Todd Heap

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Todd Heap

PositionTight End

Experience9 years

Height6-5

Weight250

CollegeArizona State

High SchoolMountain View (AZ)

HometownMesa, Arizona

Birthdate3/16/1980

Joined RavensDraft 1 (31st), 2001

Joined NFL2001

Todd Heap Statistics

    • Games Played/Started: (2001, 12/6); (2002, 16/16); (2003, 16/16); (2004, 6/6); (2005, 16/16); (2006, 16/16); (2007, 6/6); (2008, 16/16); (2009, 9/9) Totals: 112/103
    • Playoffs: (2001, 2/1); (2003, 1/1); (2006, 1/1) (2008, 3/3) Total 6/5
    • A 2-time Pro Bowler (2002 and 2003), Heap is an elite athlete with a rare combination of size, speed and soft hands who enters 2009 as the Ravens’ all-time leading receiver with 374 catches for 4,300 yards and 30 TDs
    • Named the NFL Alumni TE of the Year and to the USA Today’s All-Joe Team (players who are critical to their team, but don’t receive the Pro Bowl nod) in 2006
    • Was also a Pro Bowl 1st alternate and named to the NFL.com All-Interview team
    • In 2005, Todd set career-highs with 75 receptions for 855 yards and 7 TDs
    • Heap also set the franchise records for career receptions and career reception yards in 2005
    • Heap earned his 2nd-consecutive Pro Bowl and 2nd-team All-Pro honors in 2003
    • Earned his 1st Pro Bowl selection in 2002 when he established himself as not only a go-to player for the Ravens, but also as one of the premier TEs in the game
    • Has not missed a game in 5 of the last 7 seasons.
    • Todd Heap was selected in the 1st round (31st-overall selection) of the 2001 NFL Draft
    • Entered the draft after his junior season
    • 2009: Game 9 at Cle. (11/16): Led the team with 4 receptions for 43 yards in the 16-0 win.
    • Game 8 at Cin. (11/8): Started and posted 3 receptions for 28 yards against the Bengals.
    • Game 7 vs. Den. (11/1): Started and hauled in his 400th-career reception, netting 3 catches for 16 yards in the 30-7 victory.
    • Game 6 at Min. (10/18): Netted 3 receptions for 51 yards, including a long of 23 against the Vikings.
    • Game 5 vs. Cin. (10/11): Tied for the team lead (Ray Rice) with 7 receptions for 41 yards against the Bengals.
    • Game 4 at NE (10/4): Started and netted 4 receptions for 46 yards against the Patriots.
    • Game 3 vs. Cle. (9/27): Hauled in 4 receptions for 41 yards, with a long of 20, as part of 479 yards racked up by the Ravens’ offense in the 34-3 victory.
    • Game 2 at SD (9/20): Started his 100th-career game and netted 1 catch for 9 yards, good for a TD in the 31-26 win.
    • Game 1 vs. KC (9/13): Tied for the team lead (Mark Clayton) with 5 receptions for 74 yards (14.8 yards) and 1 TD, while helping set a Ravens’ franchise record with 501 total yards in the 38-24 win.
    • 2008: Started all 16 games (5th time in his career) and finished 3rd on the team with 35 receptions for 403 yards and 3 TDs
    • Converted 23 catches for 1st downs, including 7 on 3rd down and 2 on 4th down
    • Started and led the team with 5 receptions for 58 yards and tied a career high with 2 TDs (1-yarder from QB Joe Flacco and a 14-yarder from QB Troy Smith) in game 9 at Hou. (11/9)
    • Started all 3 playoff games, finishing with 5 receptions for 80 yards (tied his postseason career high), for a team-leading 16.0 yards per reception.
    • 2007: Started all 6 games in which he played before being placed on Injured Reserve with a hamstring injury on 12/29
    • Finished 6th on the team with 23 receptions for 239 yards and 1 TD despite missing 10 games (and most of 2 others) with a hamstring injury.
    • 2006: Named the NFL Alumni TE of the Year and to the USA Today’s All-Joe Team (players who are critical to their team, but don’t receive the Pro Bowl nod)
    • Was also a Pro Bowl 1st alternate and named to the NFL.com All-Interview team
    • Started all 16 games and led the team with 73 receptions (2nd-highest single-season total in his career) for 765 yards (2nd on the team) and a team-leading 6 TDs (2nd-most in a single season in his career)
    • Heap converted 40 catches for 1st downs, including 15 on 3rd down
    • Started and pulled in his 300th-career reception (becoming the 6th-fastest TE to the mark) with his 4 receptions for 33 yards in the 20-10 victory in game 13 at KC (12/10)
    • Started and tied for the team lead with 4 receptions for a team-high 60 yards (3 good for 1st downs) and the game-winning TD in the 16-13 win in game 4 vs. SD (10/1)
    • Heap pulled in a 10-yard strike from QB Steve McNair with 34 seconds remaining in the game for the Ravens’ 2nd come-from-behind win in as many weeks against the Chargers.
    • 2005: Started all 16 games and finished 2nd on the team with 75 receptions for 855 yards and 7 TDs, all career highs, and was responsible for 43 1st downs in 2005
    • Also finished 2nd in the AFC (behind Derrick Mason with 30) and tied for 6th in the NFL with 26 receptions for 261 yards and 3 TDs on 3rd down
    • Hauled in 4 receptions for 30 yards (3 good for 1st downs) and set a new career high with his 7th TD reception in game 15 vs. Min. (12/25)
    • Became the Ravens’ all-time receiving yards leader with 9 receptions (tied a career high) for 110 yards (3rd-career 100-yard game) and a career-high tying 2 TDs in the 48-3 victory in game 14 vs. GB (12/19)
    • Also established a new single-season career high with his 69th reception of the season against the Packers
    • Pulled in the 205th catch of his career, becoming the franchise’s all-time receptions leader, while grabbing 4 receptions for 28 yards (1 good for a 1st down) in game 8 vs. Cin. (11/6)
    • Pulled in 2 receptions for 54 yards, with a career-long 48-yarder and his 1st TD of the season in game 4 at Det. (10/9).
    • 2004: Managed to finish 4th on the team with 27 receptions and 303 receiving yards in only 6 games played
    • Missed a total of 10 games (and most of 2 others) after suffering an ankle injury in the Week 2 victory vs. Pit. (9/19)
    • Was 2nd on the team with 3 TD receptions
    • Pulled in a career-high-tying 2 TD receptions vs. NYG (12/12)
    • Had a career-high 9 receptions for 86 yards in the season opener at Cle. (9/12).
    • 2003: Earned his 2nd consecutive Pro Bowl and 2nd-team All-Pro honors in 2003
    • Started all 16 regular season games and the Ravens’ postseason contest at TE
    • Led the Ravens in receptions for the 2nd consecutive year (57 for 693 yards and 3 TDs), and his blocking was instrumental in Jamal Lewis’ 2,066 yard season
    • Heap also rushed 3 times for 21 yards
    • Started and pulled in a postseason career-high 6 receptions for 80 yards and 1 TD in the Wild Card loss vs. Ten. (1/3/04)
    • Started and posted his 2nd-career 100-yard receiving game, as he hauled in 7 receptions for 129 yards in game 6 at Cin. (10/19)
    • Heap also caught a pair of 2-point conversions, and 4 of his 7 receptions accounted for 1st downs against the Bengals
    • Along with Travis Taylor (138), he became half of the 1st pair of Ravens to record 100-yards receiving in the same game since Michael Jackson (128) and Derrick Alexander (123) did it vs. NE on 10/6/96.
    • 2002: Earned his 1st-career Pro Bowl berth
    • One of only 3 offensive players (T Jonathan Ogden and G Bennie Anderson) to start all 16 games in 2002
    • Led the team with a then-career-high 68 receptions for 836 yards and 6 TDs
    • Also rushed 4 times for 38 yards
    • Started and led the team with a then-career-high 7 receptions for a career-high 146 yards (20.9 avg.) and 1 TD in game 16 at Pit. (12/29)
    • Started and posted 5 receptions for a then-career-high 84 yards and established a career high with 2 TD receptions in game 3 against Den. (9/30).
    • 2001: Saw action in 12 regular season games, starting 6, as a rookie
    • Slowed for the remainder of the season after suffering a high-ankle sprain in game 3 at Cin. (9/23)
    • Also played in 2 postseason games, starting 1
    • Posted 16 receptions for 206 yards and 1 TD during the regular season and had 1 reception for 11 yards in the playoffs
    • Made 5 catches for 57 yards in NFL debut in game 1 vs. Chi. (9/9)
    • 1st-career catch was a 3-yard reception in the 1st quarter.
    • Ended his Sun Devils career with the record for TEs with 115 receptions, topping the previous mark of 88 catches by Ken Dyer (1965-67)
    • His 1,685 yards broke Dyer’s all-time record (for TEs) of 1,365 yards
    • Started 2 seasons (as a sophomore and junior) and was an All-Pac 10 choice both seasons
    • Had 9 career special teams tackles and a 2-yard rush
    • Saw brief action with the 1999-2000 ASU basketball team at the conclusion of the football season
    • All-America 1st-team selection by The NFL Draft Report, earning 2nd-team honors from Walter Camp as a junior
    • Was an All-Pac 10 Conference 1st-team choice
    • Finalist for the John Mackey Award (top TE in the country)
    • Despite 3 different starters at QB during the season, managed to lead the team with 48 receptions for 644 yards and 3 TDs
    • All-America 1st-team selection by SportsPage.com and an All-Pac 10 Conference 1st-team choice as a sophomore
    • Became the 1st TE since Ryan McReynolds in 1988 (28 catches) to lead the team in receptions with 55 passes for 832 yards and 3 TDs
    • His 55 receptions, set a school season-record for TEs
    • His 832 yards broke the previous Sun Devil single-season record for TEs by Ken Dyer in 1967 (654)
    • Recieved the team’s Bill Kajikawa Top Freshman Award.
    • Lettered 3 times in football and basketball at Mountain View (Mesa, AZ) HS
    • Helped the team become the 1st school to win back-to-back state championships in 1996 and 1997
    • Earned Arizona All-Star honors, All-Arizona, Super All-State, Arizona 5A Player of the Year, Ed Doherty Player of the Year Award and All East Valley 2-Way Player of the Year as a senior Super Prep All-America pick
    • Broke several school records, including career receiving yards (1,377), career receptions (87), career TD receptions, and TD catches in 1 game (3)
    • Pre-Business major ASU
    • One of 6 children (sisters, Alyssa and Carli, and brothers, John, Greg and Brad)
    • Grandfather, Theo, and great uncle, Verl, played basketball at Arizona State
    • Mother’s cousin is Arizona State Hall of Fame QB and former Dallas Cowboy Danny White, who was the head coach and general manager of the Arena League’s Utah Blaze
    • In April 2003, Todd traveled to the Bethesda Naval Medical center and Walter Reed Hospitals to visit U.S. soldiers wounded in Operation Iraqi Freedom
    • Todd joined Baltimore-area military families to connect with troops overseas on 12/9/03 as part of Operation: Live Connections
    • Adam Vaughn, from Hanover, MD, met Heap at the USO Center of BWI Airport.
    • Vaughn, whose cousin, Airman 1st class Michael Martinson, was serving duty abroad, was coached by Heap as they connected with Martinson in Germany
    • Todd, along with former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, Keith Brooking and Warrick Dunn of the Atlanta Falcons traveled to Germany in the spring of 2004 to visit troops heading to and returning from Iraq and Afghanistan
    • They also visited several hospitals to spend time with wounded soldiers
    • Todd had visited different Baltimore schools as part of the NFL’s “Take A Player to School” event in Dec. 2006-2008
    • Todd co-hosts the annual Goodwill Industries Gridiron Halloween Party in Oct. each year
    • Event benefits Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake, which provides support and employment for those with disabilities or other disadvantaged conditions
    • Over $100,000 is raised annually to support the many Goodwill programs
    • In Dec. 2007, Todd participated in former teammate Steve McNair’s holiday party for Baltimore youth and their families which included appearances by Mayor Sheila Dixon, teammates Haloti Ngata and Troy Smith, a holiday meal and a gift distribution to more than 400 people
    • Heap also annually attends the ACT Auction Party to benefit the Ravens All Community Team Foundation
    • Proceeds go to the RACTF and the players’ charitable foundations
    • Has attended Dick’s Sporting Goods “Shop with a Raven,” an annual event at which players and cheerleaders are paired with youth from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation for an evening of holiday shopping
    • Todd established the Todd Heap Foundation in 2007
    • In conjunction with his foundation, Heap pledged to raise $1 million for a pediatric wing at Baltimore’s Franklin Square Hospital in 2008
    • Heap and his wife, Ashley, have a daughter, Brooklyn (born 7/21/02) and twin boys, Preston and Kyle, (born 1/25/06)
    • Full name: Todd Benjamin Heap.

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