Sellers at Redskins training camp in 2011
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Position: | Fullback | ||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||
Date of birth: | July 21, 1975 | ||||||||||||
Place of birth: | Frankfurt, Germany | ||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||
Weight: | 273 lb (124 kg) | ||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||
High school: | Lacey (WA) North Thurston | ||||||||||||
College: | Walla Walla CC (WA) | ||||||||||||
Undrafted: | 1994 | ||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||
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Career NFL statistics | |||||||||||||
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Rushing yards: | 158 |
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Rushing TDs: | 3 |
Receptions: | 123 |
Receiving yards: | 1,095 |
Receiving TDs: | 18 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Michael "Mike" Sellers (born July 21, 1975) is a former American football fullback in the National Football League (NFL). He was the youngest import player to sign a Canadian Football League (CFL) deal in the history of the football league when he played at 19 years old for the Edmonton Eskimos. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the NFL's Washington Redskins, and also played for the Cleveland Browns of the NFL.
Sellers attended North Thurston High School in Lacey, Washington and was a letterman in football, basketball and track. As a senior, he was named the Washington Prep Player of the Year and the Offensive Player of the Year.
Sellers attended Walla Walla Community College and earned junior college All-America honors as a linebacker.
Sellers attained some stardom in the Canadian Football League, where he moved to fullback and appeared for the Eskimos and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. With the Blue Bombers, he was the power half of what was then the league's most dangerous rushing duo, "Thunder and Lightning", with fleet-footed running back Charles Roberts.