Andre Caldwell Andre Jerome Caldwell ( born April 15 , 1985 ) , nicknamed Bubba Caldwell , is an American professional football player who is a wide receiver for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League ( NFL ) . Caldwell played college football for the University of Florida , where he was a member of a BCS National Championship team . A third - round pick in the 2008 NFL Draft , he has played professionally for the Cincinnati Bengals and the Denver Broncos . Early years . Caldwell was born in Tampa , Florida in 1985 . He attended Tampa ' s Jefferson High School , where he played quarterback and also lined up at receiver and returned punts for the Jefferson Dragons high school football team . His senior year , he moved from wide receiver to starting quarterback , and passed and rushed for over 2 , 220 yards and thirty - eight touchdowns while leading the Dragons to a Florida Class 4A state championship . He was the " Tampa Tribune " ' s Hillsborough County Player of the Year , an all - state selection , and was named a " Parade " magazine , SuperPrep and " USA Today " high school All - American following his senior season in 2002 . He played in the 2003 U . S . Army All - American Bowl . College career . Caldwell accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville , Florida , where he played for coach Ron Zook and coach Urban Meyer ' s Florida Gators football team from 2003 to 2007 . In part because of his brother Reche ' s legacy as a Gator , and in part because of his friendship with Florida commitment and quarterback Chris Leak , Caldwell chose to play for the Gators . As a true freshman seeing limited playing time , he had just nineteen receptions . During his sophomore season in 2004 , Caldwell ' s production jumped to forty - three catches and three receiving touchdowns , as well as two rushes for sixty - six yards and one score . He received a medical redshirt for the 2005 season after fracturing his leg in an early - season Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) game against the Tennessee Volunteers . During his junior season in 2006 , he emerged as the Gators ' second leading wide receiver in catches ( 57 ) , yards ( 577 ) and touchdowns ( 6 ) , and also threw for a touchdown pass in the Gators 38 – 28 victory over the Arkansas Razorbacks in the 2006 SEC Championship Game . As a junior in 2006 , he threw a seven - yard touchdown pass to help the Gators win their seventh SEC championship . Four weeks later , the Gators won their first BCS Championship Game and the second national championship in team history . Just days after the 2007 BCS National Championship Game , Caldwell announced he would return to Florida for his senior season . As a senior team captain in 2007 , Caldwell recorded a career - high 761 yards and seven touchdowns on fifty - six receptions , had twelve carries for fifty - eight rushing yards and a touchdown , and was the recipient of the Gators ' Fergie Ferguson Award as the " senior football player who displays outstanding leadership , character and courage . " Caldwell finished his senior season with 100 - yard receiving games against the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers , Vanderbilt Commodores , South Carolina Gamecocks and Florida Atlantic Owls . His 185 receptions in his four - year college career remains the best career total in Gators history . Caldwell graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor ' s degree in sociology in December 2007 . Professional career . Cincinnati Bengals . The Cincinnati Bengals chose Caldwell in the third round ( ninety - seventh overall pick ) in the 2008 NFL Draft , and played for the Bengals for four seasons from to . In his rookie year , he made contributions in late season as a receiver and kickoff returner , and finished with eleven receptions for seventy - eight yards , a 26 - yard average on thirteen kickoff returns , and five rushes for fifty - three yards during his rookie season . Caldwell caught his first career touchdown , a game winning touchdown against the Steelers on September 27 , 2009 . In Week 5 , Caldwell caught another game - winning touchdown pass against the Baltimore Ravens with 20 seconds to go in the game . Denver Broncos . Caldwell signed a two - year deal with the Denver Broncos on March 21 , 2012 . Personal . Caldwell is the younger brother of Reche Caldwell , former NFL wide receiver and Florida Gators star .