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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||
| Personal information | |||
| Born: | (1964-08-02) August 2, 1964 (age 59) Youngstown, Ohio | ||
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Weight: | 180 lb (82 kg) | ||
| Career information | |||
| High school: | Youngstown (OH) Rayen | ||
| College: | Southern Illinois | ||
| Undrafted: | 1987 | ||
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Sebron Ervin Spivey (born August 2, 1964) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys. He played college footballatSouthern Illinois University.
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.[1]
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.[2][3]
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.
Spivey was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Dallas Cowboys after the 1987 NFL Draft.[4] He was waived on August 31.[5]
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.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8] He was released on November 3.[9]
