Michael Ray Garvin

Michael Ray Garvin

No. 29     Las Vegas Locomotives
Wide receiver
Personal information
Date of birth: September 29, 1986 (1986-09-29) (age 25)
Place of birth: Upper Saddle River, New Jersey
Height: 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Weight: 182 lb (83 kg)
Career information
College: Florida State
Undrafted in 2009
No regular season or postseason appearances
Career history
Arizona Cardinals (2009)* Detroit Lions (2009–2010)* Las Vegas Locomotives (2010–present) *Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
Second-team All-ACC (2008) Third-team SI.com All-American (2008) First-team Sporting News All-American (2008)
Career NFL statistics as of 2009
Receptions	--
Receiving yards	--
Receiving TDs	--
Stats at NFL.com

Michael Ray Garvin (born September 29, 1986) is an American football wide receiver for the Las Vegas Locomotives of the United Football League. He was signed by the Arizona Cardinals as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He played college football at Florida State.

Garvin has also been a member of the Detroit Lions.

Early years

Hailing from Upper Saddle River, New Jersey,^[1] Garvin attended Don Bosco Preparatory High School in Ramsey, New Jersey where he played football and ran track.^[2]

As a junior, Garvin rushed for 615 yards on 32 carries for six touchdowns. As a defensive back, he recorded 45 tackles and four interceptions, two of which were returned for touchdowns. As a senior, he recorded 50 tackles and three interceptions. For his career, Garvin rushed for 1,600 yards and 34 total touchdowns.

While at Don Bosco, Garvin played in the Army All-American game, was ranked the fifth best player in New Jersey by Rivals.com, he was also a four-star player, rated by Rivals.com and the 85th best player in the nation. He was rated the fourth best player in the state by Superprep Magazine and the 16th best defensive back in the nation. He was also an All-State first-team selection as a member of the school's track team.

College career

After graduating from Don Bosco in 2005, Garvin attended Florida State University.

Football

As a true freshman in 2005, Garvin appeared all 11 of the Seminoles games, recording 16 tackles, one sack, a forced fumble and one pass break-up. He ranked first on the team, among true freshmen, with 12 solo tackles.

As a sophomore in 2006, he appeared in all 13 games while earning starts against NC State, Duke, Virginia, Wake Forest, Western Michigan and Florida and finished sixth on the team with 35 tackles. On the season, he was one of two Seminoles who recorded a sack, tackle-for-loss, interception, pass-break-up and fumble recovery, the other being Lawrence Timmons. Garvin was also the team's leader in kickoff returns with 16 for 362 yards and ranked ninth in the ACC with a 22.6 yards-per-kick return average.

As a junior in 2007, Garvin started eight games and led the team's cornerbacks in tackles with 49.

As a senior in 2008, Garvin recorded 12 tackles on the season and became the only player in school history to average 30 yards or more per return in a season in 2008 with 30.1. He was also a Sporting News first-team All-American as a kick returner and was a third-team All-American by SI.com and Scout. He finished the season second in the nation in kick off returns and led the conference as well. He earned All-Acc second-team honors as a specialist. He was also the defensive special teams' player of the year, as voted by the team's coaching staff. He set the school record for career kickoff return yards (1,721), average yards-per-return (23.57) and tied Keith Ross for the all-time record for returns in a career with 73.

Garvin's father, Johnny Ray Garvin, was his secondary position coach in high school and had a short stint in the National Football League and USFL.

Track and field

While at Florida State, Garvin was a seven-time All-American sprinter and a member of the winning 4x100 meter relay in 2007 NCAA outdoors. He finished third at the 100 meters (10.3). He also attempted to make the United States Olympic track and field team in the spring of 2008, qualifying for the trials and making it to the semifinals of the 200 meters.

Garvin earned his undergraduate degree in social science in December 2008.

Professional career

Arizona Cardinals

Garvin went unselected in the 2009 NFL Draft and was signed by the Arizona Cardinals. While with the Cardinals he was converted from cornerback to wide receiver.

Detroit Lions

He was later signed to the Detroit Lions practice squad during the 2009 season. Garvin was waived on April 26, 2010.

Las Vegas Locomotives

The Las Vegas Locomotives selected Garvin with their second round pick in the 2010 UFL Draft.^[3]

External links

• Arizona Cardinals bio
• Detroit Lions bio
• Florida State Seminoles football bio
• Florida State Seminoles track bio

References

1. ^ Staff. "Florida State Men Earn Seventh Consecutive ACC Indoor Title: Florida State men's track and field team took first place at the 2009 Atlantic Coast Conference Indoor Championship for the seventh-consecutive year and eighth title overall.", WCTV, March 2, 2009. Accessed February 22, 2011. "The men's 60m dash also included several Seminoles earning awards as Michael Ray Garvin (Upper Saddle River, N.J.) took the silver medal home with his second place finish and NCAA automatic mark of 6.59."
2. ^ Waldstein, David. "Garvin, Florida State Speedster, Catches N.F.L.’s Eye",The New York Times, "This month, Garvin was at a sports facility in Wayne preparing for Sunday’s Texas Relays — he was on the winning 4x100-meter relay team — with Kevin Ensenat, Garvin’s trainer since he was a freshman at Don Bosco Prep in Ramsey, N.J."
3. ^ Locomotives bolster roster through UFL Draft Las Vegas Sun June 3, 2010

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Name	Garvin, Michael Ray
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Date of birth	September 29, 1986
Place of birth	Upper Saddle River, New Jersey
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