McCareins attended Peacock Middle School located in Itasca, Illinois. He would first attended Benet Academy in Lisle, Illinois for one semester before transferring to Naperville North High School where he was a teammate of future NFL running backChris Brown. McCareins played college football at Northern Illinois University. He is the school's all-time leader in receiving yards, and has the longest reception in school history on a 99-yard touchdown catch vs Ball State. He was inducted into the school's athletic Hall of Fame during the Huskies game against Kent State on October 8, 2011.
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Tennessee Titansedit
McCareins was selected in the fourth round of the 2001 NFL Draft by the Titans.[3] In 2003, McCareins had a career year with the Tennessee Titans compiling 813 yards receiving along with 7 touchdowns and 47 receptions, adding one rush for 13 yards. He played an important role for the Titans, especially in their 2002-2003 playoff campaign, setting up the game-winning field goal in overtime against the Pittsburgh Steelers by catching 31-yard and 22-yard passes from quarterback Steve McNair to set up Joe Nedney's game-winning field goal. He is also one of only five players since the franchise moved to Tennessee to return a punt for a touchdown.
After the 2003 season, he was traded to the New York Jets.
New York Jetsedit
McCareins signed a 7-year, $30 million contract with the New York Jets after the 2003 season. McCareins had a successful first year with the Jets in 2004, catching 56 passes for 770 yards and 4 touchdowns, which placed him second on the team in receiving. McCareins also had 13 catches for 169 yards in the 2004 playoffs for the Jets. Despite catching only 43 passes in 2005, he still racked up 713 yards for the Jets, his third straight 700+ yard season.
The Jets released him after the 2007 season, the 4th year on his 7-year contract. McCareins finished 26th on the Jets all-time receiving list.
Tennessee Titans (second stint)edit
On March 12, 2008, McCareins re-joined the Titans on a one-year, $1 million contract after four seasons with the Jets. On September 21, 2008, McCareins caught a 17-yard pass from quarterback Kerry Collins, making Collins only the 15th player in NFL history to pass for over 30,000 yards. McCareins has the 35th most receiving yards in Titans franchise history with 1614 yards and has the 8th highest yards per catch average (minimum 50 catches) in Titans franchise history, averaging 16.4 yards per catch. He would fumble just four times in his four years in Tennessee, and his 10.9 yards per punt return places his 5th in franchise history (minimum 35 returns).
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This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Justin McCareins news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2010 Learn how and when to remove this message Justin Morgan McCareins 1 born December 1 1978 2 is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League NFL He was selected by the Tennessee Titans in the fourth round of the 2001 NFL Draft He also played for the New York Jets He played college football at Northern Illinois Justin McCareinsMcCareins in November 2008No 86 81 19Position Wide receiverPersonal informationBorn 1978 12 01 December 1 1978 age 45 Itasca Illinois U S Height 6 ft 2 in 1 88 m Weight 215 lb 98 kg Career informationHigh school Naperville North Naperville Illinois College Northern IllinoisNFL draft 2001 Round 4 Pick 124Career historyTennessee Titans 2001 2003 New York Jets 2004 2007 Tennessee Titans 2008 Career highlights and awardsMAC Special Teams Player of the Year 2000 Career NFL statisticsReceptions 240Receiving yards 3 676Receiving touchdowns 16Player stats at NFL com PFR Contents 1 Early years 2 Professional career 2 1 Tennessee Titans 2 2 New York Jets 2 3 Tennessee Titans second stint 3 NFL career statistics 3 1 Regular season 3 2 Playoffs 4 Post NFL 5 ReferencesEarly years editMcCareins attended Peacock Middle School located in Itasca Illinois He would first attended Benet Academy in Lisle Illinois for one semester before transferring to Naperville North High School where he was a teammate of future NFL running back Chris Brown McCareins played college football at Northern Illinois University He is the school s all time leader in receiving yards and has the longest reception in school history on a 99 yard touchdown catch vs Ball State He was inducted into the school s athletic Hall of Fame during the Huskies game against Kent State on October 8 2011 Professional career editTennessee Titans edit McCareins was selected in the fourth round of the 2001 NFL Draft by the Titans 3 In 2003 McCareins had a career year with the Tennessee Titans compiling 813 yards receiving along with 7 touchdowns and 47 receptions adding one rush for 13 yards He played an important role for the Titans especially in their 2002 2003 playoff campaign setting up the game winning field goal in overtime against the Pittsburgh Steelers by catching 31 yard and 22 yard passes from quarterback Steve McNair to set up Joe Nedney s game winning field goal He is also one of only five players since the franchise moved to Tennessee to return a punt for a touchdown After the 2003 season he was traded to the New York Jets New York Jets edit McCareins signed a 7 year 30 million contract with the New York Jets after the 2003 season McCareins had a successful first year with the Jets in 2004 catching 56 passes for 770 yards and 4 touchdowns which placed him second on the team in receiving McCareins also had 13 catches for 169 yards in the 2004 playoffs for the Jets Despite catching only 43 passes in 2005 he still racked up 713 yards for the Jets his third straight 700 yard season The Jets released him after the 2007 season the 4th year on his 7 year contract McCareins finished 26th on the Jets all time receiving list Tennessee Titans second stint edit On March 12 2008 McCareins re joined the Titans on a one year 1 million contract after four seasons with the Jets On September 21 2008 McCareins caught a 17 yard pass from quarterback Kerry Collins making Collins only the 15th player in NFL history to pass for over 30 000 yards McCareins has the 35th most receiving yards in Titans franchise history with 1614 yards and has the 8th highest yards per catch average minimum 50 catches in Titans franchise history averaging 16 4 yards per catch He would fumble just four times in his four years in Tennessee and his 10 9 yards per punt return places his 5th in franchise history minimum 35 returns NFL career statistics editLegend Bold Career high Regular season edit Year Team Games Receiving GP GS Tgt Rec Yds Avg Lng TD 2001 TEN 4 1 3 3 88 29 3 36 0 2002 TEN 16 1 48 19 301 15 8 55 2 2003 TEN 16 10 82 47 813 17 3 73 7 2004 NYJ 16 16 90 56 770 13 8 43 4 2005 NYJ 16 16 102 43 713 16 6 45 2 2006 NYJ 16 7 40 23 347 15 1 50 1 2007 NYJ 16 6 46 19 232 12 2 51 0 2008 TEN 14 10 72 30 412 13 7 37 0 114 67 483 240 3 676 15 3 73 16 Playoffs edit Year Team Games Receiving GP GS Tgt Rec Yds Avg Lng TD 2002 TEN 2 0 4 2 53 26 5 31 0 2003 TEN 2 1 5 4 83 20 8 49 1 2004 NYJ 2 2 24 13 169 13 0 30 0 2006 NYJ 1 1 6 2 31 15 5 20 0 2008 TEN 1 1 6 2 24 12 0 17 0 8 5 45 23 360 15 7 49 1Post NFL editMcCareins now lives with his family in Whitewright Texas following a brief career in law enforcement References edit Tennessee Titans Justin McCareins Tennessee Titans Retrieved 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