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Richard Scott Proehl (born March 7, 1968 in Bronx, New York) is an American football wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League. Proehl has played 16 seasons with the Phoenix/Arizona Cardinals, Seattle Seahawks, Chicago Bears, St. Louis Rams, and Panthers.

High school career

Ricky Proehl attended Hillsborough High School in Hillsborough, New Jersey, where he starred in both football and baseball. During his senior year in football, he caught 42 passes for 900 yards and 13 touchdowns. For his efforts that year, he was named a New York All-Metro selection, the Somerset County Player of the Year, and an All-State pick.

College career

Proehl attended Wake Forest University, where he was a four-year letterman in football. He holds the school record for receiving yards (2949 yards), and touchdowns (25), as well as ranking in the top five in receptions and receiving average. He ended his college year playing in the Blue-Gray Football Classic and the East-West All-Star Game.

National Football League career

Proehl was taken in the 3rd round (58th overall) of the 1990 NFL Draft. He set the Cardinal rookie record for receptions, as well as becoming the first rookie to lead the team in receptions since Bob Shaw in 1950. He played four more seasons for the Cardinals before being traded to Seattle for a draft pick. He spent two seasons with the Seahawks, signed with Chicago for one year, and ended up with the Rams for the start of the 1998 NFL season. As part of the "Greatest Show on Turf", he helped lead the Rams to victory at Super Bowl XXXIV. He spent three more seasons with the Rams before signing with Carolina as a free agent at the start of the 2003 NFL season. He was recently talked out of retirement for a 16th season by Panther quarterback Jake Delhomme and coach John Fox. Although Proehl has finished his 16th NFL season, he is expected to retire shortly.

Achievements

Proehl is best known for his role in three memorable playoff games:

As a Ram in the 2000 NFC Championship Game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Proehl caught a game-winning touchdown pass with under 5 minutes to play. The Rams won 11-6 and went on to win the Super Bowl.
Two years later, in Super Bowl XXXVI against the New England Patriots, with the Rams trailing 17-10, Proehl caught a touchdown pass with 1:30 to play, but the Patriots won the game on a last-second field goal. Before the game, Proehl guaranteed that a Rams dynasty was going to be born that night, but it would the Pats reign that would begin (3 SBs in 4 years)
Again two years later, in Super Bowl XXXVIII against New England, this time as a member of the Panthers, Proehl again caught a touchdown pass with 1:08 remaining in the fourth quarter to tie the game. Proehl's bad luck continued, however, as again the Patriots won the game on a last-second field goal.

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