{{Short description|American football player (born 1964)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Sebron Spivey | number = 80 | position = Wide receiver | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|8|2}} | birth_place = Youngstown, Ohio, U.S. | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11 | weight_lb = 180 | high_school = Rayen (Youngstown) | college = Southern Illinois | undraftedyear = 1987 | pastteams = * Dallas Cowboys ({{NFL Year|1987}}) | statlabel1 = Receptions | statvalue1 = 2 | statlabel2 = Receiving yards | statvalue2 = 34 | statlabel3 = Return yards | statvalue3 = 49 | pfr = SpivSe20 }}
'''Sebron Ervin Spivey''' (born August 2, 1964) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football for the Southern Illinois Salukis.
==Early life== Spivey attended Rayen High School, where he played as a wide receiver. He accepted a football scholarship from Southern Illinois University. As a sophomore in 1984, he was suspended because of academic reasons.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/83504102/ | title=SIU COACH | date=August 5, 1984 | access-date=January 12, 2023}}</ref>
As a junior, he was named a starter at wide receiver. He tied the NCAA Division I record with 2 punt returns for touchdowns in a single-game and also set the school punt return yardage record (143 yards) against Southeast Missouri State University on October 19, 1985.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/83710225/ | title=SIU | date=October 20, 1985 | access-date=January 12, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1994/09/25/fix-is-in-end-zone-three-times-over/17821789-e80f-4dff-adcb-e57bca6ec1d2/ | title=Fix Is In End Zone, Three Times Over | newspaper=The Washington Post | access-date=January 12, 2023}}</ref>
As a senior, he led the team in receiving with 25 catches for 336 yards and 4 touchdowns. He had 102 receiving yards against Missouri State University on November 7, 1986. He finished fourth in school history with 336 career punt return yards and second with an 8.84-yard punt return average.
==Professional career== Spivey was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Dallas Cowboys after the 1987 NFL draft.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://siusalukis.com/news/2010/6/28/salukis_in_the_nfl.aspx | title=Salukis in the NFL | access-date=January 12, 2023}}</ref> He was waived on August 31.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/01/sports/transactions-606387.html | title=Transactions | work=The New York Times | date=September 1987 | access-date=January 12, 2023}}</ref>
After the NFLPA strike was declared on the third week of the 1987 season, those contests were canceled (reducing the 16-game season to 15) and the NFL decided that the games would be played with replacement players. In September, he was re-signed to be a part of the Dallas replacement team that was given the mock name "Rhinestone Cowboys" by the media.<ref>{{cite news|title=Who's playing today and for whom|newspaper=Lakeland Ledger|date=October 4, 1987}}</ref> Although he was named a starter at wide receiver opposite of Cornell Burbage in the first game against the New York Jets, he was passed on the depth chart, after Kelvin Edwards posted 2 receptions for 68 yards and 2 touchdowns.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1987/10/05/cowboys-defeat-jets-38-24/82af5c29-a9f9-484b-9862-bf7eb2d93fa0/ | title=COWBOYS DEFEAT JETS, 38-24 | newspaper=The Washington Post | access-date=April 21, 2023}}</ref> Spivey suffered a rib injury against the Philadelphia Eagles, while making a contested catch late in the second quarter. He was placed on the injured reserve list on October 27.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/143172434/ | title=Transactions | date=October 28, 1987 | access-date=January 12, 2023}}</ref> He was released on November 3.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/04/sports/transactions-512887.html | title=Transactions | work=The New York Times | date=November 4, 1987 | access-date=January 12, 2023}}</ref>
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