Joshua Cribbs Bio - Biography

Name Joshua Cribbs
Height 6 ft 1 in
Naionality American
Date of Birth 9-June-1983
Place of Birth Washington, D.C., U.S.
Famous for Football Player
Joshua Cribbs is an American football wide receiver and return specialist for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League. He played collegiately for Kent State University. He has tied the NFL record with eight kickoff returns for touchdowns (tied with Leon Washington). He also has tied the NFL record with two kickoffs of 100 yards or more returned for touchdowns in a single game.

Cribbs was not chosen in the 2005 NFL Draft; however, he was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Cleveland Browns on April 29, 2005. He made the Browns roster for the 2005 season, and made an impact as a kick returner. He averaged 24.5 yards per return, and his total of 1,094 return yards set a franchise record. In a game against the Detroit Lions, he returned a kick 90 yards for his first NFL touchdown. He made his NFL debut versus the Cincinnati Bengals on September 11. For the fourth straight season, Cribbs again had a touchdown on a kickoff return, scoring on a 92-yard return versus the Baltimore Ravens in Week 9. It was the fifth kickoff return touchdown of Cribbs's career. Cribbs also had a 4-yard rushing touchdown against the Buffalo Bills in a Monday night game. On November 26, 2008, after placing Brady Quinn on injured reserve, the Browns named Cribbs their emergency quarterback. Relations between Cribbs and the Browns soured at the end of the 2009 season, as negotiations on a new contract extension ended with a reported $1.4 million per year offer that Cribbs felt was insultingly low. On January 7, 2010, Cribbs cleaned out his locker at the Browns' training complex and announced his intention to walk out on the final three years of his contract, telling reporters, "... it absolutely felt like the last time I'd be setting foot inside the building. I feel like it's over for me in Cleveland", adding that the Browns' offer felt "like I've been betrayed and stabbed in the back."

In February 2010, Cribbs's agent said that contract negotiations were going well. John "JR" Rickert (Cribbs's agent) has said multiple times that thing were going well in making a new contract. On March 5, 2010, Cribbs re-signed with the Cleveland Browns with a three-year, $20 million dollar contract. In January 2010, Cribbs was named to the NFL's All-Decade Team for the 2000s.

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