What REALLY Happened to Percy Harvin? From #1 Overall Recruit to...?

[@clarencedolan699]

He lives in the Jacksonville area, and is at UF often helping out. He also didn’t blow his money.

[@royaldavis640]

That’s great news, won’t become a after-pro statistic

[@kadeemtyson]

Gator legend

[@JvillePuffer]

Did I hear DUUUUUVALL?

[@rickderrick7101]

Grew up right down the street from him. He had migraines his whole life. His grandma did too. This kid routinely played pickup football at 9 years old against high schoolers and would ball out. Absolute freak.

[@gk7588]

This is such a flat out lie. 9 years old??

[@taligokrazii1147]

@@gk7588why would he lie?……shut up corn ball

[@jabraalbarney892]

You probably never lived down south. I used to see it all the time in Florida.

[@timothymoore2966]

Yup typical stuff. The older cats see the talent as well and respect it

[@rickderrick7101]

@@gk7588 not joking bro. This was at rock creek park. It’s cleaned up now a bit but that used to be the hood. And yes that kid was flat out flying at 9 yrs old. These are the kind of genetics it takes to be a Pro.

[@206rammanfu]

Napoleon Kaufman 5' 8" 180 lb HB out of U W early 90s was so fast and so strong he benched and squatted the most of any Washington players He was a Freak of nature so explosive

[@gregsmith8845]

Please do a story on Napoleon- I grew up by him (Santa Barbara County)- He was so good in High School we knew he would be pro one day…An absolute force to be reckoned with in the streets and on the field 💥

[@chanharris1924]

​@@gregsmith8845PREACH!!!

[@DrewSchke]

I went to salem high school in VA beach (their rival)... He went to landstown and people don't realize their other wide receiver Damon McDaniel was a top 10 wr in the country too...

[@Col92019]

I’m glad Westfield beat landstown back in 2003

[@goodbro4747]

I’m a Seminole fan and you’re WRONG about a lot of stuff. He smoked weed becasue of his severe headaches. That was his only down fall

[@12TribeTone]

Yeah he and Harvin decided to go to UF because of Tebow. I just commented about the guy you're talking about but couldn't remember his name.

[@zachthomas184]

Hey can you please do a story on Tony Joyner, he was on the national championship team with Percy, and he ended up getting caught up for his ex's murder. I played highschool with toney crazy to think he's serving time and was 1 of the best athletes in the nation

[@TitleTalkTCL]

Clearly not dorko, ​@@goodbro4747he had a lot more issues than just smoking weed

[@cburna83]

He suffered from chronic migraines.. It wasn't easy for him from the get go.. He needed the 🍃🔥 to recover..

[@rel8edgamerz445]

People really don’t know there history it’s been documented that he suffered from chronic migraines

[@BugsyTB89]

I suffer from chronic migraines they suck that’s why I smoke

[@NickWixx]

2011 - 87 Rec for 967 Yds and 6 TDs + 52 Rush Att for 345 Yds and 2 TDs. For a Rushing Comparison I selected 4 random WRs and checked most rush attempts for a single Season. Stefon Diggs - 10 Steve Smith Sr -11 Cooper Kupp - 9 and Ceedee Lamb - 14 Then I looked at the best Rushing WR I could Think of Deebo Samuel and his best rushing season was 59 for 365 but he did have 8 TDs But as a Reciever Deebo never caught more than 77 balls but he did get 1400 yards off those 77 Catches. Percy wasn’t the best WR but he had great versatility in his prime. Unfortunately his prime was really only 1 season.

[@ryaneugenelawrencewalls1987]

Percy Harvin was such a damn good player in not only University of Florida Gators he won a national champion in 2006 but in 2007 NFL's Rookie of the year with Minnesota Vikings and in 2013 he won a Super Bowl Championship in Seattle Seahawks 3:28

[@eugeneweeks3325]

Randy Moss is the most electrifying receiver to ever suit up.

[@davidcovington1046]

I agree

[@wade_davidson]

Tavon Austin was a burner at West Virginia. Man definitely would have definitely hit the transfer portal and got PAID!

[@jmoney5350]

Btw Matt you should do what happened to Lemichael James

[@real_blackmamba8665]

Landstown legend another great product from the 757

[@Silvercharm5555]

Yuph ⭐️

[@jasonbander8135]

Great career at UF, decent showing with the Vikings as a pro. He's not Eric Metcalf (or Terry) or any player of that caliber but he was a fun highlight reel for a few years. Go Gators!

[@BJGraveDigger02]

Jamison Williamson has to be up there, he’s my personal favorite! He absolutely sliced through defenses and outran everyone on the field. But great story Matt , I really enjoy these type of videos! Keep up the great work ❤️

[@matta9316]

Percy harvin was still a dawg, dude was super talented

[@lakerface4091]

One of the best athletes we ever seen

[@natesuniverse1]

As a Seahawks fan I miss him thank you for being a Seahawks legend

[@nightfall224]

Super Bowl 48 legend Percy Harvin

[@natesuniverse1]

Yep

[@dominicd7610]

Percy could have started at RB in the NFL,one of the most versatile players ever.

[@RyanMcswain-dq9fw]

Desean Jackson is near neck and neck with Percy for that era

[@usctrojans1626]

I agree almost forgot about Jackson in those good cal teams.

[@timothymoore2966]

They both were dope in the league

[@dlc2087]

The man had 5 gold medals in track his high school,a state football championship, to ncaa championship, and a super bowl..he had a superb athletic career

[@javi__...]

Harvin was hardly the first guy whose ability out weighed his character issues

[@Golfing422]

I remember back when Morgan Trent ran him down from behind in that game Tebow lost to Michigan. That was pretty awesome.

[@stephenblackwell5533]

I cared about the team when I played ps2 and still do care. #bringthegatorsback

[@rickderrick7101]

Never gona happen. Sun belt Billy is prolly fired at the end of the year and that schedule is brutal next year. Love it. Go Noles!!

[@stephenblackwell5533]

@rickderrick7101 LOL, where ya'll going? Also, whether it's with Billy or not, Gators will be back. Ya'll may wanna change your conference so that if you win out you actually get credit.

[@christianrichardson8956]

You not wrong… it was nice playing with that Gator team… I’d tear everyone up with that Gator team

[@JB-gw8ee]

He was put on this earth to score a TD for the Seahawks in the Superbowl, and then go away.

[@TheUSMCBELL]

Todd gurley will forever be my favorite game breaker

[@timothymoore2966]

So tragic my boy had a degenerative knee

[@TheUSMCBELL]

@@timothymoore2966 yep. Could have been a legendary career

[@Gofollowthenaynay]

Hi Mat, love your vid’s, keep up the good work. Can you do the story of Tom Herman (the former Texas head coach). Happy Presidents’ Day!

[@Bama_Prods]

great vid matt! you should do Harrison Bailey (Former Tennessee QB)

[@gatorfred8]

Excellent video. Can you do robert nkemdiche? Man fell out of a hotel window in Atlanta just for starters lol.

[@avstraffelse]

The only player that popped in my mind that was Elite at all levels was Randy Moss instantly

[@derekjohnson6968]

You wanted to know what happened to Percy. The Olympian thing you mentioned was real he was training with Tim Montgomery back here in Gainesville and was talking about an NFL return at the time. If you want a really interesting story how about another guy who was training with Montgomery after multiple NFL suspensions in an attempt to return to the NFL. Josh Gordon

[@DarioT1210]

You should do Peter Warrick next.

[@MrTekKnowledge]

That was a mysterious flameout. Especially because his teammate Coles had a long productive career

[@LordWafflestomp]

Quality vid brother. Would love to see a video on Terrance Toliver from LSU. Dude's from my hometown and was the #1 WR recruit in the nation in 07.

[@Silvercharm5555]

My oldest brother went to high school with him at landstown, Percy was a dawg!

[@TheTyronecus]

Hip inflation is the worst pain

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

As someone who currently needs a hip replacement because the head of my femur is literally dying I can confidently say hip pain is not the worst. Sciatica is more painful but nothing tops gout. Once the throbbing pain was so bad I couldn't sleep for 2 days.

[@KevinSmith-mr8vx]

Percy Harvin was just ahead of his time. Cheetah is one of the best rn, but could you imagine? The same goes for desean Jackson, jeremy maclin, le Micheal James. 10 years to young

[@petemarquez8759]

Do a video about what happened to Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o? That story was pretty unbelievable at the time. I didn’t know whether to feel bad for him or to not believe anyone could be that gullible.

[@truettjohnson7230]

Sterling Sharpe,Jerry Rice,the Mark's Brothers,(Mark Clayton and Mark Duper, Calvin Johnson and the Best I ever seen,Randy Moss

[@jmoney5350]

Percy Harvin is one of the saddest stories in sports he’s was supposed to be the next Bo Jackson, but just couldn’t stay out of trouble.

[@jimschultz2179]

Nowhere near Bo Jackson 😂

[@CharlieB-gs5uk]

Bo knows.

[@treid04]

Bo Jackson. Why even mention Bo

[@randlemarsh]

Stunning and brave comment for sure! Hopefully you get the likes and views to feed yourself!

[@jimschultz2179]

@@randlemarsh I could give 2 shits about praise

[@gregorypruitt2021]

Find the story on Tony vanZant from st.louis, mo he was the number one runnigback in the nation in 1985. Ahead of Emmitt Smith , Thurman Thomas, Jeff George and many others. 100 td's over 6,000 yard in his highschool career. Blew his season up before he got to college..

[@12TribeTone]

Being from Florida.. hated UF, loved this guy. Heard something back when he arrived at UF that he and another receiver from his HS team were trying to figure where to go. Harvin said, well Tebow is going to Florida. So that's where he went.

[@Moreese_44]

Deanthony Thomas

[@hansfriesen8971]

Matt , I would suggest you take a look into former 5* LB Willie Williams . I think he came out of high school in 2003 . The twists related to him pretty much define instant karma .

[@iconicseth5801]

Wait, yall am I trippn or What!? Wasnt there a video Matt made on the new college football game? 🤔

[@RyanMcswain-dq9fw]

No mention about this dude being the strongest cat on UFs roster!? He lifted with the o line was literally benched an squatted more than Tebow! #research

[@thmshrrsn]

Percy Harvin suffered debilitating migraines all throughout college, it didn't start in the NFL. It also partially explains the weed use.

[@hackermusic3355]

You should research Kieth McCants. In a decade where Alabama had some of their best all time linebackers he was the biggest and fastest of them all. I thought he was more of a can't miss NFL player than any player I ever watched. After college his life was very sad mostly because of injuries and drugs, and those were probably cause and effect.

[@dannynorton7242]

Yo Matt! What ever happened to Josh Gordon?? That’s a tragic story

[@derekjohnson6968]

Sad!! That kid had demons!!! Hope he is doing better!

[@blakebrown84]

Percy Harvin was that dude, so he was a warrior. He was a once in a generation type of player who was very good at what he does. His career didn’t end well in the NFL.

[@thecorvus100]

“The NY Jets, where careers go to die”😂

[@JayTeeAyy]

Growing up I had no idea he acted like this, I just thought he was just putting his head down, and working

[@tonyburton4976]

Completely agree that if he wasn't so good, he wouldn't have gotten the breaks he did. If he could've gotten his act together, he'd have been legendary.

[@DonovanMcNabb5]

The hip labrum injury is a career ender. Dude was make of glass also from too many concussions and ankle injuries.

[@jjthejetgrad23]

Good shit Matt!!

[@justinmoore718]

Percy still the coldest player I’ve seen bro 💯💯💯

[@VNEKOLA]

Hey matt i dont know if you did a video on him but you could do a video about dorial green beckham. I remember you recapped his career in the #1 wrs video but his story is definetely interesting

[@rawjames1603]

Who highlights are you showing majority of the vid?

[@jacobendicott7208]

If you watched the 2014 Ohio State team that won the natty, Devin Smith was the definition of game breaking dude seemed to alway be open when you needed him to be on streaks.

[@timothymoore2966]

S/0 to my set

[@VFL.2023]

We need an aj mccaron update soon🔥seems to be happy where he’s at in life and I love it

[@carlthompson2367]

Should do one on Terrelle Pryor Top QB prospect out of highschool was doing great at Ohio State then controversy yadda yadda yadda ends up a practice squad WR....

[@jamesferguson768]

as a Razorback fan I remember Percy Harvin all too well !!

[@DeLaMack62]

Call him what you want he still has a national championship, NFL Rookie player of the year award and a Super Bowl ring. Most people dream to have at least one of those accolades.

[@smokey_410]

Percy was running as fast as a car at the beginning of the video when the suv was in the background

[@Rysofly]

We talk about the 01 Hurricanes, but let's do one specifically about Ken Dorsey.

[@richardwrask497]

Percy lives in the Gainesville Florida area and he’s doing fine

[@jayzooda7511]

Definitely was an amazing athlete. Saw him play close up also played against him in the State championship! The coaches game plan was to shut down Percy Harvard, which we did !Our team got the victory in the states Championship 2006 -Oakton Cougars

[@Mattyp24]

Joe Horn. The first person to have a cell phone touchdown celebration

[@nohp21]

Those live highlights aren’t even of Percy Harvin the still photos are of him in high school

[@misterp9896]

When I was a kid the first college football speedster I followed was Raghb "Rocket" Ismail. His brothers are Qadry "Missle" and Sulaiman "Bomb". I'd like to see Rocket and his brothers get a video by you.

[@saksmarcus]

One of my favorite college receivers ever

[@solastranded1744]

I used to DOMINATE with the gators! Percy Harvin, Major Wright, Tim Tebow, Chris Rainey, Joe Haden, and HE WHO SHALL NOT BE NAMED(AH)! Greatness!!!

[@bentorrey12]

Was a good pro that actually never lived up to his potential

[@edfthanos6757]

LOL yes he did. Migraines is why he walked away. SEAHAWKS have a ring because of him. Brett Farve said he was the most dynamic player he has ever seen

[@banksda150]

​@edfthanos6757 Exactly, these people don't know anything they just hear work of mouth

[@SJS68]

It would be interesting to see what happend to john franklin III. the cat from FSU that went to emcc and then to Auburn and he went somewhere from there.

[@Moe-lester5]

He had good nfl career. injuries and severe migraines limited his career

[@Rasdawg915]

At least he didn't murder Tina Turner and her Golden Retriever. Roll Tide.

[@nickcothran3307]

I thought those yards in 2009 seemed high. According to espn he had 790 rec yards and 135 rushing yards. That is less than 1,000 total. Not sure where you got that he had over 2,000.

[@banksda150]

He was suffering from chronic migraines all his life, which is bad in a sport where it's easy to get concussions. He missed games due to that

[@JulianBarichere]

Do a video on Joe McKnight (God rest his soul)

[@jasonn7431]

i really like your post about guys that were great and kinda fell off the map. Could you consider doing a video on a player who was one of the, if not THE #1 wr in the country. Patrick Turner. After he went to 'SC what happened to him. Pete Carroll gave him the number 1 jersey which cost USC getting DeShuan Jackson, which didn't hurt them too much. But I'd like to know the real story and what really happened.

[@Cory-zn5mq]

Broncos ain't wanna see Percy after that td in the Superbowl

[@drunkenmmamaster419]

This dude pissed me off taking in the 2007 natty and in the superbowl where Seattle whooped my broncos ass and I’m an buckeyes fan 😂😂😂 Was hella fun to watch tho

[@poppatheegoat]

Tavon Austin and Percy was my favorite player of all time

[@terrell757]

He’s probably back here in VA chillin!! 757

[@Passused]

You should do a story on NJ native Tom Flacco

[@garrettlee7742]

Do a documentary on Tavon Austin

[@audreychoudhary8862]

You should ask Zach Smith about harvin crazy ass stories

[@churchmarquis]

Inflation Inflammation I knew what you meant it’s just funny

[@pingpongjung1983]

The first social media was out years before he was in high school. I don't know the name of the first one i knew about but i got one in 1998 and it hook up to the tv and you could go into a bunch of different chat rooms or Instant message people you knew, there wasn't profiles or profile pictures but you could send pictures.

[@pingpongjung1983]

By 1999 or 2000 Yahoo become the new social place to hang out in chat rooms it just took a while to get on to the dial up internet.

[@michaelsledge3904]

Heard he experienced cluster headaches too which I myself have gone through for years and they are extremely painful!! The universal nickname "suicide headaches" is correct 😢 hard to function period.

[@JadLud]

I think the better question than why did he fail a drug test, why was a plant that helps people cope with ailments or treat health issues demonized and bastardized instead of the people who profited by keeping it illegal...

[@MarkMay-cr6bv]

I hate it when people make excuses for these guys. It doesn't matter a hill of beans what you, I or anyone else THINKS should be legal or illegal in this country. The fact is we live in a society based on laws, and while we all have a right to our opinion -- and wheile there are legal way we can use to try and change laws -- we don't get to pick and choose which ones we'll follow and which we won't. Not without consequences, anyway. At the time Percy Harvin tested positive for weed it was illegal in the United States, whether anybody likes it or not. Harvin KNEW it was illegal but decided the rules didn't apply to him. He took his chances, got caught and paid a price for his arrogance. Whatever punishment he got he brought on himself. It's called accountability and personal responsibility. If he wants someone to blame or point a finger at he need look no further than a good mirror.

[@GittFai]

A video on Stephen Garcia would be dope

[@Baloothepibble]

I remembered him cuz of that hit he took in the Super Bowl.

[@venom390re]

Matt, I'd like for you to do a story on Rolando McClain. I think that would follow the not fulfilling the hype that you talk about.

[@CloudTV2021]

His professional career is karma for how he carried himself on and off the field. This guy used to pee on opposing teams locker room floors in hs smh

[@bentorrey12]

In Buffalo he played really well them first 4.games I remember and then boom basically never heard from again

[@marquisewilliams8994]

So nobody is going to talk about Josh Gordon huh 😂😂😂

[@waltergreen860]

Noel Devine had the best high school tape ever on the internet

[@elstonturner7008]

Percy Harvin was pretty much UF Gators version of Alabama WR/RB/ATH David Palmer and Freddie Milons in one athlete 🐘🏈 A lot of times in life our own personal demons get in the way of us achieving our goals. With NO guidance we never learn to overcome whatever it is we're dealing with. We forget that the Almighty CREATOR will bless the next person with the same slightly better or way batter matching skills and talents coming to take your privileges

[@VikingsDucks]

Vikings legend

[@akaTopFive]

Hed give you 1000 yards rushing as a receiver.. he was amazing

[@markanthony1004]

Harvin was the kind of dude who most of us looked at as exactly what not to do when you find real success. Dude really could've been so much more, but some people got that Burfict mentality also Reddit aka r/nfl we really try to post factual posts and not just a bunch of BS so I can understand why you'd use that post

[@cantankerousblack5299]

contact with a ref doesnt mean he pushed the ref, it means contact