Marino's Take:
The Receivers  2006: Played in 13 games with six starts ... Combined with Craig
Davis and Dwayne Bowe to form one of the nation’s premier receiving corps ...
Ranked second on the team with 59 catches for 772 yards and eight touchdowns ...
Also rushed the ball eight times for 59 yards and two TDs ... His 10 touchdowns
ranked as the sixth most in the SEC in 2006 ... Also finished the year ranked
eighth in the conference in receptions per game, averaging 4.54 a contest ...
Was credited with two 100+ yard receiving games ... Was instrumental in the
Tigers’ win over Notre Dame in the Allstate Sugar Bowl, catching eight passes
for a career-high 115 yards ... Also returned kicks, averaging 16.8 yards on 12
returns ... Was named to the All-SEC second team by the league coaches as a
return specialist ... Accounted for a team-best 1,032 all-purpose yards (772
receiving, 202 kickoff returns, 59 rushing) for an average of 79.4 per game.
2005: Played in 12 games with five starts ... Missed the Chick-fil-A
Peach Bowl against Miami with an ankle injury, which he suffered in the second
half of the SEC Championship game against Georgia ... Capped season with 26
catches for 389 yards and five touchdowns ... Caught game-winning TD with just
over a minute left in 35-31 win over Arizona State ... Caught at least one pass
in 11 of LSU’s 12 games ... Caught a season-high five passes in consecutive
games against Mississippi State and Vanderbilt.
2004: Was a consistent contributor at wide receiver as a true freshman in
2004 ... Named to the Freshmen All-SEC team by the league's coaches after
catching 18 passes for 257 yards and two TDs ... Played in all 12 games with
three starts ... Caught at least one pass in 10 of LSU's 12 games, including a
career-best five receptions for 86 yards against Troy ... First career TD came
on a 12-yard reception from JaMarcus Russell against Mississippi State.
HIGH SCHOOL: The top wide receiver in America and the No. 1
athlete in the state of Louisiana ... Rated among the nation's top-five
prospects by every major recruiting publication ... Showed tremendous
versatility, playing quarterback, wide receiver, running back, and return man in
high school ... First-team 4A
all-state and an honorable mention academic all-state selection ... Closed out
his career with 7,104 all-purpose yards and 79 touchdowns ... Ran for 3,592
yards on 470 carries and 52 touchdowns during his career ... As a senior, rushed
for 850 yards on the ground and passed for over 750 yards in the air, despite
suffering from a nagging hamstring injury ... Accounted for 30 touchdowns as a
senior ... Also a standout basketball player, playing a pivotal role in helping
the Tigers win the Class 4A State Basketball Championship as a sophomore.
PERSONAL: Full name is Early Joseph Doucet, III ... Born Oct. 28,
1985, in New Iberia ... Parents are Early Doucet, Jr., and Caroline Durand ...
His grandfather was also named Early ... Has five siblings, Carla, Penelope,
Earlette, Whittney, and Brittany ... Majoring in sports studies.
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