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Seahawks trade for Percy Harvin

Sidney Rice, Nate Burleson. (And if you want to go way back, Sam McCullum.) Minnesota receivers have a way of ending up in Seattle.

Seahawks have traded their first-round pick to the Vikings for Percy Harvin. They'll give him a new contract and hope he's the weapon that elevates them to the Super Bowl. They'll have Sidney Rice running deep patterns. They still have Golden Tate and Doug Baldwin. But Harvin should lead them in receptions.

They'll also have to contain/control Harvin, of course. He was a major headache in high school, getting suspended three different times before they just declared him ineligible. Urban Meyer couldn't control him at Florida. And he butted heads with coaches in Minnesota as well. He's trouble, and giving him a big contract may be a recipe for disaster.

A great talent, though, and he'll contribute as more than just a pass catcher. Over the last four years, he's RUN for 683 yards and 4 TDs, and he's also scored an NFL-high 5 TDs on kickoff returns.


LEADING WR RUSHERS (2009-12)
  Att  Yds   Avg  TD

   90   709   7.8   4   Brad Smith
  107  683   6.4   4   Percy Harvin
   88   514   5.8   1   Josh Cribbs
   37   275   7.4   2   DeSean Jackson
   34   268   7.9   0   Mike Thomas
   28   218   7.8   0   Nate Burleson

KICKOFF RETURNERS WITH AT LEAST 50 ATTEMPTS (2009-12)
   No   Yard   Avg   TD

   76   2205   29.0   2   Joe McKnight
   114   3183   27.9   5   Percy Harvin
   52   1433   27.6   1   Richard Goodman
   55   1506   27.4   1   Johnny Knox
   93   2520   27.1   4   Brad Smith
   85   2299   27.0   3   Jacoby Jones
   57   1533   26.9   1   David Wilson
   72   1905   26.5   1   Randall Cobb
   143   3714   26.0   4   Leon Washington
   86   2228   25.9   1   Deji Karim
   75   1939   25.9   1   Courtney Roby
   171   4343   25.4   1   Stefan Logan
   76   1927   25.4   1   Devin Hester
   163   4129   25.3   0   Darren Sproles
   64   1621   25.3   4   Jacoby Ford
   163   4067   25.0   3   L. Stephens-Howling
   125   3108   24.9   1   Eric Weems
   119   2956   24.8   2   Brandon Tate
   92   2278   24.8   1   Marc Mariani
   72   1781   24.7   0   Devin Thomas
   135   3330   24.7   3   Josh Cribbs
   54   1332   24.7   1   Michael Spurlock
   73   1787   24.5   1   Bernard Scott
   128   3088   24.1   3   Ted Ginn
   119   2856   24.0   1   Brandon Banks
   118   2776   23.5   0   Danny Amendola
   50   1157   23.1   1   C.J. Spiller
   57   1291   22.6   0   Domenik Hixon
   78   1716   22.0   1   Darius Reynaud
   91   1995   21.9   0   Mike Goodson
   51   1084   21.3   0   Dexter McCluster
   50   1048   21.0   0   Javier Arenas

^aEUR"Ian Allan


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