Terry Mickens | |
Position: | Wide receiver |
Number: | 85, 88 |
Birth Date: | 21 February 1971 |
Birth Place: | Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 0 |
Weight Lbs: | 201 |
Draftyear: | 1994 |
Draftround: | 5 |
Draftpick: | 146 |
High School: | Tallahassee (FL) Leon |
College: | Florida A&M |
Teams: | |
Statlabel1: | Receptions |
Statvalue1: | 70 |
Statlabel2: | Receiving yards |
Statvalue2: | 851 |
Statlabel3: | Receiving touchdowns |
Statvalue3: | 4 |
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Pfr: | M/MickTe00 |
Terry KaJuan Mickens (born February 21, 1971) is a former American football player, who was a wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers and the Oakland Raiders from 1994 to 1999. He played college football at Florida A&M University.
After being a fringe Division I-AA All-America candidate, starting quarterback woes plagued Mickens' final college season. He was coached by former Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Ken Riley and ran a 4.5 second 40-yard dash.[1]
Mickens was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the fifth round (146th overall) of the 1994 NFL draft.[2] [3] [4] He appeared in twelve games and caught four passes his rookie season.[5] He continued to see sparse playing time his sophomore year.[6] In 1996, he was part of the Super Bowl XXXI winning Green Bay Packers team, seeing his best action as a Packer to date, with 18 catches for 161 yards.[7] He only caught two passes due to a high ankle sprain in 1997, his last year with the Packers.[8]
The Oakland Raiders signed Mickens in May 1998. His most productive season came in 1998, where he caught 24 passes for 346 yards and 1 touchdown. He earned playing time after beating out Desmond Howard, Olanda Truitt and Kenny Shedd for the No. 3 receiver position.[9] In 1999, Mickens did not reach the end zone at all but still caught 20 passes.[10] A neck injury before the 2000 season landed him on injured reserve for the entire season.[11] He played in all 32 games he was healthy while he was in Oakland.[12]
In 2004, he began scouting for the Philadelphia Eagles. He has one son, Tyler.[13]