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American football player (born )

Not to be confused with Pressley Harvin III.

American football player

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Position:	Wide receiver
Born:	() May 28, (age&#;36) Chesapeake, Virginia, U.S.
Height:	5&#;ft 11&#;in (&#;m)
Weight:	&#;lb (83&#;kg)
High school:	Landstown(Virginia Beach, Virginia)
College:	Florida (–)
NFL draft:	&#;/ round:&#;1&#;/ pick:&#;22

William Percival Harvin III (born May 28, ) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL).

He played college football for the Florida Gators, who won the BCS National Championship in and A two-time first-team All-American, he was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the first round of the NFL draft. Harvin also played for the Seattle Seahawks, New York Jets and Buffalo Bills. He was named the Associated Press Offensive Rookie of the Year in and won Super Bowl XLVIII with the Seahawks in over the Denver Broncos.

He attended and played football for Landstown High School in Virginia Beach, where his team won the high school state championship in

Early life

Harvin was born to William Percival Harvin Jr. and wife Linda in Chesapeake, Virginia, where after his father's departure, he lived with his mother and his older sister, Lintera.

His mother, Linda, ran a daycare out of their home as Harvin helped with the children. Harvin's mother ran track at Princess Anne High School in Virginia Beach and later coached an AAU track team. His sister, Lintera, ran track, both at Salem High School in Virginia Beach and at Eastern Michigan University. As a child, Harvin was a gifted athlete whose prowess was first noted as a six-year-old flag football participant.^[1] At the age of 13, he played for coach Bruce Pearl and the Virginia Beach Mustangs Pop Warner football team, leading the team to a national championship.^[2]

High school career

At Landstown High School in Virginia Beach, Harvin was noted for his speed ( seconds in the yard dash as a freshman) and ability to make people miss in the open field.

In , during his sophomore year, the Landstown Eagles were the state Group AAA runner-up in football. A year later, Harvin led the Eagles' football team to a perfect 14–0 record and a Virginia High School League (VHSL) Group AAA Division 6 state championship. In the title game against James Robinson High School, Harvin accounted for all-purpose yards in rushing, receiving, kick returns, and interception returns, as well as scoring five touchdowns in the 47–20 victory.

In , Landstown finished 13–1 after a 28–7 state championship game upset loss to Oakton High School of Vienna, Virginia.^[3] Following his stellar high school career, Harvin participated in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl. He also triumphed in basketball, where he helped the team to a 33–6 record and runner-up in the VHSL AAA state championship game.

After receiving National Junior Player of the Year honors in , Harvin became one of the most highly acclaimed high school football players in the country. As one of the top recruits in the high school class, Harvin was ranked number one overall by ^[4] and the number two receiver by ^[5]

Despite his accomplishments, Harvin's high school athletic career was not without controversy.

He served a one-game suspension early in his junior football season for unsportsmanlike conduct. As a senior, he was suspended for the final two regular-season games after making contact with an official and using inappropriate language during a game against First Colonial High School. In basketball, Harvin and a Green Run High School player were involved in a scuffle that prompted referees to stop the game with time remaining on the clock.

As a result of this and prior incidents, Harvin was suspended from athletic competition by the VHSL.

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Despite these missteps, Harvin ranks as one of the greatest high school athletes to come out of the Hampton Roads area. He scored 77 career touchdowns, accounted for more points than any player in South Hampton Roads history, and led Landstown High School to three consecutive Group AAA Division 6 state football championship games.

As a junior Harvin led the Landstown basketball team to the state final, and became the first athlete since to win five gold medals at the state track meet.^[6] Despite several earlier statements that he would attend Florida State University, on December 19, , Harvin committed to the University of Florida over Florida State, University of Miami (FL), University of Michigan, and University of Southern California.^[7]

Track and field

In , at the age of 12, he was a member of the National Champion 4 × m relay team in the Midget (11–12) Age Group.^[8] Harvin was also a standout track athlete at the Landstown High School.

He became the first athlete in 69 years to capture five state titles at Virginia Class AAA state meet, winning the meters, with a time of seconds, meters, with a time of seconds, long jump, with a leap of meters, and in triple jump, with a leap of meters. He captured the Virginia Class AAA indoor title in triple jump, with a leap of meters.

He also won the state title in long jump as a sophomore with a leap of meters. As a result of various incidents, Harvin was suspended from athletic competition by the Virginia High School League (VHSL). The suspension prevented Harvin from competing in the VHSL Group AAA State Indoor Track Meet at George Mason University that year.

His loss, after becoming the first athlete to win five state track titles in the same meet during his junior year, was a huge blow to his high school track team.^[9]

Harvin's personal bests are seconds in the meters, seconds in the meters, and meters in long jump.

College career

Harvin accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida,^[10][11] where he played on coach Urban Meyer's Florida Gators football team from to ^[12] Harvin had an immediate and dramatic impact for the Gators as a freshman in , and was a key offensive player during the Gators' national championship season in ^[11]

season

Harvin made his collegiate debut for the Florida Gators on September 2, , against the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles.^[11] Harvin was a dual threat, lining up at both running back and wide receiver.

He caught three passes for 33 yards and carried the ball four times for a team-leading 58 yards.^[13] Harvin's second game was on September 9 against the Central Florida Golden Knights. He caught four passes for 99 yards, including a yard touchdown pass.^[14] In the third and fourth games of the season, Harvin saw limited action against the Tennessee Volunteers, where he had one catch for 12 yards and one rush for 13 yards in the win.^[15] He was injured in the second quarter and thus played very little for the rest of the game and during practice the following week.^[16] A week later against the Kentucky Wildcats, Harvin had only one rush for two yards.^[17] Due to his injuries, Harvin did not play against the Alabama and played sparingly against LSU.^[18][19] He returned to the lineup for the Auburn game and continued his sporadic freshman year performance, rushing for a yard touchdown against rival Florida State.^[20][21] However, Harvin suffered a neck sprain in the game and was taken off the field on a stretcher.^[22] Harvin returned the next week for the SEC Championship Game against Arkansas, by catching five passes for 62 yards and a touchdown.

He also ran six times for a team high yards, including a yard touchdown run.^[23] With that performance, Harvin was named the game MVP.^[24] He finished off his freshman season with a win in the BCS National Championship Game against the Ohio State Buckeyes. In the game, Harvin lined up at quarterback numerous times, and was a factor in both the run game and the pass game with 22 yards rushing, 60 yards receiving, and a rushing touchdown.^[25] Despite his injury-plagued freshman season, Harvin was awarded SEC College Freshman of the year.^[26]

season

Harvin entered the season as the starting receiver for the Gators.

In the season opener, a 49–3 victory over Western Kentucky, Harvin recorded three receptions for 53 yards and a touchdown.^[27] A week later against Troy, Harvin recorded three receptions for 42 yards and a touchdown and also rushed for 56 yards on four carries.^[28] The next game, a blowout victory over Tennessee, Harvin contributed greatly with yards on four receptions and 75 rushing yards with a touchdown.^[29] In the following game, Harvin grabbed 11 passes for yards and a score in a 30–24 win over Ole Miss.^[30] In the Gators' first loss of the season to Auburn, Harvin recorded yards on seven receptions.

The game marked his third-consecutive yard receiving game.^[31] The next three weeks resulted in modest numbers from Harvin, but he did go over yards in either rushing or receiving. On November 3, Harvin had his best game of the season statistically, in a victory over Vanderbilt, when he recorded receiving yards on nine receptions and 11 rushes for yards and two rushing scores.^[32] After missing the following two victories with a sinus infection, Harvin returned with a 16 rush, yard performance with a rushing touchdown against Florida State.^[33][34] The Gators took their 9–3 record to the Capital One Bowl in Orlando, where they lost to Michigan, 35– He put up monster numbers as he had nine receptions for 77 yards and a touchdown, also rushing for yards and a score.^[35][36] He finished the season with yards on 59 receptions for four touchdowns.

He totaled yards on 83 rushes for six touchdowns for a total of 1, yards from scrimmage and ten touchdowns, becoming the first receiver in University of Florida history to have over 1, yards rushing and receiving in his career.^[37][38] Harvin earned All-SEC first team honors as an all-purpose player, while earning second team honors as a receiver.^[39]

season

In the spring prior to his junior season, Harvin underwent arthroscopic heel surgery on his right heel to address the underlying issue that caused injury trouble throughout his career (achilles tendonitis, knee tendonitis, hip flexor, hamstring and quadriceps issues) dating back to his high school days in Virginia Beach.

The surgery was performed by Dr. Robert Anderson of OrthoCarolina of Charlotte, North Carolina. Due to the invasive nature of the procedure, the recovery time was very long and associated with significant risk. Harvin used the recovery to his advantage though. Limited to on-field practice and running, he focused his efforts on getting stronger, increasing his weight to pounds and notably increasing his bench press max to pounds.^[40] In light of his increased strength and past production from the running back position, Florida head coach Urban Meyer officially announced his position had changed from wide receiver to running back, prior to the start of the season.

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However, Harvin continued to line up as a receiver for the Gators on a part-time basis. In fact, he was more of a full-time receiver than a running back.^[41]

Initially expected to be ready for the season opener against Hawaii, team doctors and the coaches felt he was not fully ready to play, and kept him out of the game.^[42] He made his season debut in the much anticipated game against Miami, seeing limited action he amassed 39 total yards on one reception and five carries, scoring a rushing touchdown.^[43] Later in the season, Harvin suffered another ankle injury in a game against Florida State on November Harvin appeared to have suffered a high ankle sprain from a tackle and hobbled off the field, and did not return.^[44] This injury prevented him from playing in the SEC Championship on December 6 in which the Gators defeated Alabama 31–^[45] Going into the BCS National Championship Game against Oklahoma, Harvin had totaled 35 receptions for yards and seven touchdowns, as well as 61 rushes for yards and nine touchdowns.^[46] In the game, he accounted for nine carries for yards with a touchdown, and five catches for 49 yards, playing on the injured ankle.^[47] Urban Meyer stated the day after the game that Harvin had suffered a hairline fracture in his lower right leg in addition to the high ankle sprain.^[48]

On January 15, , Harvin announced he would forgo his remaining college eligibility and participate in the NFL draft.^[49] Harvin finished his college career as one of the most prolific offensive threats in school history.

In three seasons, he totaled catches for 1, yards and 13 touchdowns, while rushing the ball times for 1, yards with 19 touchdowns. His 32 career touchdowns is the most ever by a University of Florida wide receiver.

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He averaged an astounding yards per carry as a running back and averaged yards overall (running back, receiver, return man). He was the first player in University of Florida history to rush for yards and have yards receiving in the same game (against Vanderbilt, ).

Professional career

Pre-draft

In February , Harvin tested positive for marijuana at the NFL Combine.

Some teams reportedly removed him from their potential draft rosters.^[50]

Minnesota Vikings

On April 25, , Harvin was selected by the Minnesota Vikings with the 22nd overall pick in the first round of the NFL draft, the fourth wide receiver selected in the draft.^[53] Following extended contract negotiations, on August 3, , Harvin signed a five-year contract worth up to $ million, including $ million in guarantees.^[54] Harvin wore jersey #12 for the Minnesota Vikings.

season

On April 30, , while en route to a Minnesota Vikings rookie mini-camp, Harvin fell ill and was hospitalized prior to changing planes in Atlanta. He was released from the hospital the following day. Vikings coach Brad Childress said Harvin was dehydrated and had a virus.^[55] Additionally, Harvin did not participate in the NFL Rookie Symposium due to illness^[56] and also missed the team's first three practices and first two days of training camp at Minnesota State University, Mankato.^[54]

Harvin caught his first touchdown pass September 13, , in the season opener against the Cleveland Browns, thrown by quarterback Brett Favre.

He ended his first career NFL game with a total of 36 yards receiving and 22 yards rushing.^[57] On September 27, Harvin had a yard kickoff return for a touchdown against the San Francisco 49ers.^[58] With this touchdown, Harvin became the first Viking ever to score a touchdown in each of his first three games as well as the second youngest player to return a kickoff for a touchdown in NFL history (21 years, days).^[59] On October 25, , Harvin had an yard kickoff return for a touchdown against the Pittsburgh Steelers.^[60] Harvin did not play in the Vikings 30–10 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 14 due to migraine headaches, which also prevented him from practicing the following week.

However, he did play in the Vikings week 16 overtime loss to the Chicago Bears,^[61][62] He finished the regular season with 60 receptions and eight touchdowns, two on kickoff returns, and a rushing average of nine yards per carry.^[63]

On January 4, , Harvin was a late addition to the Pro Bowl roster as a kick returner.

Harvin filled a spot created because the Philadelphia Eagles's DeSean Jackson made the NFC team at two positions—wide receiver and kick returner.^[64] On January 6, the Associated Press announced Harvin's selection as the AP Offensive Rookie of the Year.^[65] Harvin is the sixth Vikings player to win the award, joining Adrian Peterson (), Randy Moss (), Sammy White (), Chuck Foreman () and Paul Flatley ().^[66] On January 14, he was named Sporting News' NFL Rookie of the Year.^[67] Harvin later declined the offer to play in the Pro Bowl.^[68] He missed two postseason practices before the NFC Championship against the New Orleans Saints, due to migraine headaches.

He ended up playing in the 31–28 overtime loss.^[69] After a stellar first year in the NFL, Harvin suffered a string of illnesses. On August 19, , he passed out during practice due to a migraine attack and was taken to a local hospital in an ambulance. His heart stopped beating for a small moment but it was determined to be sleep apnea.^[70]

season

In Week 6, against the Dallas Cowboys, Harvin had a yard kickoff return for a touchdown to start the second half in the 24–21 loss.^[71] He won NFC Special Teams Player of the Week for his game against Dallas.^[72] In the season, Harvin had three games with at least receiving yards and one game with two receiving touchdowns.

In the season, Harvin finished with 71 receptions for receiving yards and five receiving touchdowns to go along with a rushing touchdown and kickoff return touchdown.^[73]

season

On September 11, , in the season opener against the San Diego Chargers, Harvin returned a yard game opening kick off for a touchdown, setting a Vikings franchise record of four career kick off return touchdowns.^[74] On November 27, , in a Vikings game against the Atlanta Falcons in Atlanta, Harvin returned a kickoff for yards, to the Falcons 3-yard line.^[75] This was the longest non-scoring play in NFL history, a feat made again by Ameer Abdullah in However, the Vikings failed to score on the next 4 plays.^[76] Harvin led the Vikings with 87 receptions for the season.

He scored six touchdowns and was active for all 16 games for the first (and only) time in his NFL career.^[77][78]

season

In the first six games of the season, Harvin had three games with over yards receiving.^[79][80][81] He was named NFC Special Teams Player of the Month for September.^[82] On December 6, , Harvin was placed on injured reserve with an ankle injury.^[83] Harvin's season ended with 62 receptions of 85 targets for yards and three touchdowns.

Harvin rushed for 96 yards on 22 attempts and one touchdown. He returned 16 kickoffs for yards with one touchdown.^[84] He was ranked 90th by his fellow players on the NFL Top Players of ^[85]

Seattle Seahawks

The Vikings traded Harvin to the Seattle Seahawks on March 11, , in exchange for a first (Xavier Rhodes was selected with the pick) and seventh-round draft pick in the draft, and a third-round draft pick in the draft.^[86] Immediately after the Seahawks acquired Harvin, they signed him to a new six-year, $67 million contract with $ million guaranteed.^[87] Harvin selected the number 11 to wear with the Seahawks, as the number 12 is retired for the Seahawks fanbase "The 12th Man".^[88] This trade reunited him with offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell, quarterback Tarvaris Jackson, and wide receiver Sidney Rice, all of whom he worked with during his time in Minnesota.

Harvin was diagnosed with a slight labrum tear in his hip while training during the offseason.^[89] On August 1, , Harvin underwent successful hip surgery.^[90] On August 27, , the Seahawks placed Harvin on the reserve/physically unable to perform list.^[91]

On November 11, , the Seahawks activated Harvin from the reserve/physically unable to perform list.^[92] Harvin made his Seahawks debut during Week 11 against his old team, the Vikings, making one reception for 17 yards and a kick return for 58 yards.^[93] A week following his first game of the season, Harvin experienced inflammation in his recently surgically repaired hip which prevented him from playing.

He was ruled out for Week 15 after dealing with soreness in the same hip on which he had surgery.^[94]

After not playing in the NFC Championship game due to a concussion,^[95] Harvin had 45 rushing yards and returned the opening kickoff of the second half of Super Bowl XLVIII 87 yards for his only touchdown of the season, helping the Seahawks win their first Super Bowl title.^[96][97]

Harvin allegedly had locker room altercations with teammates during his tenure with Seattle; also reported was that there were games where he sat himself down, refusing to go back on the field.^[98][99]

New York Jets

Harvin was traded to the New York Jets on October 17, , for a conditional draft pick in the NFL draft.^[] With the number 11 already taken and the number 12 retired for Joe Namath, Harvin wore the number ^[] In his lone Jets season, Harvin recorded 29 receptions out of 52 targets for yards with one touchdown and rushing yards on 22 attempts.

Harvin also had 20 kickoff returns for yards.^[] He was released on March 10, , after the team traded for Brandon Marshall.^[]

Buffalo Bills

season

On March 18, , Harvin signed a one-year, $6 million contract with the Buffalo Bills.^[][] He was placed on injured reserve on November 7.^[] Harvin's season ended with 19 catches on 30 targets for yards and a touchdown with an additional 31 rushing yards on five attempts.^[]

season

On April 15, , Harvin announced his retirement from the NFL stating that he needed time to recover from injury but didn't rule out a possible return.^[] On November 1, , Harvin signed a one-year contract with the Buffalo Bills, coming out of retirement to re-join the team due to injuries to wideouts Sammy Watkins and Greg Salas.^[][]

On November 7, , Harvin appeared in his first game of the season in a Monday Night Football game against his former team, the Seattle Seahawks.^[] Harvin began to experience severe migraine headaches that kept him out two games and was placed on reserve/non-football illness list, ending his season early after coming out of retirement.^[]

On March 14, , Harvin announced his retirement from the NFL for the second time in his career.^[]

NFL career statistics

Regular season

Year	Team	Games		Receiving					Rushing					Kick Returns					Fumbles
		GP	GS	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Ret	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Fum	Lost
	MIN	15	8	60			51T	6	15			35	0	42	1,		T	2	1	0
	MIN	14	13	71			53T	5	18			17T	1	40			95T	1	1	1
	MIN	16	14	87			52T	6	52			39	2	16				1	2	2
	MIN	9	8	62			45	3	22	96		20	1	16			T	1	2	1
	SEA	1	0	1	17		17	0	0	0		0	0	1	58		58	0	0	0
	SEA	5	4	22			33	0	11	92		51	1	12			46	0	2	1
	NYJ	8	8	29			45	1	22			13	0	20			65	0	1	0
	BUF	5	5	19			51T	1	5	31		9	0	5			25	0	1	0
	BUF	2	1	2	6		5	0	1	11		11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career		75	61		4,		53	22				51	5		4,			5	10	5

Postseason

Year	Team	Games		Receiving					Rushing					Kick Returns					Fumbles
		GP	GS	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Att	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Ret	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD	Fum	Lost
	MIN	2	1	6	39		20	0	7	38		14	0	2	33		17	0	1	1
	SEA	2	2	4	26		16	0	3	54		30	0	1	87		87T	1	0	0
Career		4	3	10	65		20	0	10	92		30	0	3			87	1	1	1

NFL records

Minnesota Vikings records

Awards and honors

• Midget Age Group 4xmeter relay national championship team ()
• Pop Warner Football national championship ()
• Virginia Beach District Offensive Player of the Year ()
• Virginia Eastern Region Offensive Player of the Year ()
• National High School Junior of the Year ()
• Parade High School All-American ()
• U.S.

  Army All-American Bowl participant ()

• Southeastern Conference (SEC) Freshman of the Year by Association Press ()
• SEC Championship Game Most Valuable Player ()
• SEC Championship ()
• Bowl Championship Series (BCS) National Championship ()
• Second-team All-SEC selection (wide receiver) by Associated Press and SEC coaches ()^[]
• First-team All-SEC selection (all-purpose) by Associated Press ()
• First-team All-American (wide receiver) by The Sporting News ()
• SEC Championship ()
• BCS National Championship ()
• Second-team All-SEC selection (wide receiver) by Associated Press ()
• First-team All-SEC selection (wide receiver) by SEC coaches ()
• First-team All-SEC selection (all-purpose) by Associated Press ()
• First-team All-American (all-purpose) by American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) and ()^[][]
• Second-team All-American (all-purpose) by Associated Press ()
• Second-team All-American (wide receiver) by Walter Camp Football Foundation ()
• First-team All-American (wide receiver) by The Sporting News ()^[]
• Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week (Week 7, )
• Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week (Week 8, )
• Pro Bowl kick returner ()
• Associated Press NFL Rookie of the Year Award ()^[]
• All-Pro selection by The Sporting News ()^[]
• Sporting News NFL Rookie of the Year ()^[]
• Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year ()^[]

See also

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