Percy Harvin Announces NFL Comeback, Dreamed About Playing With Tom Brady
Percy Harvin wants to make an NFL comeback. The 2009 Offensive Rookie of the Year, who will turn 32 next month, says he is finally healthy and wants to play again. Unsurprisingly, Harvin is already jockeying for a spot on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, telling ESPN's Josina Anderson he had a dream about playing with Tom Brady.
Breaking: Former 1st-rounder, FA WR Percy Harvin tells me: “I’m ready to return to the NFL. I thought I was done, but that itch came back. I’ve been training w/a former Olympian. My body is feeling good. Mentally I’m better. My family is good. The timing is right.” He's 185lbs. pic.twitter.com/NQaadbF73B
— ig: josinaanderson (@JosinaAnderson) April 22, 2020
Harvin last played for the Buffalo Bills in Week 11 of 2016. He has appeared in 34 total NFL regular and postseason games since the start of the 2012 season. It seems his last true highlight was returning a kickoff for a touchdown in Super Bowl XLVIII. As you can tell by Harvin's shirtless picture, he's serious about his fitness, if nothing else.
His biggest problem will be finding a roster spot with a loaded wide receiver draft class about to enter the NFL. At 32, more than three years removed from an actual football game, he's going to face near impossible odds.
WR Percy Harvin, 31, last played for the #Bills in Nov. 2016 tells me he didn’t file retirement papers after walking away again with injury pain & other issues. “I knew I wasn’t functioning right, not only physically, just all around the board. I had to get in contact w/ myself.” pic.twitter.com/6j9YdMH6O5
— ig: josinaanderson (@JosinaAnderson) April 22, 2020
Percy Harvin told me while out of NFL: “I had a dream a while ago when 12 was with the #Patriots, that I would play for Tom Brady. That was well before the pandemic & he went to the Bucs, my comeback was already in the works. But I’m ready for any offense that'll just let me go." pic.twitter.com/nZqAdD5uS1
— ig: josinaanderson (@JosinaAnderson) April 22, 2020