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Antonio Freeman is a former American NFL wide receiver. Freeman was Born May 21 1970 in Syracuse, New York. Freeman attended college at Virginia Tech. The peak of Freeman's career occurred during his first tenure with the Green Bay Packers including a victory in Super Bowl XXXI in 1997. During that Super Bowl Freeman caught a Super Bowl record-length touchdown pass of 81 yards from Brett Favre. That play would give the Packers the lead for good as they went on to beat the New England Patriots 35-21.

The following season, Freeman recorded a career high 81 receptions for 1,243 yards and 12 touchdowns, assisting the Packers to their second consecutive Super Bowl appearance. His team lost the Super Bowl XXXII 31-24 to the Denver Broncos, but Freeman had an outstanding performance in it. Freeman caught 9 passes for 126 yards and 2 touchdowns, while also gaining another 104 yards on 6 kickoff returns, giving him 230 total yards, the third highest total in Super Bowl history.

In 1998, Freeman had his best NFL season, catching 84 passes for a league leading 1,424 receiving yards and making his first(and only) trip to the pro bowl.

Antonio Freeman played for the Green Bay Packers from 1995 through the 2001 season. He then went on to play a year for the Philadelphia Eagles in 2002 before coming back to Green Bay for the 2003. Freeman was cut by the Miami Dolphins during the 2004 preaseason.

In his 9 NFL seasons, Freeman caught 477 passes for 7,251 yards, gained 1,007 yards returning kickoffs and punts, and scored 64 touchdowns.

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