Paul Moyer (American football)

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Personal information
Born: (1961-07-26) July 26, 1961 (age 61)
Villa Park, California, U.S.
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:201 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school: Villa Park (CA) [1]
College: Arizona State (1981–83)
Fullerton College Hornets (1979–80) [2]
Undrafted: 1983
Career history
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Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

Paul Stewart Moyer (born July 26, 1961 in Villa Park, California) 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. [3] 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. [4] 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. [5] 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. [6]

In 1988, Moyer started all sixteen games and led the team with six interceptions. A neck injury ended his career in November 1989, [1] and he served as an assistant coach for the next five years. [3]

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

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References

  1. 1 2 "Seahawks' Moyer reportedly has career-threatening injury". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. November 24, 1989. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Paul Moyer athletic career, photos, articles, and videos | Fanbase". Archived from the original on 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2013-12-28.
  3. 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.
  4. ↑ "Paul Moyer Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
  5. ↑ Cour, Jim (September 19, 1983). "Hughes: The key is Knox". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. p. 17.
  6. ↑ "Seahawks find key to lock door on Pats". Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. September 22, 1986. p. C1.


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