Marques Colston: 2009 Projection

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Published: July 28, 2009

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... year, picking up 1,038 yards receiving as well as eight TDs. He followed that up in 2007 by catching 98 passes for 1,202 yards and 11 TDs, entrenching himself among the league's best receivers.

His 2008 season, however, was partially derailed by injury. After playing in the team’s opener, he was sidelined for the next five games after tearing ligament in his thumb that had to be corrected via surgery. He came back in Week 7, starting the game, but didn't register a catch.

He wasn't shutout the rest of the season, picking up 100 yards receiving games in three of the final nine games, as well as a 99-yard contest. If there were any concerns that he hadn't returned to form, he scored four TDs over the season’s final three weeks.

He enters 2009 as the top receiver for the team with the best QB in the league, though he is coming off surgery on his knee this offseason. It was considered a minor procedure involving "some microfracture techniques." It cert...

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