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Fore thoughts: Lions WR Mike Furrey
June 20, 2007
Each week, the Free Press talks golf with a prominent person. Lions receiver Mike Furrey tees off this week.
QUESTION: You've got a big charity outing coming up in Dublin, Ohio, right?
ANSWER: Yes, sir, June 26.
Football
Perseverance pays dividends, bills for Lions' Furrey
Thursday, June 21, 2007
PAUL BATTERSON
ThisWeek Staff Writer
Detroit Lions wide receiver Mike Furrey, a 1995 Hilliard High School graduate, led the NFC in receptions last season, catching 98 passes for 1,086 yards and six touchdowns.
Even though he plays in Detroit, Furrey said it feels in many ways like he still is connected to Columbus. He and his wife and their two small children are building a home in Plain City.
Furrey was a three-sport athlete for the Wildcats, earning three letters in football and basketball and four letters in baseball. In football, Furrey was first-team all-OCC, all-district and all-state in Division I his senior year and was invited to be a walk-on at Ohio State.
Furrey played nine games as a redshirt freshman and learned from playing behind receivers Terry Glenn and Demetrious Stanley. But after not being offered a scholarship after two years with the Buckeyes, Furrey began looking into transferring. He was "welcomed with open arms" at Northern Iowa.
August 07, 2007
Lions: Training camp
Stats matter little to Furrey
Veteran receiver, who led NFC in receptions in 2006 with 98, cares only about winning games.
ALLEN PARK -- Mike Furrey feels he is getting squeezed by a numbers crunch that will affect how many passes he catches.
He welcomes it. Less, for Furrey, will mean more production for the Lions' passing game.
There isn't another player in the NFL who is attracting less fanfare for what he did last year than Furrey. Furrey led the NFC with 98 receptions, but he has practiced under the radar in training camp.
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