Travis Jervey
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||
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| Born: | May 5, 1972 Columbia, South Carolina | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 222 lb (101 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Mount Pleasant (SC) Wando | ||||||||
| College: | The Citadel | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1995 / round: 5 / pick: 170 | ||||||||
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Travis Richard Jervey (born May 5, 1972)[1] is a former American National Football League running back; he spent 9 seasons playing for the Green Bay Packers, San Francisco 49ers, and Atlanta Falcons. He was a member of the Packers team that defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXI; in 1997 he was the first Packers' player to make the Pro Bowl as a special teams player. Jervey is perhaps best known for his 1998 season with the Green Bay Packers, in which he started a career-high 5 games before suffering a season ending broken ankle on Monday Night Football [2] In 1996 he finished fourth in the "NFLs Fastest Man" competition, in one memorable heat he outran Cowboys star Herschel Walker.[3] In 1999, he signed a 4-year free agent contract with the 49ers worth $6 million.[4]
Jervey was a 5th round pick (170th overall) of the Packers in the 1995 NFL draft, in 109 career games he rushed 129 times for 503 yards and 2 touchdowns, caught 10 passes and returned 36 kicks for 843 yards.[5]
He attended Wando High School in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina and played collegiately at The Citadel in neighboring Charleston where he rushed for nearly 1,500 yards and 12 touchdowns; as a senior in 1994 he ran for 1,171 yards, the 5th highest season total in school history and set a record with a 96 yard run against VMI in the Oyster Bowl.[6]
Jervey was inducted into both The Citadel and South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame.[7]
Personal
While playing for the Packers, he lived with teammate LeShon Johnson in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The two owned a pet lion named Nala, which they purchased from a Dallas pet store for $900.[8]
Notes
- ^ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/players/3251/
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/11/sports/football-packers-jervey-out-for-season.html -
- ^ http://nflfootballjournal.blogspot.com/2015/02/nfls-fastest-man-competition.html
- ^ Maxymuk, J. (2003). Packers by the Numbers: Jersey Numbers and the Players who Wore Them. Prairie Oak Press. p. 145. ISBN 9781879483903. Retrieved 2015-09-11.
- ^ http://www.nfl.com/player/travisjervey/2501398/careerstats
- ^ https://citadelsports.com/documents/2014/12/11//Rushing_Records.pdf?id=4244
- ^ https://www.postandcourier.com/sports/jervey-s-journey-so-ridiculous/article_2d235515-cf98-5b35-80a6-99cb446e24c6.html
- ^ http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1998-01-21-9801200398-story.html
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