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line-height: 1.2em;"><caption class="infobox-title fn" style="line-height: initial;">Cotton Speyrer</caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">No. 28, 82</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Position:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">Wide receiver</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Born:</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1949-04-29</span>) </span>April 29, 1949<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 75)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Port_Arthur,_Texas" title="Port Arthur, Texas">Port Arthur, Texas</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Height:</th><td class="infobox-data">6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">Weight:</th><td class="infobox-data">175 lb (79 kg)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">High school:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Memorial_High_School_(Port_Arthur,_Texas)" title="Memorial High School (Port Arthur, Texas)">Thomas Jefferson</a> <span class="nowrap">(Port Arthur)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">College:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Texas_Longhorns_football" title="Texas Longhorns football">Texas</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width: 40%;">NFL draft:</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1971_NFL_draft" title="1971 NFL draft">1971</a> / round: 2 / pick: 38</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career history <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Colts" title="Baltimore Colts">Baltimore Colts</a> (<a href="/wiki/1972_NFL_season" title="1972 NFL season">1972</a>–<a href="/wiki/1974_NFL_season" title="1974 NFL season">1974</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miami_Dolphins" title="Miami Dolphins">Miami Dolphins</a> (<a href="/wiki/1975_NFL_season" title="1975 NFL season">1975</a>)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career highlights and awards <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em;"> <ul><li>2× <a href="/wiki/College_football_national_championships_in_NCAA_Division_I_FBS" title="College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS">National champion</a> (<a href="/wiki/1969_Texas_Longhorns_football_team" title="1969 Texas Longhorns football team">1969</a>, <a href="/wiki/1970_Texas_Longhorns_football_team" title="1970 Texas Longhorns football team">1970</a>)</li> <li>2× First-team <a href="/wiki/College_Football_All-America_Team" title="College Football All-America Team">All-American</a> (<a href="/wiki/1969_College_Football_All-America_Team" title="1969 College Football All-America Team">1969</a>, <a href="/wiki/1970_College_Football_All-America_Team" title="1970 College Football All-America Team">1970</a>)</li> <li>First-team All-<a href="/wiki/Southwest_Conference" title="Southwest Conference">SWC</a> (<a href="/wiki/1969_All-Southwest_Conference_football_team" title="1969 All-Southwest Conference football team">1969</a>)</li> <li>Second-team All-SWC (<a href="/wiki/1970_All-Southwest_Conference_football_team" title="1970 All-Southwest Conference football team">1970</a>)</li> <li>Cotton Bowl MVP (1969)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 1.5em; background: #DCDCDC; border: 2px solid #DCDCDC;">Career NFL statistics</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;"><a href="/wiki/Reception_(gridiron_football)" title="Reception (gridiron football)">Receptions</a>:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">34</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;"><a href="/wiki/Reception_(gridiron_football)" title="Reception (gridiron football)">Receiving yards</a>:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">535</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align: right; width:50%;"><a href="/wiki/Touchdown" title="Touchdown">Receiving TDs</a>:</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding-left:3px;">5</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="padding-left:3px;"><b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SpeyCo00.htm">Stats</a> at <a href="/wiki/Pro_Football_Reference" title="Pro Football Reference">Pro Football Reference</a></b></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Charles Wayne Speyrer</b> (born April 29, 1949) is an American former professional <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a> player who was a <a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">wide receiver</a> in the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL) for the <a href="/wiki/Baltimore_Colts" title="Baltimore Colts">Baltimore Colts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Miami_Dolphins" title="Miami Dolphins">Miami Dolphins</a> and who, while he played <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college football</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Longhorns_football" title="Texas Longhorns football">Texas Longhorns</a> was a principle player in a drive the won Texas the 1969 National Championship. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2></div> <p>Speyrer was born in Port Arthur, Texas but spent some time growing up in Brownsville, where he got the nickname "Cotton" due to his white hair.<sup id="cite_ref-Cotton_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cotton-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Speyrer was a first-team all state running back at Port Arthur Jefferson High school and a two-time All-American receiver at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_at_Austin" title="University of Texas at Austin">University of Texas at Austin</a>. He is a member of the University of Texas Hall of Honor and the Cotton Bowl Hall of Fame and the only player ever named to the Cotton Bowl All-Decade team in two different decades. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="College_Football">College Football</h2></div> <p>Speyrer was a key play-maker in what is considered by some to be the most famous drive in Texas history. Texas was fresh off its famed 15–14 come-from-behind victory over <a href="/wiki/1969_Arkansas_Razorbacks_football_team" title="1969 Arkansas Razorbacks football team">No. 2 Arkansas</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1969_Texas_vs._Arkansas_football_game" title="1969 Texas vs. Arkansas football game">"Game of the Century"</a> with President Richard M Nixon in attendance. That victory earned Texas the right to represent the Southwest Conference in the Cotton Bowl where their opponent was <a href="/wiki/1969_Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football_team" title="1969 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team">eighth-ranked Irish</a>, featuring <a href="/wiki/Joe_Theismann" title="Joe Theismann">Joe Theismann</a>. This was Notre Dame's first bowl game in 40 years, but early on, the game had the makings of a big upset when Notre Dame charged out to a 10–0 lead. </p><p>Starting on their own 24-yard line, the Longhorns embarked upon a fourth-quarter, 17-play march that included a pair of fourth-and-two conversions, the last coming at the Notre Dame 10 when <a href="/wiki/James_Street_(quarterback)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Street (quarterback)">James Street</a> completed a clutch pass to a diving Speyrer that took the Horns to the two. From there, it took three plays before <a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Dale_(American_football)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Billy Dale (American football) (page does not exist)">Billy Dale</a> pushed the ball over the goal line to cement UT's second national title—Texas 21, Notre Dame 17. He shared the game's MVP award with Street and LB <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Campbell_(American_football)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tom Campbell (American football) (page does not exist)">Tom Campbell</a>. </p><p>Speyrer is also known for his last minute touchdown catch during his senior year in a come-from—behind win during the Texas–UCLA game in the fall of 1970. The catch and victory was a key part of Texas finishing the regular season undefeated where they were awarded their 3rd National title (1963, 1969 & 1970) by the UPI Coach's Poll. </p><p>Speyer was All-Conference and First team All-American in 1969 and was 2nd Team All-Conference and a First team All-American again in 1970. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pro_Football">Pro Football</h2></div> <p>Speyrer was the 38th overall selection in the second round of the <a href="/wiki/1971_NFL_draft" title="1971 NFL draft">1971 NFL draft</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Football_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Football Team">Washington Redskins</a>, but was traded to the Colts before the 1971 season started. He spent five seasons in the NFL, four with the Colts, and one final year with the Miami Dolphins.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He didn't see any playing time in 1971 due to a broken arm, but he took the field in five games in 1972 and in 1973 he had 311 yards receiving and a 101-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, the second longest of the season. The 101 yard return is one of the 100 longest returns in NFL history. He continued primarily as a kick returner in 1974. </p><p>In 1975, he was traded back to the Redskins for a 12th round drat choice after feeling he'd been given a "raw deal" in Baltimore. He injured his wrist in spring training. He left Redskins training camp during the 2nd week after complaining that he wasn't getting enough chances to play and was traded to Miami for an undisclosed future pick. Two days after joining the Dolphins he led them to a 20-17 victory over the Saints after catching three passes of longer than 50 yards in an exhibition game. He was nonetheless cut by the Dolphins before the season started. 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