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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Larry_Seivers > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Larry_Seivers.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Seivers > Source revision: 1350294466 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American football player (born 1954)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Larry Seivers | image = | number = | position = [Wide receiver](/source/Wide_receiver) | birth_date = March 30, 1954 | birth_place = [Clinton, Tennessee](/source/Clinton%2C_Tennessee), U.S. | height_ft = | height_in = | weight_lbs = | high_school = [Clinton](/source/Clinton_High_School_(Clinton%2C_Tennessee)) | college = [Tennessee](/source/Tennessee_Volunteers_football) | draftyear = 1977 | draftround = 4 | draftpick = 111 | pastteams = * [Seattle Seahawks](/source/Seattle_Seahawks) ({{NFL Year|1977}})* * [Tampa Bay Buccaneers](/source/Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers) ({{NFL Year|1977}})* | highlights = * 2× Consensus [All-American](/source/College_Football_All-America_Team) ([1975](/source/1975_College_Football_All-America_Team), [1976](/source/1976_College_Football_All-America_Team)) * 2× First-team [All-SEC](/source/List_of_All-SEC_football_teams) ([1975](/source/1975_All-SEC_football_team), [1976](/source/1976_All-SEC_football_team)) }} '''Larry Seivers''' (born March 30, 1954)Ancestry.com. U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1 [database on-line]. Larry C. Seivers, born March 30, 1954, living in Knoxville, Tennessee. is an American former [football](/source/college_football) player who was a [wide receiver](/source/wide_receiver) for the [Tennessee Volunteers](/source/Tennessee_Volunteers_football). He was a consensus [All-American](/source/College_Football_All-America_Team) in 1975 and 1976. He was selected by the [Seattle Seahawks](/source/Seattle_Seahawks) of the [National Football League](/source/National_Football_League) (NFL) in the fourth round of the [1977 NFL draft](/source/1977_NFL_draft). ==Early life== Born in [Clinton, Tennessee](/source/Clinton%2C_Tennessee),{{Cite web |title=Seivers, Larry |url=https://tshf.net/halloffame/seivers-larry/ |access-date=September 1, 2024 |website=[Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame](/source/Tennessee_Sports_Hall_of_Fame)}} Seivers played [high school football](/source/high_school_football) and [basketball](/source/basketball) at [Clinton High School](/source/Clinton_High_School_(Clinton%2C_Tennessee)).{{cite web | url=http://www.mycouriernews.com/articles/2013/12/41.html | title=Seivers honored at CHS basketball game | publisher=mycouriernews.com | date=December 17, 2013 | accessdate=August 23, 2014 | author=Evans, Richard | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826115925/http://www.mycouriernews.com/articles/2013/12/41.html | archivedate=August 26, 2014 }} ==College career== Seivers played for the [Tennessee Volunteers](/source/Tennessee_Volunteers_football) from 1974 to 1976. He accumulated 117 receptions, 1,924 receiving yards and eight receiving touchdowns in his career. At the time he was the University of Tennessee's all-time leader in receptions and receiving yards.{{Cite web |title=Larry Seivers - Football |url=https://utsports.com/sports/football/roster/larry-seivers/12230 |access-date=March 2, 2024 |website=University of Tennessee Athletics |language=en}} He was a two time consensus All-American in 1975 and 1976.{{cite web|title=2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)|year=2014|accessdate=August 16, 2014|page=6|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/Awards.pdf|archive-date=November 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126094941/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/awards.pdf|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |title=Larry Seivers College Stats, School, Draft, Gamelog, Splits |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/larry-seivers-1.html |access-date=March 2, 2024 |website=College Football at Sports-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |language=en}} Seivers scored the only touchdown of the 1974 [Liberty Bowl](/source/Liberty_Bowl), catching an 11-yard pass from [Randy Wallace](/source/Randy_Wallace), in a 7-3 victory over [Maryland](/source/Maryland_Terrapins_football).{{cite web | url=http://www.utsports.com/blog/2013/12/this-day-in-vols-history-dec-16.html | title=This Day In #Vols History (Dec. 16) | publisher=utsports.com | date=December 16, 2013 | accessdate=August 23, 2014 | author=Yellin, Jason}} He was a captain on the [1976 Tennessee Volunteers football team](/source/1976_Tennessee_Volunteers_football_team). He was selected as an [SEC Football Legend](/source/SEC_Football_Legends) in 2005.{{cite web | url=http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/112905aaa.html | title=SEIVERS JOINS SEC LEGENDS FOR CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND | publisher=utsports.com | date=November 29, 2005 | accessdate=August 23, 2014 | archive-date=August 26, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826120119/http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/112905aaa.html | url-status=dead }} Seivers was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 2013.{{cite web | url=http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/100312aac.html | title=Seivers, Teague To Enter TN Sports Hall | publisher=utsports.com | date=October 3, 2012 | accessdate=August 23, 2014 | archive-date=August 26, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826115432/http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/100312aac.html | url-status=dead }} ==Professional career== Sievers was drafted by the [Seattle Seahawks](/source/Seattle_Seahawks) of the NFL with the 111th pick in the [1977 NFL draft](/source/1977_NFL_draft).{{Cite web |title=1977 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1977/draft.htm |access-date=March 2, 2024 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |language=en}} He was traded to the [Tampa Bay Buccaneers](/source/Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers) on August 30, 1977, for a fourth round [1979 NFL draft](/source/1979_NFL_draft) choice.{{Cite news |date=August 31, 1977 |title=Seivers Landed by Buccaneers |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1338&dat=19770831&id=ffpLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7_gDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2453,4211864 |access-date=August 23, 2014 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle|via=Google News}} The draft pick received by the Seahawks was given to the [Buffalo Bills](/source/Buffalo_Bills) as voluntary compensation for [Ahmad Rashad](/source/Ahmad_Rashad) signing in 1976.{{cite web | url=http://seahawksmedia.com/MediaGuide06/Trades.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826120334/http://seahawksmedia.com/MediaGuide06/Trades.pdf | url-status=dead | archive-date=August 26, 2014 | title=TRADES | publisher=seahawksmedia.com | accessdate=August 23, 2014 }} ==References== {{reflist|30em}} {{1975 College Football Consensus All-Americans}} {{1976 College Football Consensus All-Americans}} {{Southeastern Conference Athlete of the Year navbox}} {{Seahawks1977DraftPicks}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Seivers, Larry}} Category:Living people Category:1954 births Category:American football wide receivers Category:Tennessee Volunteers football players Category:All-American college football players Category:Seattle Seahawks players Category:Tampa Bay Buccaneers players Category:Players of American football from Tennessee Category:People from Clinton, Tennessee Category:Sportspeople from the Knoxville metropolitan area Category:Southeastern Conference Athlete of the Year winners Category:20th-century American sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Larry Seivers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Seivers) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Seivers?action=history)). 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