Juaquin Iglesias

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college = Oklahoma
conference = Big 12
sport = Football
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position = WR
class = Senior (classification for the 2008 college football season)
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nickname = Juaq (pronounced wahk)
career_start = 2005
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weight_lb = 202
nationality = USA
birth_date = birth date and age|1987|8|22
birth_place = Killeen, TX
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highschool = Killeen High School,
Killeen, TX
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Juaquin Iglesias (pronounced wahk-EEN) (born August 22, 1987) is an American football wide receiver for the Oklahoma Sooners. [http://www.soonersports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/iglesias_juaquin00.html Iglesias page] at Sooner Sports] [http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/players/132480 Iglesias page] at Yahoo! Sports]

Born to Bobby and Bernita Iglesias, his father Bobby is a barber shop owner, in Killeen, Texas. As a senior at Killeen High School, Iglesias had 42 catches for 886 and 10 touchdowns, and was named first team all-district (16-4A), under coach Sam Jones. He also ran track & field in the 400, 800, and 1,600 meter relays, and averaged 17 points per game in basketball.

In his first season as a Sooner, 2005, he had 19 receptions for 290 yards. This included his first career touchdown catch at Oklahoma, a 21-yard touchdown-game winner from Rhett Bomar, in a double overtime win against the Baylor Bears, 37-30, on October 22^nd. [Anderson, Bobby. [http://www.soonerspectator.com/featureStory.php?id=67 "Boomer Bio: Juaquin Iglesias"] - Sooner Spectator magazine and SoonerSpectator.com - 2005-11-03] [ [http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2204152 "Young players remain poised in Oklahoma win"] - the Associated Press - (c/o ESPN.com) - October 23, 2005] [Griffin, Tim. [http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2204152 "Cornhuskers, Sooners hope to return to elite level"] - ESPN.com - October 26, 2005]

In 2006, he had 41 catches for 514 yards. In the 2007 Fiesta Bowl against Boise State, he had a career high 129 yards receiving. OU lost by one point, in one of the best games in recent memory, to the Broncos in overtime, 42-43. He achieved a new career high in an Oklahoma victory against Tulsa University (62-21), on Friday September 21, 2007, with 8 catches for 142 yards and two touchdowns.

References

External links

* [http://www.soonersports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/iglesias_juaquin00.html Iglesias page] at Sooner Sports
* [http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/players/132480 Iglesias page] at Yahoo! Sports