Spencer Havner
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Position: | Linebacker, Tight end | ||||
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Born: | Sacramento, California, U.S. | February 2, 1983||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||
Weight: | 250 lb (113 kg) | ||||
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High school: | Nevada Union (Grass Valley, California) | ||||
College: | UCLA | ||||
Undrafted: | 2006 | ||||
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Spencer Rhett Havner [HAY-vner] (February 2, 1983) is an American former professional
Early years
Born in Sacramento, California, Havner earned two varsity letters as an inside linebacker and tight end at Nevada Union High School in Grass Valley, California. During his career, he made over 232 tackles, 18 sacks and 12 interceptions. In his senior year, he led Nevada Union High to a 12-1 record and a trip to the city title game. Havner earned second-team All-State from Cal-Hi Sports and was named to the All-CAL first-team and All-Metro first-team.
Havner also played basketball at Nevada Union all four years, and was a starter all the way through varsity.
College career
After a redshirt freshman year, Havner became a four-year starter for
Professional career
Washington Redskins
Havner went undrafted in the
Green Bay Packers
During the middle of the 2006 NFL season, Havner was signed to the practice squad of the Green Bay Packers, but was released prior to the start of the 2008 season. The Packers re-signed him to their practice squad on October 15 and he was added to the active roster on December 4 after it was reported that the Chicago Bears were going to sign him to their active roster. During the 2009 offseason, Havner attempted to make the transition from linebacker to tight end, which was successful as he made the 2009 opening roster.
Against the Cleveland Browns on October 25, 2009, Havner scored his first career touchdown on a 45-yard reception from Aaron Rodgers. Havner scored his second and third career touchdowns just a week later, on November 1, on two touchdown passes from Rodgers against the Minnesota Vikings. He scored his fourth touchdown in 2009 against the Dallas Cowboys in week 10 on a four-yard touchdown pass from Aaron Rodgers. Havner scored again in a wild card playoff game against the Arizona Cardinals. In March 2010 Havner was arrested after crashing his motorcycle. Havner was released on September 4, 2010.
Detroit Lions
On September 5, 2010, Havner was claimed off waivers by the Detroit Lions.[1] Havner was released on October 14, 2010 due to a hamstring injury.[2]
Second stint with the Packers
On November 12, 2010, Havner was re-signed by the Packers after placing
References
- ^ Wilson, Aaron (September 5, 2010), "Source: Lions claim Spencer Havner", NationalFootballPost.com, National Football Post, archived from the original on October 11, 2010, retrieved October 27, 2010
- ^ Birkett, Dave (October 14, 2010), "Lions' Calvin Johnson practices but favors injured shoulder", Freep.com, Detroit Free Press, archived from the original on October 17, 2010, retrieved October 27, 2010
- ^ Adam Schefter [@AdamSchefter] (November 12, 2010). "Packers placed OT Mark Tauscher on injured reserve and re-signed TE Spencer Havner" (Tweet) – via Twitter.