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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 69
BY SENATOR BERNARD
A RESOLUTION
To commend Marques Colston for his induction into the 2021 class of the Louisiana Sports
Hall of Fame.
WHEREAS, Marques Colston was born on June 5, 1983, in Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania; and
WHEREAS, Marques Colston will be inducted into the 2021 class of the Louisiana
Sports Hall of Fame as the all-time leading receiver for the New Orleans Saints, joining two
of LSU's greatest competitors, basketball's Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf and football's Glenn
Dorsey, along with former LSU track and field coach Pat Henry and Southern Jaguar and
MLB baseball star, Rickie Weeks; and
WHEREAS, he was a seventh-round draft pick in 2006 (252nd overall) for the New
Orleans Saints; and
WHEREAS, Marques Colston, a product of Hofstra University, easily became the
most productive receiver in Saints history in his ten-year career span from 2006 to 2015; and
WHEREAS, quiet and reserved off the field but competitive on it, Marques Colston
quickly became one of the cornerstones of Head Coach Sean Payton's first Saints team; and
WHEREAS, Colston's six feet, four inch, two hundred twenty-five pound size
combined with his willingness to go over the middle and make the tough catch made him an
instant favorite for new quarterback, Drew Brees; and
WHEREAS, the skill and tenacity of Marques Colston helped the New Orleans
Saints win the NFC South title and reach the NFC championship game as Colston made the
all-rookie team; and
WHEREAS, three years later, Marques Colston and the New Orleans Saints won the
NFC crown and the franchise's only championship with a thirty-one to seventeen victory
over Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV; and
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WHEREAS, in his ten year career, Colston played in one hundred forty-six games
with one hundred six starts and caught seven hundred eleven passes for nine thousand seven
hundred fifty-nine yards, both club records; and
WHEREAS, an especially inviting target in the red zone because he towered over
most defenders and could easily come down with Brees' patented back-shoulder throws,
Colston also scored seventy-two touchdowns for another franchise record and tied Joe Horn
for the most one hundred yard games in club history with twenty-eight; and
WHEREAS, Marques Colston had one hundred fifty yards or more in six of those
games, topped by a ten-catch, one hundred sixty-nine yard performance versus Pittsburgh
in 2006; and
WHEREAS, for his career, Marques Colston had one hundred eighty-nine more
receptions and one thousand nine hundred five more receiving yards than Louisiana Sports
Hall of Fame member, Eric Martin, and twenty-two more touchdowns than Horn, elected to
the LSHOF's 2020 class; and
WHEREAS, Colston produced six one thousand yard receiving seasons with a best
of one thousand two hundred two yards in 2007 when he also had a club single-season
ninety-eight receptions and scored eleven touchdowns; and
WHEREAS, Marques Colston grabbed another fifty-eight passes for seven hundred
eighty-eight yards and had four scores in ten post-season contests, catching seven balls for
eighty-three yards in the Super Bowl XLIV win.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend and extend heartfelt congratulations to Marques Colston for his
induction into the 2021 class of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame due to his career as the
all-time leading receiver for the New Orleans Saints.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Marques Colston.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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