As a defensive lineman at Middleburg High School, Owens was a first-team All-Area tight end and second-team All-Area. Owens caught 19 passes for 242 yards and recorded 46 tackles and four sacks as a senior, as well as averaging 14 yards per catch, had 51 tackles, three sacks and four blocked kicks as a junior. He was selected to athletic director's honor roll in his final two years. In 2006, Owens' high school number was retired before a Middleburg High School football game.
College careeredit
While majoring in sports administration at the University of Louisville, Owens played under former Vikings offensive coordinator Scott Linehan. In 1999, he was redshirted as a freshman. The following year, Owens played in all 12 games, starting three. He was selected to Conference USA All-Freshman Team. Although he had just one catch, it went for a 10-yard touchdown in a shutout win over Grambling He also served as the team's backup longsnapper. In 2001, he played in thirteen games, and had three catches on the season, two of which went for touchdowns, including a nine-yard touchdown pass against Southern Miss and a 22-yarder against TCU. In 2002, Owens appeared in all thirteen games with starts in six of the last seven games. He was ranked sixth on the team with a career-high 20 catches for 182 yards and two touchdowns. He caught a career-high six balls for 72 yards and a score against TCU in his first start of the season, and had five catches for 39 yards against Marshall University in the GMAC Bowl. In his senior year, he played in all thirteen games with four starts and finished seventh on the team with twelve catches for 121 yards and three touchdowns. Against Temple, he caught two passes for twelve yards and a touchdown. He also had two receptions for 23 yards and a touchdown at South Florida as well as grabbing two catches for 22 yards vs. Tulane. He also recorded a seven-yard touchdown reception at Cincinnati. Owens finished his career with 36 catches for 371 yards and eight touchdowns, while also serving as the Cardinals' long snapper.
Professional careeredit
Minnesota Vikingsedit
In his three-year career, he accumulated 16 catches for 123 yards and one touchdown. In 2004, Owens started two of the eight games he played in. He caught eight passes for 69 yards and made three special teams tackles. He joined defensive tackleSpencer Johnson and long snapperCullen Loeffler as the only rookie free agents to make the opening-day roster in 2004 and was one of eight Vikings rookies to start a 2004 regular-season game. Owens joined LS Cullen Loeffler in a game vs. Chicago, opening at halfback and catching two passes for 16 yards. At Houston, he started his second consecutive game, catching three passes for 17 yards in the 36–28 overtime win. In week two of the 2006 season, Owens caught a 16-yard touchdown pass, his first career touchdown, on a fake field goal attempt, thrown by Vikings kicker Ryan Longwell. On his way to the endzone, Owens dodged an attempted tackle by Carolina Panthers defensive end Julius Peppers. The Vikings won the game 16–13 in overtime.
New York Jetsedit
Owens signed with the New York Jets on July 14, 2009, and was waived on August 3, 2009.
Coaching careeredit
Following his playing career in the NFL, Owens joined Bobby Petrino's staff at the University of Arkansas prior to the 2010 season.[1] Owens had previously played for Petrino while at Louisville. He spent two years as a graduate student working with the tight ends before being hired by Garrick McGee to serve as tight ends coach at UAB. After one season, Owens was promoted to offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach.[2]
Personaledit
He is married to his high school girlfriend, Tina. Owens volunteered with the Salvation Army during 2004 season and has earned numerous state and national awards for his work with Toys for Tots, Habitat for Humanity, and FHA/HERO.
Referencesedit
^"Owens named Arkansas graduate assistant". Athletic Media Relations. July 19, 2010.
^Champlin, Drew (January 11, 2013). "UAB coaching staff appears to be taking shape, plus other ramblings (beat column)". al.com.
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For other people named Richard Owens see Richard Owens 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 Richard Owens American football news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Richard Owens born November 4 1980 is a former American football tight end The Minnesota Vikings acquired him as an undrafted free agent in 2004 He played college football at Louisville Richard OwensNo 45 49 89Position Tight endPersonal informationBorn 1980 11 04 November 4 1980 age 43 Middleburg FloridaHeight 6 ft 4 in 1 93 m Weight 273 lb 124 kg Career informationHigh school Middleburg High SchoolCollege LouisvilleUndrafted 2004Career historyAs a player Minnesota Vikings 2004 2006 St Louis Rams 2007 New York Jets 2009 Offseason and or practice squad member onlyAs a coach Arkansas 2010 11 Graduated Assistant UAB 2012 Tight ends coach UAB 2013 Offensive coordinator wide receivers coach UAB 2014 Tight ends coach South Alabama 2015 Tight ends coach South Alabama 2016 17 Offensive line coach Louisville 2018 Tight ends coach recruiter UAB 2019 21 Offensive line coach Georgia Southern 2022 Present Offensive line coachCareer NFL statisticsReceptions 17Receiving yards 141Receiving touchdowns 1Player stats at NFL comOwens was also a member of the St Louis Rams and New York Jets Contents 1 Early years 2 College career 3 Professional career 3 1 Minnesota Vikings 3 2 New York Jets 4 Coaching career 5 Personal 6 ReferencesEarly years editAs a defensive lineman at Middleburg High School Owens was a first team All Area tight end and second team All Area Owens caught 19 passes for 242 yards and recorded 46 tackles and four sacks as a senior as well as averaging 14 yards per catch had 51 tackles three sacks and four blocked kicks as a junior He was selected to athletic director s honor roll in his final two years In 2006 Owens high school number was retired before a Middleburg High School football game College career editWhile majoring in sports administration at the University of Louisville Owens played under former Vikings offensive coordinator Scott Linehan In 1999 he was redshirted as a freshman The following year Owens played in all 12 games starting three He was selected to Conference USA All Freshman Team Although he had just one catch it went for a 10 yard touchdown in a shutout win over Grambling He also served as the team s backup longsnapper In 2001 he played in thirteen games and had three catches on the season two of which went for touchdowns including a nine yard touchdown pass against Southern Miss and a 22 yarder against TCU In 2002 Owens appeared in all thirteen games with starts in six of the last seven games He was ranked sixth on the team with a career high 20 catches for 182 yards and two touchdowns He caught a career high six balls for 72 yards and a score against TCU in his first start of the season and had five catches for 39 yards against Marshall University in the GMAC Bowl In his senior year he played in all thirteen games with four starts and finished seventh on the team with twelve catches for 121 yards and three touchdowns Against Temple he caught two passes for twelve yards and a touchdown He also had two receptions for 23 yards and a touchdown at South Florida as well as grabbing two catches for 22 yards vs Tulane He also recorded a seven yard touchdown reception at Cincinnati Owens finished his career with 36 catches for 371 yards and eight touchdowns while also serving as the Cardinals long snapper Professional career editMinnesota Vikings edit In his three year career he accumulated 16 catches for 123 yards and one touchdown In 2004 Owens started two of the eight games he played in He caught eight passes for 69 yards and made three special teams tackles He joined defensive tackle Spencer Johnson and long snapper Cullen Loeffler as the only rookie free agents to make the opening day roster in 2004 and was one of eight Vikings rookies to start a 2004 regular season game Owens joined LS Cullen Loeffler in a game vs Chicago opening at halfback and catching two passes for 16 yards At Houston he started his second consecutive game catching three passes for 17 yards in the 36 28 overtime win In week two of the 2006 season Owens caught a 16 yard touchdown pass his first career touchdown on a fake field goal attempt thrown by Vikings kicker Ryan Longwell On his way to the endzone Owens dodged an attempted tackle by Carolina Panthers defensive end Julius Peppers The Vikings won the game 16 13 in overtime New York Jets edit Owens signed with the New York Jets on July 14 2009 and was waived on August 3 2009 Coaching career editFollowing his playing career in the NFL Owens joined Bobby Petrino s staff at the University of Arkansas prior to the 2010 season 1 Owens had previously played for Petrino while at Louisville He spent two years as a graduate student working with the tight ends before being hired by Garrick McGee to serve as tight ends coach at UAB After one season Owens was promoted to offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach 2 Personal editHe is married to his high school girlfriend Tina Owens volunteered with the Salvation Army during 2004 season and has earned numerous state and national awards for his work with Toys for Tots Habitat for Humanity and FHA HERO References edit Owens named Arkansas graduate assistant Athletic Media Relations July 19 2010 Champlin Drew January 11 2013 UAB coaching staff appears to be taking shape plus other ramblings beat column al com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Richard Owens American football amp oldid 1182048667, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
