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In 2006 the lanky target went from the fourth-to-last player selected in the NFL Draft to a record-setter who was included on every media outlet’s all-rookie squad. Colston, chosen 252nd overall with a compensatory pick, proved to be the steal of the year’s draft class and emerged as the most productive rookie wide receiver in club history. Despite missing two games with an ankle sprain and all but a few plays of another contest, he hauled in 70 catches for a team-high 1,038 yards and eight touchdowns. Like teammate Reggie Bush, Colston earned nationwide attention for Rookie of the Year honors. He is the only rookie in club history to go over 1,000 yards receiving – an NFL-best for first-year players last season – and his 70 grabs ranked second in club history behind the 88 posted by Bush in 2006. Inserted as a starter in the opener, his impact was immediate with touchdown catches in each of his first two NFL games. Colston was named NFL Rookie of the Month for October, a four-game stretch where he had 18 catches for 373 yards and four touchdowns, including a pair of 100-yard performances. Following the Nov. 12 contest at Pittsburgh, he had already posted 869 receiving yards, the highest total in league history for a rookie after nine games. On the season, 51 of his grabs went for a first down, and his 28 third-down catches ranked fifth in the NFL. The 86-yard catch-and-run he recorded in the fourth quarter at Carolina, Oct. 1, is the longest by a rookie in team record books, and the fourth-longest overall in club history.