Aaron Boone (American football)
Encyclopedia
Aaron Rostenbach Boone (born January 13, 1978 in Provo
, Utah
) is an Arena football
Wide Receiver
/ Defensive Back
who is currently a free agent
of the Arena Football League. He was originally signed as an undrafted free agent in 2003, by the Dallas Cowboys
. He played college football
at Kentucky
.
for 706 yards and 10 touchdown
s. He led the nation in Receptions-to-Touchdowns ration (minimum of 10 touchdowns) with 4:1. He also tied for the most receiving touchdowns in the SEC
. He graduated with a degree in Business Management and a minor in Spanish
.
2001 (Junior): Played in all 11 games ... Emerged as an outstanding receiver in the second half of the season ... Caught 18 passes for 268 yards and six touchdowns ... Caught a 28-yard TD pass at South Carolina, beginning a string of four consecutive games with at least one scoring reception ... Best game was five catches for 94 yards and two TDs at Georgia
2000 (Sophomore): First-team All-America by the JC Gridwire at Snow College in Ephraim, Utah … All-America by the National Junior College Athletic Association … One of the nation’s top 75 juco prospects as chosen by SuperPrep … Caught 81 passes for 1,505 yards, an 18.6-yard average per catch, and 19 touchdowns … Most Valuable Player of the Dairy Bowl in Pocatello, Idaho. ...Snow College Male athlete of the year.... Coached by Jeff Kitts ... Picked UK over Brigham Young, Utah, Colorado, Kansas State, Iowa, NC State and Louisville.
1999 (Redshirt Freshman): Snagged 33 passes for 645 yards, a 19.5-yard average per reception, and six TDs at Snow College … It was his first season as a receiver after having played quarterback during high school
1997-98: Fulfilled a two-year Mormon mission in Peru. 1996: Enrolled at Snow in the fall of 1996 and redshirted as a freshman quarterback before beginning his church mission.
despite leading (tied) the SEC (Southeastern Conference)in touchdowns and signed as an undrafted free agent with the Dallas Cowboys
. Signed with the Chicago Bears
in 2004. In 2004, he was allocated to NFL Europe and selected by the Berlin Thunder
. He finished the season first in the league in Touchdown-to-Catch Ratio, and ranked third with four receiving touchdowns. He won World Bowl XII
. In 2005 he signed with the Carolina Panthers
and was again allocated to NFL Europe . He played in 10 regular season games for the Thunder and led the league in receptions with 43, ranked second in touchdowns with five, second in yards with 582, and fifth in points scored with 30. He also led the league with 13.5 total tackles on special teams and helped the team to a birth into World Bowl XIII
. After the NFL Europe season, he returned and spent time with the Carolina Panthers
until he suffered a season ending shoulder injury.
Boone recorded a career-best season, earning him All-Arena league honors. He played in 16 games where he led the Blaze in all receiving statistical categories. Boone finished 3rd in the AFL with 146 catches, fourth in touchdowns with 46, and eighth in yards with 1,448. This was the second straight season Boone has tallied over 135 receptions, 1,400 yards and 25 touchdowns. He also contributed on special teams, tallying 18.0 total tackles. On May 14 on a National Televised game (NFL Network) vs Milwaukee Iron, Boone scored a franchise best 7 touchdowns in one game.
In 2008
He completed his second year with the Blaze finishing third in the entire AFL with 135 receptions and eighth in the AFL in yards with 1,527. He also added 23 touchdowns during 16 games. Boone was one of three Blaze receivers to record 1,500-plus receiving yards, 100-plus receptions and 20-plus touchdowns in the regular season. It is the only time the feat has been done in Pro Football history.
In 2007
, Boone signed with the Utah Blaze
, where he played in only seven games, due to an early season ankle
injury. For the season he recorded 32 receptions for 420 yards and eight touchdowns. In 2008
, he bounced back playing in 16 games, and recorded 135 receptions (3rd in the AFL) for 1,526 yards (8th in the AFL) and 23 touchdowns.
In 2006
, Boone joined the Philadelphia Soul
, however, he was later traded to the Kansas City Brigade
where he was named to the AFL All-Rookie team. He recorded 66 receptions for 748 yards and 19 touchdowns as a rookie in only 7 games.
, 6'5 305 lb has played with NFL Cincinnati Bengals and Oakland Raiders, currently starting center for the Las Vegas Locos of the UFL League and in his first & second season was voted First Team All UFL center... www.jesseboone.com... Jason signed as an Undrafted Free Agent with New Orleans Saints after college at the University of Utah...Currently is teammate on the Utah Blaze... Both are offensive linemen...
Aaron graduated with a major in Business Management and a minor in Spanish and International Business … Fluent in Spanish and also speaks some Chinese and German … Spent two years in Peru on Church Mission and six weeks studying abroad in China while in Junior College.
In his free time, Boone enjoys eating, traveling, new business ventures, scuba diving
, and ping-pong. His favorite sports team growing up was the Chicago Bears
and his favorite athlete was Walter Payton
. Boone is the sixth of 10 children.
Boone and his wife, Lindsay, and daughter Kaiya and son Dawson currently reside in Sandy, Utah
.
Provo, Utah
Provo is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Utah, located about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the county seat of Utah County and lies between the cities of Orem to the north and Springville to the south...
, Utah
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
) is an Arena football
Arena football
Arena football is a variety of gridiron football played by the Arena Football League . It is a proprietary game, the rights to which are owned by Gridiron Enterprises, and is played indoors on a smaller field than American or Canadian outdoor football, resulting in a faster and higher-scoring game....
Wide Receiver
Wide receiver
A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...
/ Defensive Back
Defensive back
In American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage; they are distinguished from the defensive line players and linebackers, who take positions directly behind or close to the line of...
who is currently a free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....
of the Arena Football League. He was originally signed as an undrafted free agent in 2003, by the Dallas Cowboys
Dallas Cowboys
The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas...
. He played college football
College football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...
at Kentucky
Kentucky Wildcats football
The Kentucky Wildcats football team is a college football program that competes in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and the East Division of the Southeastern Conference.-History:Paul "Bear" Bryant Era...
.
High school years
High School: Played 1993-95 at Millard HS in Fillmore, Utah … Three-year letterman and two-year starter at quarterback … Led his team to a 10-2 record and Class AA state championship during his senior season … First-team all-state … Also played defensive end … Coached in high school by Frank Bramhall … Remarkable all-around athlete as an all-state honoree in three sports, including baseball and basketball … Two-year all-state honoree in baseball as a shortstop and pitcher, helping his team to a state championship during his sophomore season … Played forward in basketball … Graduated in the top 20 in his class … Student Body President, Vice-President of his Sophomore and Junior classes … Member of the National Honor Society and Spanish Club.College career
University of Kentucky as a senior, he led the team in all receiving categories with 41 receptionsReception (American football)
In American football, a reception is part of a play in which a forward pass from behind the line of scrimmage is received by a player in bounds, who, after the catch, proceeds to either score a touchdown or be downed. Yards gained from the receiving play are credited to the player as receiving...
for 706 yards and 10 touchdown
Touchdown
A touchdown is a means of scoring in American and Canadian football. Whether running, passing, returning a kickoff or punt, or recovering a turnover, a team scores a touchdown by advancing the ball into the opponent's end zone.-Description:...
s. He led the nation in Receptions-to-Touchdowns ration (minimum of 10 touchdowns) with 4:1. He also tied for the most receiving touchdowns in the SEC
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
. He graduated with a degree in Business Management and a minor in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
.
2001 (Junior): Played in all 11 games ... Emerged as an outstanding receiver in the second half of the season ... Caught 18 passes for 268 yards and six touchdowns ... Caught a 28-yard TD pass at South Carolina, beginning a string of four consecutive games with at least one scoring reception ... Best game was five catches for 94 yards and two TDs at Georgia
2000 (Sophomore): First-team All-America by the JC Gridwire at Snow College in Ephraim, Utah … All-America by the National Junior College Athletic Association … One of the nation’s top 75 juco prospects as chosen by SuperPrep … Caught 81 passes for 1,505 yards, an 18.6-yard average per catch, and 19 touchdowns … Most Valuable Player of the Dairy Bowl in Pocatello, Idaho. ...Snow College Male athlete of the year.... Coached by Jeff Kitts ... Picked UK over Brigham Young, Utah, Colorado, Kansas State, Iowa, NC State and Louisville.
1999 (Redshirt Freshman): Snagged 33 passes for 645 yards, a 19.5-yard average per reception, and six TDs at Snow College … It was his first season as a receiver after having played quarterback during high school
1997-98: Fulfilled a two-year Mormon mission in Peru. 1996: Enrolled at Snow in the fall of 1996 and redshirted as a freshman quarterback before beginning his church mission.
National Football League / NFL Europe (2003 - 2005)
Boone went unselected in the 2003 NFL Draft2003 NFL Draft
The 2003 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. The draft is known officially as the "NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting" and has been conducted annually since 1936. The draft was held April 26–27, 2003 at the Theatre at...
despite leading (tied) the SEC (Southeastern Conference)in touchdowns and signed as an undrafted free agent with the Dallas Cowboys
Dallas Cowboys
The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas...
. Signed with the Chicago Bears
Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
in 2004. In 2004, he was allocated to NFL Europe and selected by the Berlin Thunder
Berlin Thunder
The Berlin Thunder were a professional American football team in NFL Europe, which was a springtime American football league serving primarily as a developmental league for the National Football League. Most of the players were young American professional players assigned by NFL teams to receive...
. He finished the season first in the league in Touchdown-to-Catch Ratio, and ranked third with four receiving touchdowns. He won World Bowl XII
World Bowl XII
World Bowl XII was NFL Europe's 2004 championship game. The game was played at Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen, Germany on June 12, 2004. In this game, the defending champion Frankfurt Galaxy returned to try to protect their title after going through a 7–3 regular season. Their opponent was...
. In 2005 he signed with the Carolina Panthers
Carolina Panthers
The Carolina Panthers are a professional American football team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. They are currently members of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Panthers, along with the Jacksonville Jaguars, joined the NFL as expansion...
and was again allocated to NFL Europe . He played in 10 regular season games for the Thunder and led the league in receptions with 43, ranked second in touchdowns with five, second in yards with 582, and fifth in points scored with 30. He also led the league with 13.5 total tackles on special teams and helped the team to a birth into World Bowl XIII
World Bowl XIII
World Bowl XIII was NFL Europe's 2005 championship game. It was played at the LTU arena in Düsseldorf, Germany on June 11, 2005. In this match-up, the 6-4 Amsterdam Admirals managed to get back to the World Bowl after losing in World Bowl III and spending nearly a decade being on the outside. ...
. After the NFL Europe season, he returned and spent time with the Carolina Panthers
Carolina Panthers
The Carolina Panthers are a professional American football team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. They are currently members of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Panthers, along with the Jacksonville Jaguars, joined the NFL as expansion...
until he suffered a season ending shoulder injury.
Arena Football League (2006 - present)
In 20102010 Utah Blaze season
The 2010 Utah Blaze season is the 4th season for the franchise in the Arena Football League. The team was coached by Ernesto Purnsley, who was fired on June 1, 2010, with Ron James named as his replacement. Home games are played at the Maverik Center, which was known as the "E Center" prior to...
Boone recorded a career-best season, earning him All-Arena league honors. He played in 16 games where he led the Blaze in all receiving statistical categories. Boone finished 3rd in the AFL with 146 catches, fourth in touchdowns with 46, and eighth in yards with 1,448. This was the second straight season Boone has tallied over 135 receptions, 1,400 yards and 25 touchdowns. He also contributed on special teams, tallying 18.0 total tackles. On May 14 on a National Televised game (NFL Network) vs Milwaukee Iron, Boone scored a franchise best 7 touchdowns in one game.
In 2008
2008 Utah Blaze season
The 2008 Utah Blaze season is the third season for the franchise. Despite losing their first 9 games, the Blaze were able to finish the regular season with 6 wins in their last 7 games, earning them a playoff berth as the 4th seed in the American Conference...
He completed his second year with the Blaze finishing third in the entire AFL with 135 receptions and eighth in the AFL in yards with 1,527. He also added 23 touchdowns during 16 games. Boone was one of three Blaze receivers to record 1,500-plus receiving yards, 100-plus receptions and 20-plus touchdowns in the regular season. It is the only time the feat has been done in Pro Football history.
In 2007
2007 Utah Blaze season
The 2007 Utah Blaze season was the second season for the franchise. They look to make the playoffs after finishing 2006 with an 7-9 record. They went 8-8 record and qualified for the playoffs.-Schedule:-Playoff schedule:-Roster:...
, Boone signed with the Utah Blaze
Utah Blaze
The Utah Blaze is a professional arena football team based in Salt Lake City, Utah and competes in the West division of the Arena Football League. Home games are played at the EnergySolutions Arena.-The original Utah Blaze :...
, where he played in only seven games, due to an early season ankle
Ankle
The ankle joint is formed where the foot and the leg meet. The ankle, or talocrural joint, is a synovial hinge joint that connects the distal ends of the tibia and fibula in the lower limb with the proximal end of the talus bone in the foot...
injury. For the season he recorded 32 receptions for 420 yards and eight touchdowns. In 2008
2008 Utah Blaze season
The 2008 Utah Blaze season is the third season for the franchise. Despite losing their first 9 games, the Blaze were able to finish the regular season with 6 wins in their last 7 games, earning them a playoff berth as the 4th seed in the American Conference...
, he bounced back playing in 16 games, and recorded 135 receptions (3rd in the AFL) for 1,526 yards (8th in the AFL) and 23 touchdowns.
In 2006
2006 Arena Football League season
The 2006 Arena Football League season was the 20th season of the Arena Football League. The league champions were the Chicago Rush, who defeated the Orlando Predators in ArenaBowl XX....
, Boone joined the Philadelphia Soul
Philadelphia Soul
The Philadelphia Soul are an Arena Football League team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They began play in as an expansion team. The team plays in the Eastern Division of the American Conference. They won their first ArenaBowl in 2008, defeating the San Jose SaberCats 59–56 in ArenaBowl XXII...
, however, he was later traded to the Kansas City Brigade
Kansas City Brigade
The Kansas City Command is a professional arena football team in the Arena Football League. The team was founded before the 2006 season. Former Kansas City Chiefs Strong safety Kevin Porter served as head coach...
where he was named to the AFL All-Rookie team. He recorded 66 receptions for 748 yards and 19 touchdowns as a rookie in only 7 games.
Personal
Full name is Aaron Rostenbach Boone … Born 1-13-78 in Provo, Utah … Son of Coley Boone and Sherry Peterson … Comes from a very talented and athletic family … His Father, Coley, played football at Brigham Young … His Mother, Sherry, is a Professional Genealogist … Brother, Jonathan, is a professional singer/motivational speaker www.pinktwist.com … Sister, Becky, is a Police Officer… Sister, Amy, is Project Director for a National Fitness company for Mom's, played Div I volleyball and basketball at George Mason … Sister, Martha, is domestic goddess raising her five children … Sister, Tamara, is an information technology professional … Sister, Sarah, lives in Virginia raising her three sons… Younger brother JesseJesse Boone
Jesse Rostenbach Boone is an American football center for the Las Vegas Locomotives of the United Football League. He was signed by the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent in 2006...
, 6'5 305 lb has played with NFL Cincinnati Bengals and Oakland Raiders, currently starting center for the Las Vegas Locos of the UFL League and in his first & second season was voted First Team All UFL center... www.jesseboone.com... Jason signed as an Undrafted Free Agent with New Orleans Saints after college at the University of Utah...Currently is teammate on the Utah Blaze... Both are offensive linemen...
Aaron graduated with a major in Business Management and a minor in Spanish and International Business … Fluent in Spanish and also speaks some Chinese and German … Spent two years in Peru on Church Mission and six weeks studying abroad in China while in Junior College.
In his free time, Boone enjoys eating, traveling, new business ventures, scuba diving
Scuba diving
Scuba diving is a form of underwater diving in which a diver uses a scuba set to breathe underwater....
, and ping-pong. His favorite sports team growing up was the Chicago Bears
Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
and his favorite athlete was Walter Payton
Walter Payton
Walter Jerry Payton was an American football running back who played for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League for thirteen seasons. Walter Payton was known around the NFL as "Sweetness". He is remembered as one of the most prolific running backs in the history of American football...
. Boone is the sixth of 10 children.
Boone and his wife, Lindsay, and daughter Kaiya and son Dawson currently reside in Sandy, Utah
Sandy, Utah
Sandy is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. It is a suburb of Salt Lake City. The population was 87,461 at the 2010 census, making it the sixth-largest city in Utah....
.