Michael Watson Sherrard was born on June 21,1963 and is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys, San Francisco 49ers, New York Giants, and Denver Broncos.
21 Facts About Mike Sherrard
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Mike Sherrard was selected in the first round of the 1986 NFL draft.
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Mike Sherrard attended Chico High School in Chico, California, where he was a multi-sport athlete, lettering in football, basketball, baseball and track.
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Mike Sherrard moved on to UCLA as an unrecruited walk-on athlete and was redshirted after breaking his finger in fall practice.
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Mike Sherrard became a starter as a sophomore in 1983, posting 48 receptions for 709 yards.
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Mike Sherrard was the first player in school history to have 2 games of more than 135 receiving yards; 136 yards against the University of Washington and 140 yards against Arizona State University.
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Mike Sherrard missed five contests and returned for the season finale against USC.
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Mike Sherrard left as the school's all-time leading receiver in a season and a career with 124 receptions for 1,937 yards and 9 touchdowns.
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Mike Sherrard started what seemed to be a very promising NFL career, becoming a starter in the thirteenth game against the Seattle Seahawks.
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Mike Sherrard played in all 16 games, registering 41 receptions for 744 yards, an 18.2-yard average and 5 receiving touchdowns.
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Mike Sherrard missed the 1988 season, when he re-fractured his right leg tibia and the shin bone, while jogging on a Santa Monica beach as part of his rehab treatment in March.
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The San Francisco 49ers signed Mike Sherrard in Plan B free agency in 1989, but put him on the Physically Unable to Perform list for the entire regular season, allowing him plenty of time to heal for the playoffs, where he caught 3 passes for 40 yards and was a part of the Super Bowl XXIV winning team.
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Mike Sherrard finished with 17 receptions for 264 yards and 2 touchdowns.
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Mike Sherrard was off to a great start with 24 receptions for 433 yards and 2 touchdowns through the first 6 games, but lost the rest of the season after suffering a partially dislocated left hip and a fractured hip socket against the Philadelphia Eagles.
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Mike Sherrard had injury complications when he was diagnosed as having a blood clot on the same hip.
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Mike Sherrard missed the 12th and 13th games with a ruptured blood vessel above his right knee.
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Mike Sherrard persevered through multiple injuries and doubts about his future, to play 11 seasons in the NFL, recording 257 receptions for 3,931 yards and 22 touchdowns.
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Mike Sherrard's mother Cherrie, ran the 80-yard hurdles in the 1964 Summer Olympics, where she was a teammate of Bob Hayes.
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Mike Sherrard won a gold medal in the 1967 Pan American Games.
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Mike Sherrard's father Robert, played college basketball, semi-pro baseball and was a college professor at California State University.
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Mike Sherrard is a cousin of Pro Football Hall of Fame cornerback Darrell Green.