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Paul Seymour (American football)

Paul Seymour
No. 87
Position: Tight end
Personal information
Date of birth: (1950-02-06) February 6, 1950 (age 67)
Place of birth: Detroit, Michigan
Height: 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Weight: 252 lb (114 kg)
Career information
High school: Royal Oak (MI) Shrine
College: Michigan
NFL Draft: 1973 / Round: 1 / Pick: 7
Career history
Career highlights and awards
  • Consensus first-team All-American (1972)
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR
Player stats at NFL.com

Paul Christopher Seymour (born February 6, 1950) is a former American football player. He played college football for the University of Michigan from 1969 to 1972 and was selected as a consensus first-team offensive tackle on the 1972 College Football All-America Team. He later played professional football in the National Football League (NFL) as a tight end for the Buffalo Bills from 1973 to 1978, catching 62 passes for 818 yards.

Seymour was born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1950. He grew up in Berkley, Michigan, and attended Shrine Catholic High School in Royal Oak, Michigan. His older brother, Jim Seymour, also attended Shrine High School and went on to become a standout wide receiver at the University of Notre Dame. Both Seymour brothers were inducted into the Shrine High School Hall of Fame in 2009, along with their brother, John, who played running back at West Point

Seymour enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1968 and played for coach Bo Schembechler's Michigan Wolverines football teams from 1969 to 1972. He played as a split end in 1969 and a tight end from 1970 to 1971. In his two seasons as a tight end, Seymour caught 19 passes for 257 yards and one touchdown.


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