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Jarett Juma Porter Dillard (born December 21, 1985) is an American
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and former American football wide receiver of the National Football League. Dillard achieved success as a
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player for Rice, while earning his bachelor's degree in political science. He was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the fifth round of the
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. Following his NFL career, Dillard embarked on a successful legal career. He attended the South Texas College of Law, attaining his Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D.) degree. Dillard practices law in the State of Texas.


Early years

Dillard was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, the son of Porter and Robin Dillard. He has two siblings. Jarett was a valedictorian and Tai was a salutatorian at Sam Houston High School. Darik ranked third in his class at MacArthur High School. Tai played in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), where she played for the
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. Tai also played basketball for The University of Texas at Austin, while earning her Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology. Presently Tai is Assistant coach of the University of Houston's
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team. Brother Darik played football for Rice University, while earning his Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering.


College career

In the 2006 season, Dillard captured national attention as no other Rice Owls football player had done. He shattered school receiving records on the way to becoming a finalist for the Biletnikoff Award, given to the nation's top receiver. ESPN's All-America first-team pick broke the NCAA season record for consecutive games with at least one touchdown catch. As a redshirt
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in 2006, he helped lead Rice to its first bowl game in 45 years (1961 Bluebonnet Bowl). Rice closed the season on a 7-1 run, capped by a come-from-behind victory over SMU to clinch a bowl game. During those 8 games, Dillard caught 55 passes for 826 yards and 16 touchdowns. In 2006, Dillard was named a finalist for the
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, a first-team All-American by ESPN, a second-team All-American by Sports Illustrated, a second-team All-American by the Walter Camp Foundation, a second-team All-American by
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, and a second-team All-American by the Associated Press. At one point Dillard had a streak of 15 straight games in which he had caught a touchdown pass, leaving only Larry Fitzgerald, who had 18 in a row, in front of him. In the
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, Dillard caught a touchdown pass in the fourth quarter to set a new record for games with a touchdown in a single season (13), besting the mark he shared with Fitzgerald and Randy Moss of 12 games in a season. In 2006, he caught a total of 21 touchdown passes, which set both Rice and C-USA records. On four separate occasions (Army, UAB, Tulsa, and SMU) he caught three touchdown passes in the same game. He also accumulated 91 catches for 1,247 yards, including 7 games with at least 90 yards: UCLA (102), Texas (91), Florida St. (113), Army (171), UAB (111), Tulsa (137), and SMU (145). In 2007, Dillard caught another 14 TD passes, earning 1st team C-USA honors and being mentioned by several publications as all-American honorable mention (including 4th team selection by Sports Illustrated). Dillard is one of only 8 players to catch 40 TD passes in a career, a feat he accomplished when he was only a junior. Dillard holds the NCAA record for career touchdown receptions with 60, eclipsing the prior mark of 50 set by Troy Edwards. Dillard and Rice quarterback
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hold the NCAA Division I-A record for career touchdowns between a quarterback-receiver tandem with 51, which has since been tied by Zach Terrell and Corey Davis of Western Michigan. This total does not include the touchdown pass thrown by Dillard to Clement during the final game for both Rice Seniors in the
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. After his senior year, he became the first Rice player to be named to the Football Writers All America team in 50 years (Buddy Dial in 1958).


Awards and honors

*
Biletnikoff Award The Fred Biletnikoff Award is presented annually to the most outstanding receiver in American college football by the Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation, Inc. (TQCF), an independent not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. The award was creat ...
Finalist (2006) *
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(2006) * Texas Bowl (2008) *
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All-American (2008) * Sports Illustrated All-American (2006, 2008) * Walter Camp All-American (2006,2008) * AP All-American (2008) *
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All-American (2008) * ESPN All-American (2008) *
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(2009) * Ed Block Courage Award (2011) * Rice Athletic Hall of Fame (2015)


Professional career


2009 NFL Draft


Jacksonville Jaguars

Dillard was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 5th round of the
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. He is the second Rice player to be taken by Jacksonville after
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in 2003. On July 17 he was signed to a contract. Length and terms of the contract were undisclosed. As a rookie, Dillard caught six passes for 106 yards before suffering a broken ankle against the Jets in week 10 of the '09 season. Dillard was placed on the injured reserve list on September 11, 2010 due to a foot injury and did not play a down that year. Dillard was released by the Jaguars on May 7, 2012.


Detroit Lions

Dillard signed with Detroit on June 16, 2012, but was released on August 27, 2012.


Arizona Cardinals

Dillard signed with the
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on April 24, 2013. He was waived after given an injury settlement on August 24, 2013.


See also

* List of NCAA major college football yearly receiving leaders *
List of NCAA Division I FBS career receiving touchdowns leaders The NCAA Division I FBS receiving leaders are career, single-season, and single-game leaders in receiving yards, receiving touchdowns and receptions. These lists are dominated by more recent players for several reasons: * Since 1955, seasons have ...


References


External links


Arizona Cardinals bio
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