Hall of Fame receiver Steve Largent couldn’t catch the football at his first Seahawks practice, but became a record-setting legend who helped transform an expansion franchise.
RENTON — The question when Steve Largent showed up for his first practice with the Seahawks wasn’t whether he’d leave a lasting legacy, but simply whether he’d last at all.
Largent arrived in Seattle in late August 1976 admittedly rattled after being told he would be released by the Houston Oilers, but then traded to the Seahawks for an eighth-round draft pick.
Seattle made the trade largely because one of his former college coaches, Jerry Rhome, was the Seahawks’ quarterbacks and receivers coach and told the team to take a chance on him.