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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||
Date of birth: | May 19, 1973 | ||||||||||||
Place of birth: | Gainesville, Florida | ||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 201 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school: | Gainesville (FL) P.K. Yonge | ||||||||||||
College: | Florida | ||||||||||||
NFL Draft: | 1996 / Round: 6 / Pick: 185 | ||||||||||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Games played: | 40 |
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Games started: | 3 |
Receptions: | 42 |
Receiving yards: | 476 |
TD receptions: | 3 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Christopher Paul Doering (born May 19, 1973) is an American former college and professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons during the 1990s and 2000s. Doering played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for the Indianapolis Colts, the Denver Broncos, the Washington Redskins, and the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL.
Doering was born in Gainesville, Florida in 1973. He attended P.K. Yonge High School in Gainesville, where he was a standout prep athlete for the P.K. Yonge Blue Wave in three sports.
Doering attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, where he was a walk-on player for coach Steve Spurrier's Florida Gators football team in 1991. The Gators coaching staff decided to redshirt him in 1991, and subsequently Doering received an athletic scholarship and played for the Gators from 1992 to 1995. Doering not only earned a scholarship, the former walk-on set records: Doering caught 149 receptions (sixth best in Gators history) for 2,107 yards (tenth best in Gators history) and thirty-one touchdowns (best in Gators and SEC history) during his career at Florida. His best-remembered play as a Gator was the game-winning touchdown pass he caught from Gators quarterback Danny Wuerffel to defeat the Kentucky Wildcats, 24–20, in 1993. Sometimes called "The Catch," it is also remembered as "Doering's Got a Touchdown" after the repeated exclamation made by Gator radio host Mick Hubert during his broadcast of the game. During his four seasons as a Gator, the team won three straight Southeastern Conference (SEC) championships (1993, 1994, 1995); as senior team captain in 1995, he received first-team All-SEC and second-team All-American honors.