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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||
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Born: | Syracuse, New York, U.S. | August 9, 1967||||||
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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.
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