Event Date: January 9th, 1983
Event Description: Blitz Sign OSU Star
Source: Washington Post
Big Ten rushing leader Tim Spencer of Ohio State signed a four-year contract yesterday with the Chicago Blitz, marking the first signing of a collegiate draft pick by the United States Football League. Said Spencer, a 6-foot-1, 212-pound tailback, "It was not in my best interest to wait for the National Football League draft."
It marked the second such coup for Blitz Coach George Allen, who spirited Tim Wrightman, a consensus all-America tight end from UCLA, from the Chicago Bears' roster last fall. At that time, Allen said he did not anticipate a bidding war with the older, more established NFL. But he changed his tune yesterday, saying, "I didn't get into this (the USFL) to get into a second-rate outfit" .
Story-(Washington Post)
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