Steve Largent

Steve Largent
Steve Largent
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Oklahoma's 1st district
	In office; November 29, 1994 – February 15, 2002
Preceded by	Jim Inhofe
Succeeded by	John Sullivan
Personal details
Born	September 28, 1954 (age 69); Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Terry Largent
Children	4
Education	University of Tulsa (BS)
	American football career
No. 80
Position:	Wide receiver,; Holder
Personal information
Height:	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:	187 lb (85 kg)
Career information
High school:	Putnam City (OK)
College:	Tulsa (1972–1975)
NFL draft:	1976 / Round: 4 / Pick: 117
Career history
	Houston Oilers (1976)*; Seattle Seahawks (1976–1989);
	* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
	NFL Man of the Year (1988); First-team All-Pro (1985); 4× Second-team All-Pro (1978, 1979, 1984, 1987); 7× Pro Bowl (1978, 1979, 1981, 1984–1987); 2× NFL receiving yards leader (1979, 1985); NFL 1980s All-Decade Team; NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team; PFWA All-Rookie Team (1976); Seattle Seahawks Ring of Honor; Seattle Seahawks No. 80 retired; Bart Starr Award (1989); Second-team All-American (1975); Tulsa Golden Hurricane No. 83 retired;
Career NFL statistics
Receptions:
Receptions:	819
Receiving yards:	13,089
Touchdowns:	100
	Player stats at PFR
	Pro Football Hall of Fame

Stephen Michael Largent (born September 28, 1954) is an American former football wide receiver and politician.

Largent played college football at Tulsa University. He was drafted by the Houston Oilers in 1976, but was traded to the expansion Seattle Seahawks during preseason and played for the Seahawks for his entire 14-year National Football League (NFL) career. Regarded as one of the greatest wide receivers of all time, he held all the major NFL receiving records at the time of his retirement.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] Largent was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995.

Following his playing career, as a Republican, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives for Oklahoma's 1st congressional district, serving four terms from 1994 to 2002, winning over 60% of the vote in each election. He resigned his seat in 2002 to run for governor of Oklahoma, which he narrowly lost to Democrat Brad Henry in the 2002 Oklahoma gubernatorial election.

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