Alvin Harper
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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||
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| Date of birth: | July 6, 1967 | ||||||
| Place of birth: | Lake Wales, Florida | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||||||
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| College: | Tennessee | ||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1991 / Round: 1 / Pick: 12 | ||||||
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| Receptions: | 191 |
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| Receiving yards: | 3,473 |
| Touchdowns: | 21 |
Alvin Craig Harper (born July 6, 1967, in Lake Wales, Florida) is a former American football player in the National Football League. In the 1991 NFL Draft, the Cowboys selected wide receiver Harper with the twelfth pick in the first round.
Harper played in Dallas for four years as the Cowboys won Super Bowl XXVII and Super Bowl XXVIII, twice against the Buffalo Bills.
At Frostproof High School, Harper was an outstanding football player, earning USA Today high school All-American honors as a senior in 1986. He also excelled in track and field, where he at one time held the Florida High School high jump record and won two state Class A high jumping titles, as well as basketball where he averaged 23 points and 10 rebounds per game.
He went on to the University of Tennessee, where he played college football and ran track & field.
He continued to excel in track and field, capturing the 1989 Southeastern Conference indoor high jump championship with a jump of 7 ft 2½in. He also anchored the University of Tennessee 4x100 and 4x400 metres relays.
In American football, he earned All-Southeastern Conference Freshman First Team honors in 1987, and All-Southeastern Conference first team honors in 1990. He was also the MVP of the 1991 Hula Bowl, and finished his NCAA football career with 103 receptions for 1,547 yards and 16 touchdowns.
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