2003 Football Roster
Sep 20 (Sat)
8:15 p.m.
D.J. Hackett
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Ontario, Calif.
- High School:
- San Dimas/CSU-Northridge
AT COLORADO: 2003 (Sr.)?Selected as Colorado’s 2003 Most Valuable Player by his teammates, and also was one of only two players to earn his way on to CU’s prestigious Victory Club (80% or better grade in at least nine games). He set a Colorado single-season record for receptions with 78, snapping the previous mark of 76 set by Michael Westbrook in 1992, and recorded the sixth 1,000-yard receiving season in school history in amassing 1,013 yards for a 13.0 average per catch. He also caught seven touchdown passes and a two-point conversion for 44 points. His 84.4 receiving yards per game ranked fourth in the Big 12 and was 28th in the NCAA), while his 6.5 receptions per game was second in the conference and 13th nationally. Along with senior Derek McCoy (63 catches), he was also part of the top receiving duo in terms of receptions in CU history, as they combined for 141. He had three 100-yard games, with a career-high 143 on just four catches at Baylor; he also had 106 at Kansas State and 103 versus Colorado State (which he amassed on a career best 10 receptions). He earned third-team All-Big 12 honors from the Big 12 Coaches (honorable mention from the Associated Press); two league newspapers pegged him second-team: the Dallas Morning News and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He also earned All-Colorado honors from the Colorado Chapter of the National Football Foundation. For his career, he finished 13th all-time at Colorado in receiving yards (1,194), 11th in receptions (93) and tied for 12th in touchdown receptions (9). He also set school records for the most consecutives games with four or more receptions (12) and with six or more receptions (4); he tied the mark for the most games in a row with seven-plus catches (3). He caught one pass for 14 yards in the Hula Bowl.
2002 (Jr.)?He played in 13 games including the Alamo Bowl (no starts), coming on strong the second half of the season. He was fourth on the team with 15 receptions, averaging 12.1 per reception (181 yards). He had touchdown receptions against Kansas and Iowa State, and had nine receptions for 143 yards over the last five games of the regular season. His top game came against the Cyclones, when he had four receptions for 69 yards to go with his 8-yard TD reception, and he had three catches for 54 yards in the first game against Oklahoma. He shined in the bowl against Wisconsin, snaring three passes for 30 yards, including touchdown catches ofr 10 yards from Robert Hodge and 11 yards from Zac Colvin. The coaches named him to CU’s prestigious Victory Club, as he posted qualifying grades in at least nine games on the year. He transferred to Colorado in time to begin the spring semester, as he was a casualty when Cal State-Northridge eliminated its football program last Nov. 20. NCAA rules dictate that players can transfer and have immediate eligibility in such cases, so he came to CU with two years of eligibility remaining. He worked his way into CU’s two-deep at the position in spring practices, and in team conditioning tests, he had the second best vertical leap at 41 inches. A suffered a sprained knee (LCL) during the second half of spring drills, but the injury did not require surgery and he was fine by the first of July.
AT CSU-NORTHRIDGE (2001, Soph.)?In starting all 10 games, he caught 53 passes for 778 yards, or 14.7 per reception, with a long play of 69. He also had 10 touchdown catches, one in every game, to end his CSUN career with at least one TD grab in 13 straight games. He had a pair of 100-yard games, as he had 10 catches for 123 yards at UC-Davis and eight for 122 at Stephen F. Austin. He also rushed one time for 12 yards as the team posted a 3-7 record.
2000 (Fr.-RS)?He started all 11 games for the Matadors and finished second on the team with 47 receptions for 729 yards and seven touchdowns, averaging 15.5 yards per catch, with a long of 76. Top game came at Sacramento State, when he caught 12 passes for 170 yards and a touchdown. He had five grabs for 143 yards and two scores against Northern Arizona, and also had two TD catches at Weber State in a nationally televised game on ESPN2. CSU-Northridge was 4-7 on the season.
1999 (Fr.)?Redshirted; did not see any game action but practiced the entire fall at receiver.
HIGH SCHOOL?He earned all-Valle Vista League, all-CIF and all-Inland Valley honors as a senior, when he was also an L.A. Times All-Star. He earned three letters in football playing for coach Ted Clark. He also lettered three times in basketball (forward) and three times in track (200, 400).
ACADEMICS?He is majoring in kinesiology at Colorado. He earned second-team Academic All-Big 12 honors as a junior in 2002. He was an honor roll student in high school and maintained a 3.5 grade point.
PERSONAL?Born July 3, 1981 in Fontana, Calif. Full name is DeAndre James Hackett, but he has gone by D.J. as long as he can remember. Father (Eddie) played briefly with the Minnesota Vikings, with two cousins also having played college football, Orlando Hackett (Arizona State) and Jay Hackett (Montana State). Hobbies include fishing, golfing, fixing up imported cars, video games and playing cards and dominoes. Full name is DeAndre James Hackett.
RECEIVING High Games Season G No. Yds Avg. TD Long Rec Yds2002 12 15 181 12.1 2 31 4 692003 12 78 1013 13.0 7 52 10 143Totals 24 93 1194 12.8 9 52 10 143ADDITIONAL STATISTICS?Passing: 0-0-0, 0 (sacked for ?9); 1 blocked punt (2003);
