(1983-08-31) August 31, 1983 (age 40) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Height:
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:
218 lb (99 kg)
Career information
High school:
Academy of Holy Angels (Richfield, Minnesota)
College:
Pittsburgh (2002–2003)
NFL draft:
2004 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3
Career history
Arizona Cardinals (2004–2020)
Career highlights and awards
Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year (2016)
First-team All-Pro (2008)
2× Second-team All-Pro (2009, 2011)
11× Pro Bowl (2005, 2007–2013, 2015–2017)
2× NFL receptions leader (2005, 2016)
2× NFL receiving touchdowns leader (2008, 2009)
NFL 2010s All-Decade Team
NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team
Art Rooney Award (2014)
Biletnikoff Award (2003)
Walter Camp Award (2003)
Big East Offensive Player of the Year (2003)
Unanimous All-American (2003)
First-team All-Big East (2003)
Insight Bowl champion (2002)
Pittsburgh Panthers No. 1 retired
Career NFL statistics
Receptions:
1,432
Receiving yards:
17,492
Receiving touchdowns:
121
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR
College Football Hall of Fame
Larry Darnell Fitzgerald Jr. (born August 31, 1983) is an American former football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 17 seasons with the Arizona Cardinals. He played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers, earning unanimous All-American honors in 2003. Fitzgerald was selected by the Cardinals with the third overall pick in the 2004 NFL draft. He is widely considered by fans, coaches and peers to be one of the greatest receivers in NFL history.[1][2][3][4][5]
Fitzgerald has been selected for the Pro Bowl eleven times.[6] He was named first-team All-Pro in 2008 and second-team All-Pro twice in 2009 and 2011. He is second in NFL career receiving yards, second in career receptions, and sixth in career receiving touchdowns.[7][8] He was named to the NFL 2010s All-Decade Team and NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team.[9][10]
Fitzgerald became a minority owner of the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 2020.[11]
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^Harrison, Elliot (March 8, 2016). "Ten best receivers of all time". NFL.com. Archived from the original on June 3, 2022. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
^Tallent, Aaron (February 18, 2022). "25 Greatest Wide Receivers in NFL History". Athlonsports.com | Expert Predictions, Picks, and Previews. Archived from the original on April 5, 2022. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
^Markarian, Jerry (April 27, 2022). "The 10 Best NFL Wide Receivers Of All Time, Ranked". TheSportster. Archived from the original on June 27, 2022. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
^Drake, Tyler (December 19, 2017). "Larry Fitzgerald, three other Cardinals selected to 2018 NFL Pro Bowl". Arizona Sports. Archived from the original on August 3, 2020. Retrieved September 17, 2019.
^"Larry Fitzgerald Stats". Pro-Football-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on September 15, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
^Shook, Nick (November 11, 2018). "Larry Fitzgerald now second on all-time receiving list". NFL.com. Archived from the original on November 12, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
^"NFL 2010s All-Decade Team: Tom Brady, Aaron Donald headliners". NFL.com. August 11, 2022. Archived from the original on August 11, 2022. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
^"NFL 100". NFL.com. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
^Wojnarowski, Adrian; Schefter, Adam (January 22, 2020). "Cardinals WR Larry Fitzgerald buys share of Suns". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on March 23, 2020. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
Larry Darnell Fitzgerald Jr. (born August 31, 1983) is an American former football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 17...
on Turf to a Super Bowl XXXIV victory, and franchise wide receiver LarryFitzgerald, the Cardinals went on a playoff run for the ages after having won...
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victories in 2001 and, led by Biletnikoff and Walter Camp Award winner LarryFitzgerald, in 2002. Harris also led Pittsburgh to a share of the Big East Conference...
League. Retrieved January 28, 2015. Weinfuss, Josh (February 1, 2015). "LarryFitzgerald wins first Art Rooney Award for sportsmanship". ESPN. Retrieved January...
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alongside Super Bowl XLIII opponent and Arizona Cardinals' wide receiver LarryFitzgerald. In the Steelers 2009 season-opener against the Tennessee Titans, Polamalu...
O'Neal (2005), Lisa Leslie, Michael Russell (2012), and LarryFitzgerald (2016). Fitzgerald graduated with a bachelor's degree shortly before his 33rd...
in the entire NFL in red zone targets behind leaders Davante Adams, LarryFitzgerald, and Dez Bryant who were tied with 20 red zone targets each. During...
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play well, going 11–12 over their next 23 games. On January 22, 2020, LarryFitzgerald purchased a minority stake in the Suns, becoming the second active...
GameCube, and Xbox, featured University of Pittsburgh wide receiver LarryFitzgerald on the cover. This version introduced more fan interaction in the game...
quarterback Jason White (University of Oklahoma) and wide receiver LarryFitzgerald (University of Pittsburgh). Manning was a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity...
Williams from entering the draft before 2005, they did allow Pitt wideout LarryFitzgerald to enter the 2004 draft despite only playing at Pitt for two years...
players on three occasions, most recently in 2016, when Eli Manning and LarryFitzgerald were named co-recipients. The NFLPA Alan Page Community Award is given...
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