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Nyan Boateng at Oregon State, 11/15/08  |
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PRONUNCIATION: (Rhymes with Ryan)
CAL CAREER: Has career totals of 34 receptions, 517 receiving yards and six touchdown catches in 16 games, averaging 15.2 yards per catch and 32.3 receiving yards per contest ... made his Cal debut in 2008 after transferring from Florida in the spring of 2007 ... practiced with the team during the spring of 2007, but did not play the 2007 season due to transfer requirements.
2009: : Made five receptions for 78 yards in his first three games but broke his foot at Minnesota and is currently out of action ... elected third-team preseason All-Pac-10 by Phil Steele.
2008: Made a solid contribution in his first season in a Golden Bears' uniform, leading the club with 29 catches and 439 receiving yards (No. 21 Pac-10) for an average of 15.1 yards per catch ... also second on the club with five touchdowns receiving and third with an average of 15.1 yards per reception ... had at least one catch in nine consecutive contests (games 2-10) and 11 of the team's final 12 contests ... posted a career-high-tying four catches three times (at Washington State, at Maryland, at USC) and a career-high 67 yards receiving on only two catches vs. UCLA ... also had three other games with over 50 yards receiving at Maryland (4-64), vs. Oregon (3-56) and vs. Arizona State (3-51) ... caught touchdown passes in back-to-back home games twice (vs. Colorado State and Arizona State; vs. UCLA and Oregon) ... two of his TD receptions were on flea-flickers; the first came vs. UCLA when QB Kevin Riley got the ball back from TB Jahvid Best and hit Boateng for a 53-yard TD, before coralling a 30-yard pass from WR Jeremy Ross at Oregon State for his fifth and final touchdown catch of the season ... also recorded two tackles.
2007: Did not play due to transfer requirements.
AT FLORIDA: Appeared in five games as a true freshman at Florida in 2005 (against Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt and Iowa) ... recorded four catches for 77 yards and two carries for 16 yards ... had two receptions for 44 yards, including a 28-yarder, against Mississippi State ... tallied a 14-yard run against Alabama ... made his college debut with a 22-yard reception in a win at Kentucky ... did not play in 2006.
HIGH SCHOOL: Suffered a preseason ankle injury in August of 2004 that forced him to miss his senior season ... selected for the U.S. Army All-American Bowl as one of the top wide receivers in the country ... as a junior, led team to an undefeated season while playing both wide receiver and cornerback ... also handled all of the kicking, punting and punt return duties ... ranked by Scout.com as the No. 38 prospect nationally among wide receivers while Rivals.com had him No. 20 at his position ... also lettered in basketball, winning three consecutive New York City Public Schools Athletic League basketball championships.
PERSONAL: Full name is Nyan Boateng ... born February 23, 1987, in Ghana and moved to the United States when he was six years old ... parents are Kwabena Osei Bonisu and Theresa Adu Poku ... speaks three languages - English, French and Twi (spoken in Ghana by approximately 15.8 million people) ... older brother, Dominic Osei, played basketball for Fordham ... cousin, Derick Boateng, competed in the World Cup for Ghana ... major is undeclared but considering Sociology.
Last Updated: October 23, 2009
