Mike Sellers

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Mike Sellers
Washington Redskins — No. 45
Fullback
Date of birth: July 21, 1975 (1975-07-21) (age 32)
Place of birth: Frankfurt, Germany
Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Weight: 284 lb (129 kg)
National Football League debut
1998 for the Washington Redskins
Career history
College: Walla Walla CC
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Career highlights and awards
  • No notable achievements
Stats at NFL.com
This article is about the football player. For other uses, see Michael Sellers (disambiguation).

Michael Sellers (Born July 21, 1975 in Frankfurt, Germany), is an American football player in the NFL for the Washington Redskins. He was the youngest import player to sign a CFL deal in the history of the football league when he played at 19 years old for the Edmonton Eskimos. [1]

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[edit] High School Years

Sellers attended North Thurston High School in Lacey, Washington and was a letterman in football, basketball and track. As a senior, Sellers was named Washington state's Prep Player of the Year and the Offensive Player of the Year.

[edit] Junior College Years

Sellers attended Walla Walla Community College and earned J.U.C.O. All-America honors as a linebacker.

Sellers attained some stardom in the Canadian Football League, where he moved to fullback and appeared for the Eskimos and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. With the Blue Bombers, he was the power half of what was then the league's most dangerous rushing duo, "Thunder and Lightning", with fleet-footed running back Charles Roberts.

In a February, 2005 article in The Seattle Times, Sellers was named as one of the 25 greatest running backs in state history. [2]

Sellers has one child, Kailyn.

[edit] Professional career

Sellers has been instrumental in the success of two thousand-yard running backs for the Washington Redskins, Ladell Betts and Clinton Portis. "The Tank" is often used in short yardage and red zone situations because his tremendous size makes him difficult to bring down.

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