Larry Fitzgerald is a football wide receiver and he is American by nationality. He plays for Arizona Cardinals. He got drafted to Cardinals as a third overall in the NFL Draft of 2004. He was playing college football in the Pittsburgh and he got honors of All-American Unanimously.
He was selected to go to Pro bowl, for nine times and by now, he ranks on the fifth overall in the NFL history to be all time in the receiving yards for each game he played. Others are Marvin Harrison, Torry Holt, Andre Johnson and Calvin Johnson. In 2013, when he was still 30 years, he became the youngest person to reach to 11,000 yards for receiving career and he surpassed Randy Moss who was the holder of the same records. In 2011, he agreed to the extension of his contract worth 120 million dollars.
From his biography, Larry Fitzgerald went to Academy of Holy Angels when he was a teenager and afterwards he went to University of Pittsburgh and he was playing for Pittsburgh Panthers football team when Walt Harris was a coach. He became the best wide receivers in the college football of 2002 up to 2003. After the sophomore season, he was recognized to be the right player of NCAA with over 2003 Walter Camp Award and the Chic Harley Award of Touchdown Club of Columbus.
He is the best wider receiver for the college football and in 2003, he became the All-America and he was the runner up of Prestigious Heisman Trophy. He got the most outstanding player for the college football but Jason White of Oklahoma was the winner. Larry Fitzgerald played under Pitt for 3 years but he was not red shirted. He started a petition against NFL to let him enter the NFL draft of 2004 since he has left the high school and went to Valley Forge Military Academy. It was agreed that he should be given exception since he has already passed 3 years outside the academy.
Larry Fitzgerald is a son to Larry Fitzgerald Sr and he is a sportswriter of Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder. For his coverage of Super Bowl XLIII, it was said that he was the only reporter who was able to cover his won in the Super Bowl. His mother was called Carol and he died because of brain hemorrhage when he was under the treatment of the Breast cancer. He has a young brother called Marcus and he played as wide receiver of Sacramento Mountain Lions under United Football League.
Larry Fitzgerald established Larry Fitzgerald First Down fund and it was meant to help the kids and the families through supporting positive activities in children. He has two son but the mother of the older son asked for order of protection against him. His net worth is 50 millions. He suffered an injury in Pro Bowl while his twitter account is @LarryFitzgerald.
Birth Date: | 31 Aug, 1983 |
Age: | 36 yrs |
Occupations: | American football player |
Citizenship: | United States of America |
Birth Place: | Minneapolis |
Education: | University of Pittsburgh |
Gender: | Male |
Twitter Id: | LarryFitzgerald |
Net Worth 2021: | 50 million |