New Blog 1: Victor Cruz Head

Thursday, 13 December 2012

Victor Cruz Head

Victor Michael Cruz (born November 11, 1986) is an American football wide receiver for the New York Giants of the National Football League. He was an undrafted free agent signed by the Giants in the 2010 offseason. He played college football at the University of Massachusetts. Cruz was born to Mike Walker, an African-American fire fighter, and Puerto Rican mother, Blanca Cruz. His parents never married and his father died in 2007. Cruz attended Paterson Catholic High School in Paterson, New Jersey. He completed a post-graduate semester at Bridgton Academy in North Bridgton, Maine. Cruz finished his career at UMass with 149 catches ranking him fourth on the all-time UMass receptions list, despite the fact that he didn't start a game until his junior season. He scored 11 touchdowns in his career and had just under 2,000 receiving yards. Cruz was named a first-team All-Colonial Athletic Association wide receiver for the years 2008 and 2009.