Paul Moyer (American football)

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Paul Moyer
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Position: Safety
Personal information
Born: (1961-07-26) July 26, 1961 (age 63)
Villa Park, California, U.S.
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:201 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school: Villa Park
(Villa Park, California)
College: Cal State-Fullerton
Arizona St.
Undrafted: 1983
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Interceptions:11
Fumble recoveries:8
Sacks:4.0
Player stats at PFR

Paul Stewart Moyer (born July 26, 1961) is a former professional American football safety who played seven seasons for the Seattle Seahawks, from 1983 to 1989. He coached the Seahawks' secondary from 1990 to 1994. [1] He currently appears as an analyst and occasional host on the Seahawks pregame and postgame shows.

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Playing career

As an undrafted rookie out of Arizona State, Moyer played in all sixteen games with one start in 1983. [2] The only interception return for a touchdown of his career occurred in week 3, from 19 yards out at the Kingdome in a 34–31 victory over the San Diego Chargers. [3] Late in the fourth quarter of Seattle's 1986 game at New England in Sullivan Stadium, Moyer recovered a blocked punt in the end zone for a touchdown to tie the game at 31; the Seahawks' offense found the end zone a minute later for a 38–31 win. [4]

In 1988, Moyer started all sixteen games and led the team with six interceptions. A neck injury ended his career in November 1989, [5] and he served as an assistant coach for the next five years. [1]

Moyer played in 98 NFL games with 30 starts, with career totals of 11 interceptions, eight fumble recoveries, and four sacks.

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References

  1. 1 2 Farnsworth, Clare (September 3, 2007). "Paul Moyer's ties run deep in the Seahawks' first family". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Paul Moyer Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
  3. ↑ Cour, Jim (September 19, 1983). "Hughes: The key is Knox". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. p. 17.
  4. ↑ "Seahawks find key to lock door on Pats". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. September 22, 1986. p. C1.
  5. ↑ "Seahawks' Moyer reportedly has career-threatening injury". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. November 24, 1989. Retrieved October 6, 2017.


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