Gary Wellman
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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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Born: | Syracuse, New York, U.S. | August 9, 1967||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 170 lb (77 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | Westlake (Thousand Oaks, California) | ||||||||
College: | USC | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 1991 / round: 5 / pick: 129 | ||||||||
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Gary James Wellman (born August 9, 1967) is a former professional American football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted in the fifth round of the 1991 NFL Draft by the Houston Oilers.[1] Wellman played college football at the University of Southern California, where he caught 110 passes for 1,819 yards and 13 touchdowns. As a senior, Wellman was the PAC-10's top receiver with 66 receptions for 1,015 yards and 5 scores.[2] He played three seasons for the Houston Oilers. He played little during his first and last season, but caught 31 passes in his second year when thrust into the starting line-up to replace the injured Webster Slaughter. He also caught 6 passes for 80 yards in their playoff loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.
References
[edit]- ^ "1991 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
- ^ "Gary Wellman College Stats". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
- 1967 births
- Living people
- Players of American football from Syracuse, New York
- American football wide receivers
- USC Trojans football players
- Houston Oilers players
- Players of American football from Ventura County, California
- Westlake High School (California) alumni
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American football wide receiver, 1960s birth stubs