Could Marques Colston be a future Hall of Famer? His stats say yes.
In his two years of playing in the NFL, the former Hofstra receiver has caught 168 passes for 2,240 yards and 19 touchdowns—more receptions than any other NFL player in history over their first two seasons.
Colston went from seventh-round afterthought to No. 1 receiver coming off his rookie year, in which he caught 70 passes for 1,038 yards and eight touchdowns over just 14 games. With the departure of Joe Horn for Atlanta, the dependable Colston was put at the top of the depth chart before the 2007-08 season.
Even though the Saints were a disappointment last year, Colston still caught 98 passes for 1,202 yards and 11 touchdowns while playing in all 16 games.
This year, Colston looks as good as ever with a one-handed touchdown catch against the Houston Texans last week in the Saints' second preseason game, the only one that he's played in because of injuries. He caught four passes for 22 yards and the touchdown.
Whenever another team plays the Saints, Colston is one of the threats that they consider, even though he is only in his third year. If he doesn't get injured and keeps on the path that he is on, Colston may one day be inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.
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Robert Lewis 10 months ago
Good Article, Health will be an issue, he is definitly on his way, many years left to go though before Canton comes knocking. I hope he can stay healthy to play 10 or so seasons.
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Joshua Joffrion 10 months ago
I hope that he stays with the Saints.
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Justin Goar 10 months ago
it doesn't hurt him to have a qb like brees throwing to him. good read and he's young enough to have alot of time to improve his resume'.
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Joshua Joffrion 10 months ago
No kidding
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russ autin 10 months ago
nice,shockey is really gonna him even more dangerous.the sky is the limit.
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Joe Willett 10 months ago
Good job, but I would have liked a little more elaboration. I enjoyed the premise and the stats were good, just a little more would have been nice. You look long so that also leaves a lot of time ahead. Also, with just 19 articles so far, I would say that you are on the right track. Also, whenever I play the Saints on Madden, Colsten gets constant receiver spotlight.
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Spenser T. Harrison 10 months ago
Cmon now. This is waaaaaay to early, and I've always had on-pace stats or references because well its football and it changes from year to year.
If HOF was done by their first two years then Colston would be a lock. But it's not and he'll have to stay healthy; not to mention WR is a very hard position to make the HOF........either way he's one of the top possession receivers in the game today and that can't be overlooked.
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