinals | |
Career history | |
Career highlights and awards | |
Stats at NFL.com |
David Byron Boston (born August 19, 1978 in Humble, Texas) is a professional football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He was originally drafted by the Arizona Cardinals eighth overall in the 1999 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ohio State.
A Pro Bowl selection with the Cardinals in 2001, Boston has also played for the San Diego Chargers, Miami Dolphins and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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Boston played youth football in the Humble Area Football League HAFL
After graduating from Humble High School in Humble, Texas, Boston became a three-year starter for the Ohio State Buckeyes (1996–98). His 191 pass receptions as a Buckeye remains a team record, as does his career average of 5.2 receptions per game and 959 career punt return yards. His 2,835 receiving yards were a school record until surpassed by Michael Jenkins in 2003. With 36 career touchdown receptions (and one two-point conversion), Boston averaged 5.89 points per game.
Boston had a career full of highlights at Ohio State, but his best-remembered moment remains his game-winning 5-yard touchdown reception of a pass from quarterback Joe Germaine with 19 seconds remaining in the 1997 Rose Bowl.
Boston left Ohio State with a year of eligibility remaining, and was drafted in the first round of the 1999 NFL Draft by the Arizona Cardinals. He had his best season in 2001 in which he had 98 receptions for 1598 yards and 8 touchdowns. He also made the Pro Bowl that year as a starter.
Boston signed a seven-year, $47 million contract ($12 million guaranteed) with the San Diego Chargers in 2003. That season he caught 70 passes for 880 yards and 7 touchdowns, however he fit in poorly with the rest of a struggling team. Coach Marty Schottenheimer suspended him for a game because of bad behavior. With their highly paid player a disappointment, new Chargers GM A.J. Smith traded Boston to the Miami Dolphins for a sixth round draft choice.
Before the 2004 season, he tested positive for steroids and was ordered to serve a four-game suspension. The suspension became academic after he tore ligaments in his knee and was unable to play for the entire season. The Dolphins cut him at the end of the year, then proceeded to re-sign him for the veterans' minimum for 2005. He played in five games that year before tearing knee ligaments again.
In 2006, Boston signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He was released on September 12, 2007 after being arrested for DUI.
After spending the 2007 season out of football, Boston signed with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League on April 21, 2008. Boston reported to training camp but his medical report showed a stress fracture in his right foot and recommended surgery. He was placed on the suspended list, never practicing or playing in the pre-season.[1] A second doctor's opinion, however, was that it was a two-year old injury and cleared him to play in the regular season opener on June 27, 2008, when he recorded 2 receptions for a total of 16 yards.[2] Following the game, however, Boston reported feeling too much pain and opted to follow the original doctor's suggestion of surgery requiring a 10 to 12 weeks rehabilitation period.[3] Boston never returned to Toronto and his medical status is unknown.
Boston's father, Byron, is an American football official in the NFL. He is not permitted to officiate games in which David is playing.
On August 23, 2007, Boston was arrested in Pinellas Park, Florida and charged with DUI after a failed sobriety test was conducted. Boston was released on his own recognizance. A video of Boston's field sobriety test was released through the local Tampa Bay media. The video depicts Boston asking to contact an attorney and being denied, and on several occasions asking to submit to breath and blood tests in lieu of the standard field tests.[4] Boston's breath test resulted in a reading of 0.00 BAC. On September 10, 2007 it was released to the media that David Boston tested positive for GHB,[5] a recreational drug with questionable ties to bodybuilding. After learning of the drug charges the Buccaneers quickly came to an injury settlement with Boston allowing him to be released. On September 12, 2007, Boston was officially released by Tampa Bay when they decided to sign Mark Jones. On December 1st, 2011, Boston was accused of beating a woman after a night of drinking Tuesday night in Boca Raton. Boston allegedly punched the woman twice in the head, leaving a gash big enough to require 10 stitches after the incident in the 21000 block of Cromwell Circle, according to a Boca Raton police[6]
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