Mark Pattison (American football)

Mark Lester Pattison (born December 13, 1961) is a former American football wide receiver who played four seasons in the National Football League for the Los Angeles Raiders, Los Angeles Rams, and New Orleans Saints. He played college football at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Mark Pattison
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Position:Wide receiver
Personal information
Born: (1961-12-13) December 13, 1961
Seattle, Washington
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school:Seattle (WA) Roosevelt
College:Washington
NFL Draft:1985 / Round: 7 / Pick: 188
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Receptions:12
Receiving Yards:152
Touchdowns:0
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

High school

Born and raised in Seattle, Pattison graduated from its Roosevelt High School in 1980. He was an All-American at wide receiver as a junior and at quarterback as a senior. In both seasons for the Roughriders, he was the player of the year voted on by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper. Pattison was elected to the Roosevelt Hall of Fame in 2004 and is one of five football players inducted since 1922.

College

Pattison was a three-year letterman at the University of Washington in Seattle under head coach Don James, ending with the 1984 season and a victory in the Orange Bowl on New Year's Night. He was selected in the seventh round of the 1985 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Raiders.

The 1984 team was inducted into the Husky Hall of Fame in 2016.[1]

After football

Following his NFL career, Pattison took up mountain climbing. In 2013, he began a goal to climb the Seven Summits, the highest points on each of the seven continents. To date, his successful ascents include Mount Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) in 2013 (19,333'),[2] Mount Elbrus (Russia) in 2014 (18,666'), Mount Kosciuszko (Australia) in 2015 (7,310'), and Aconcagua (Argentina) in February, 2016 (23,000'). Pattison would become one of only about 350 people who have climbed the highest peaks on all seven continents [3] and the first NFL player to climb all Seven Summits.[4]

The NFL Network ran a story which documents his journey in a feature called Life After Football- Life After Football: Mark Pattison

References
  1. "Washington Huskies". Washington Huskies.
  2. "Former Players Newsletter". www.nflpa.com.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-12-28. Retrieved 2015-10-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. http://www.neworleanssaints.com/news-and-events/article-deshazier/John-DeShazier-Former-Saint-Mark-Pattison-halfway-through-the-Seven-Summits/44249122-5e24-4691-9c5f-ae4d4a3ce3fb


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