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Height: 5-10 Weight: 185 Year: 2 Yrs/Pat: 2 Acquired: FA-05 School: Ohio State Born: Mar 31, 1982 OH
Personal
Brandon Childress was born the son of John and Willeen Childress on March 31, 1982 ... Attended Chanel High School in Warrensville Heights, Ohio where he earned 12 varsity letters (four each in football and basketball and two each in track and baseball) ... As a senior in 1999, was named Ohio's Mr. Football, USA Today's Ohio Player of the Year and the Division V Defensive Player of the Year ... Raised bulldogs and pit bulls in high school and has expressed interest in someday owning his own kennel and show dogs ... Is a cousin of Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey ... Majored in Family Resource Management at Ohio State.
Career Transactions
Brandon "Bam" Childress was signed by the Patriots as an undrafted free agent on July 24, 2005 ... Released (09/03/05) and signed to the practice squad (09/04/05) ... Signed from the practice squad to the active roster (12/31/05).
Career Highlights
Career GP/GS (Playoffs): 3/0 (0/0)
2006 Season
2006 (2/0/0/1): Signed from the practice squad on Dec. 23, 2006 ... Released on Sept. 12, 2006.
Buffalo (9/10): Saw action in a reserve role at wide receiver but did not record a reception in the Patriots' 19-17 victory over the Bills. at Jacksonville (12/24): Played in a reserve role at wide receiver and grabbed two receptions for seven yards in the Patriots' 24-21 division-clinching win over the Jaguars ... Snared his first reception of the season, a 5-yard catch, over the middle in the second quarter. at Tennessee (12/31): Inactive.
2006 Postseason (0/0/0/3): vs. N.Y. Jets (1/7): Inactive. at San Diego (1/14): Inactive. at Indianapolis (1/21): Inactive.
2005 Season
2005 (1/0/0/0): Saw action in his first career NFL contest and grabbed his first career reception on 7-yard pass play from Matt Cassel against Miami (1/1/06).
Miami (1/1): Saw action at wide receiver and cornerback … Led the team with three receptions for 32 yards … Grabbed his first career reception on 7-yard pass play from Matt Cassel in the second quarter … Converted a key third-and-nine with a 21-yard reception in the fourth quarter … Collected five tackles (2 solo).
2005 Postseason (0/0/0/2):Jacksonville (1/7): Inactive. at Denver (1/14): Inactive.
College
Played in 49 games with seven starts over four seasons with the Ohio State Buckeyes from 2001-04 ... Recorded 33 career receptions for 392 yards and also recorded nine kickoff returns for 159 yards. 2004 (Senior): Played in all 12 games and grabbed a career-high 17 receptions for 205 yards ... Served as the Buckeyes' third wide receiver for much of the year and tied for third on the team with 17 receptions ... Recorded four catches for a season-high 67 yards in the season-opener against Cincinnati ... Made a season-high five catches for 38 yards at N.C. State. 2003 (Junior): Played in all 13 games with three starts ... Finished the season with 11 catches for 133 yards ... Recorded a career long 36 yard reception in the Fiesta Bowl against Kansas State, grabbing a pass on a crossing route and bringing it to the 8-yard line, setting up a Buckeyes touchdown ... Finished the Fiesta Bowl with 44 yards on two catches ... Caught two passes for 17 yards against Michigan ... Caught four passes for 41 yards against Indiana. 2002 (Sophomore): Played in 13 games and finished the season with four grabs for 47 yards for the BCS champions ... Made a season-long 17 yard reception against Minnesota ... Made receptions in four games. 2001 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in 11 games and made one catch for seven yards in the home finale ... Also returned four kickoffs for 74 yards.
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