Manny Hazard (born 1969) is a former professional

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wide receiver who played collegiately at the

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and in the

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for the

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. Hazard, who played with

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winner

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Andre Ware Andre Trevor Ware (born July 31, 1968) is an American sports analyst and commentator and a former American football player. He was the 1989 Heisman Trophy and Davey O'Brien Award winner as a quarterback for the University of Houston. He was t ...

at Houston in 1989, held the

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football record for most receptions in a season with 142 until December 30, 2009, when Bowling Green's

Freddie Barnes Freddie Lee Barnes (born December 6, 1986) is a former American football wide receiver. He was signed by the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL) as an undrafted free agent in 2010. He played college football at Bowling Green. D ...

broke the record in the first quarter of the 2009 Humanitarian Bowl. Hazard went undrafted in the 1991 NFL Draft.

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