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May 13, 2008

More on Mr. Storm (AKA Lawrence Samuels)

In last week's win over New Orleans, Storm legend Lawrence Samuels set an AFL record by catching a pass in his 129th straight game, surpassing Cory Fleming. His streak began April 15, 2000 at home against the New England Sea Wolves (who could forget that team, right?) with three receptions for 26 yards.

Tp_179055_sand_storm_s_8Now for the neat part ...

Samuels, with 971 receptions, is just 20 shy of Barry Wagner’s AFL leading 991. And perhaps more impressive, he needed only 29 more to become the sixth player in professional football history to accumulate 1,000 career receptions.

Here are the all-time leaders ...

Player                          League               Receptions
Jerry Rice                     NFL                     1,549
Chris Carter                  NFL                     1,101
Tim Brown                    NFL                     1,094
Marvin Harrison             NFL                     1,042*
Terry Vaughn               CFL                     1,006
Barry Wagner                 AFL                    991
Darren Flutie                 CFL                     972
Lawrence Samuels        AFL                      971*
Allen Pitts                      CFL                     966
Damien Harrell              AFL                      958*
Andre Reed                  NFL                      951
* active

-- KEITH NIEBUHR

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Why haven't you written more about LS this season???????

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