- Billy Pittman
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name=Billy Pittman
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currentposition=Wide receiver
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birthplace=Cameron, Texas
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college=Texas
undraftedyear=2008
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*San Diego Chargers (2008)*
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nfl=Billy Pittman (born
September 19 ,1984 ) is anAmerican football player who playsWide receiver . He playedCollege football for theTexas Longhorns , and was signed by theSan Diego Chargers as an undrafted free agent on the28 April 2008 . [cite news |author=Casey Pearce |title=Chargers add 17 free agents |url=http://www.chargers.com/news/headlines/chargers-add-17.htm |publisher=Chargers.com |date=April 28 ,2008 |accessdate=2008-06-10]College career
Pittman had his most productive season in 2005, where he combined with former Texas quarterback,
Vince Young , for 34 passes for 750 yards, averaging 22.1 yards a catch and scoring 5 TD's.Pittman was suspended for the first three games of the 2007 season for "infringement of amateurism rules". According to Pittman, he drove a friend's car for the duration of this summer, which classifies as an improper benefit. [cite news |author=Chip Brown |title=UT suspends WR Pittman for 3 games |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/colleges/topstories/stories/090107dnspoutpittman.8cab6c10.html |work=Dallas Morning News |date=August 31 2007 |accessdate=2008-06-10]High School career
He attended C.H. Yoe High School in Cameron, TX. Where he started at Quarterback for the Yoemen for four years and acounted for 7,090 yards and 66 TDs during his career. His senior year he was 3rd team 3A THSCA All-State and District 18-3A MVP. He once achieved a "playstation game" by connecting on 13-of-19 passes for 223 yards and a score and rushed 24 times for 267 yards and two TDs against Waco Connally.
Pre-Draft workouts
Pittman ran a slow 40 time of 4.76 seconds at the
NFL Combine . At Texas'sPro Day , he improved it slightly to that of 4.71 seconds and had a vertical leap of 32.5 inches, a very low number for a wide receiver.Source needed|date=June 2008References
External links
* [http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/player/profile?playerId=145641 ESPN - Billy Pittman Stats]
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