Rookie wide receiver Mike Sherrard provided a deep threat, gaining 744 yards on just 41 receptions.
Rookie, sportsperson in his/her first year at senior level
He earned Week 6 Diet Pepsi Rookie of the Week honors for his performance October 15 against the Kansas City Chiefs, totaling 58 yards receiving and 13 yards rushing.
Although he has been third on the running back depth chart (behind Julius Jones and Marion Barber), he rushed 20 times for 75 yards and was named NFL Rookie of the Week in Week 5 of the 2005 season.
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Rocky Bleier, who played his rookie season the year before and would later be a major contributor to the Super Bowl championship teams, was fighting in Vietnam during this time and would actually be wounded in combat just before the start of the season.
However, he became more popular with his teammates, who jokingly dubbed him "Prince Valiant" in his rookie training camp.
The two Mexican victories came at expense of Puerto Rico, 14–0 and 1–0, behind strong pitching efforts by rookie Fernando Valenzuela and veteran Manuel Ibarra with the help of a bullpen headed by Marty Decker.
Lipovitan Slam Dunk Team Competition:Shell's tandem of Elmer Lago and Benjie Paras won over the Ginebra duo of Alexander Coles and Noli Locsin in the finals, finishing third is the San Miguel pair of Victor Pablo and rookie Bryant Punzalan.
Pollitt started at shortstop in her rookie season, then anchored third base for six years as part of a solid and durable Rockford infield that included Dorothy Kamenshek at first base, Mildred Deegan at second and Dorothy Harrell at shortstop.
Signing rookie driver John Tanner and sponsor Caterpillar Inc. for 1995, the team ran half of the 1995 season; Tanner was released after a handful of races and replaced for the majority of the team's races with Ward Burton.
The 1997 Rookie of the Year awardee only got a one-year extension from the Ginebra management and with the arrival of Rafi Reavis and Billy Mamaril, his minutes suffered.
Eight games into his rookie season, he was a reserve linebacker alternating with Anthony Dickerson, when an existing congenital spinal condition was complicated after he tackled New Orleans Saints running back Wayne Wilson.
He drove the #68 Country Time Lemonade Oldsmobile for Tri-Star Motorsports, posting four top-ten finishes and narrowly defeating Ted Musgrave for Rookie of the Year.
One of their songs, "Handful of Redemption", is featured on the video game MVP Baseball '03 by EA Sports. Their song "Rookie" from the After the Eulogy album was featured on the Legends of Wrestling video game. "Rookie" from After the Eulogy and "Handful of Redemption" from the Tomorrow Come Today album were also featured in the video game 1080° Avalanche. Additionally, their song "High Wire Escape Artist" is featured on the soundtrack to The Daredevil motion picture.
On the professional circuit Kearns upset world's #1 duathlete Ken Souza and world #1 ranked triathlete Scott Molina at the inaugural Desert Princess duathlon in November, 1986 as an unranked rookie professional.
He joined Hendrick Motorsports in 1993 as a transporter driver, timer/scorer, and chassis technical on rookie Jeff Gordon's #24 DuPont team.
Hoffman came close to his third PGA Tour win at the Valero Texas Open finishing tied for 2nd with Kevin Chappell behind tour rookie Brendan Steele.
He tied for second place with Al Oliver for the 1969 National League Rookie of the Year Award, which was won by Ted Sizemore.
Heyman and ECW promoter Tod Gordon also later had problems with promoter Dennis Coraluzzo, this led to the infamous incident where former Continental rookie Shane Douglas threw down the NWA World Heavyweight Title to screw over Coraluzzo and make ECW more popular.
After a November 14, 1926 33–0 loss to the Newark Bears, Blaine promptly hired most of the Newark players, including star rookie Doug Wycoff, who were still owed money because the Newark owner was having financial problems.
In his first major league start on April 24, 1991, Kile had a no-hitter going when he was lifted after six innings by manager Art Howe, who wanted to protect the 22-year-old rookie's arm.
After playing for the Portland, where Hague was nominated for rookie of the year, Hague went to Uruguay to play for Danubio F.C. It was decided that Soccer did not deserve David and he quit instead.
The same season, Peter Mara was awarded the Leo P. Lamoureux Memorial Trophy, as the league's leading scorer and the James Gatschene Memorial Trophy, as outstanding playing ability and sportsmanlike conduct; and Frank Demarco won the rookie of the year.
In this time period, Kenseth won 18 races, the 2000 Sprint Cup Rookie of the Year Award, 2003 Sprint Cup Series Championship, 2004 Sprint Cup All Star Race and the 2009 Daytona 500.
Murdoch had a reputation as a partier since his rookie year, and was once even romantically linked with Margaret Trudeau.
"In my knowledge it’s the first time a rookie team finishes the endurance test", said Andrea Toso, head of Dallara R&D, "a very good result" added Luca Marmorini, former member of the Toyota Formula One team.
In his rookie year of 1968, the Bengals' first season in the American Football League, he played in all 14 games, primarily as a backup to running backs Paul Robinson and Jess Phillips.
Evans, a small forward from Evander Childs High School in The Bronx, went to Manhattan College, where he was named Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) rookie of the year in 1995.
Whole season long fellow rookie Dexter Stacey was his main rival fighting for top rookie honors.
The club were relegated under rookie manager Bobby Roberts, and Froggatt scored just five goals from 44 games in 1975–76; this left new signings Bobby Gough and Colin Garwood to pick up the slack.
Walker signed a Multi-Year shoe deal with Under Armour, the first rookie from the 2011 Draft Class to do so.
He played very little his rookie year, as he was stuck behind renowned Mexican keeper Jorge Campos.
Seitzer hit .323 with 15 home runs and 207 hits (tying the MLB record) in his rookie 1987 season and, though overshadowed by fellow rookie teammate Bo Jackson, he was selected to the American League All-Star team.
The 2000 season was more of a challenge to Windham, as he scored just one supercross victory at Dallas, TX, and lost both the supercross title to Jeremy McGrath and the outdoor title to Ricky Carmichael, who was in his rookie 250cc National season.
In May 2012, Ding was invited to a tryout at rookie mini-camp for the Jacksonville Jaguars, along with twenty-six others.
In 2004, May stayed at the rookie level, playing for the Ogden Raptors.
He was successful in his rookie year, pitching as the setup man for closer Kazuhiro Sasaki, but problems with control led the BayStars to drop him in 2001.
Gaechter was signed by the Dallas Cowboys in 1962 as an undrafted free agent and became the starting left cornerback as a rookie.
RDS Rookie Excellence Award (QMJHL) (Mid-season) (2007–08)
Curnen has appeared in several films including Bollywood Calling (2001), Half Nelson (2006) and The Dark Knight (2008), in which she played rookie Detective Anna Ramirez.
In Benjy's case, it's his Jewish mother (Lainie Kazan), who is married to a Filipino former bantamweight boxer, Rookie Carroca (Ramon Sison), and Benjy's embarrassing relatives, such as uncouth Uncle Morty (Lou Jacobi).
Season 3- Attempting to capitalize on the rookie hype for the 2006 season, NBS 24/7 changed its name to NBS 24/7: The Rookies, again traveled with FitzBradshaw Racing and Akins Motorsports, but this time covered their rookies, Joel Kauffman and AJ Foyt IV.
Mazzolini played his rookie 2009–10 season in the ECHL with the Alaska Aces where he led his team in goals, assists, and points.
In his rookie year he racked up 1075 rushing yards to lead the CFL becoming only the fourth Canadian (Normie Kwong, Gerry James and Ron Stewart being the others) to accomplish that feat.
In 2002 he was elevated from the Rookie List after as a replacement for Phil Read, who had sustained a long-term knee injury.
During that time, he won the F. W. "Dinty" Moore Trophy for the rookie with the best goals against average, followed by the Dave Pinkney Trophy for Top Team Goaltending, and was named to the OHL All Star team in 1987.
In 2006 team placed first at the Idaho Academic Decathlon State Competition and traveled to San Antonio for the national finals, placing 17th overall and earning the title "Rookie of the Year" for a division II school.
Sean James (born 1969), American football player; signed as rookie free agent with Minnesota Vikings (1991–1992); Chicago Bears (1995)
The Rookie Bear is an MGM cartoon featuring Barney Bear.
The resignation came in the wake of an inappropriate relationship with Kelli Stack, a freshman who was the Hockey East Player and Rookie of the Year.
So popular had Bunker become in his rookie season that Baltimore mayor Theodore McKeldin, prior to a June 17 game at Memorial Stadium, proclaimed the mound "Baltimore's Bunker Hill"—even christening it with a handful of earth from the actual Bunker Hill.
In his debut season in K-League, was is widely regarded as one of the best candidates for the Rookie of the Season award but eventually Gangwon FC's forward Kim Young-Hoo grabbed the award.