New York Giants NFL Football - Kevin Boss Tight End

#89 New York Giants – Tight End

Pro Career Highlights

2007-08 Season – Took over for Jeremy Shockey and started at Tight End for the 2007-08 Super Bowl Champion New York Giants. Caught a game-breaking 45-yard pass, the longest play from scrimmage in the game, from Eli Manning on the first drive of the fourth quarter in the Super Bowl, which eventually led to a Giants touchdown, giving them the lead against the previously undefeated New England Patriots.
2007– Fifth round draft pick, 153rd overall by the New York Giants. Second Division II player overall to be drafted in the NFL Draft, and sixth tight end taken overall.
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College Career – Western Oregon University

2006– First Team All-American honors from D2Football.com
2006– All-Independent First Team from D2Football.com
2006– Academic All-District VII honors from ESPN
2005– First Team All-American, All-Region and All-Great Northwest Athletic Conference
2004– First Team All-Great Northwest Athletic Conference and All-Region

Commentary

"When Jeremy [Shockey] was injured there was no question that Boss was going to be called upon to have to raise the nature of his game and he has done that. To his credit, he has done that. He has played with poise. He has made some plays, no question, in the pass game for us and also, he has blocked efficiently on the corner."
– New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin
"Boss has done a good job for us. He has a good feel for where he needs to be and what is going on."
– New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning

Did You Know...

Since the big Super Bowl victory, the State of Oregon has honored Boss by scheduling special meetings with the Governor and State Legislature, having a Kevin Boss Day in his hometown of Philomath, and inviting him to sit courtside and throw footballs into the crowd during halftime of a Portland Trailblazers game.