Event Date: July 23rd, 1985
Event Description: 'Hawks Eye Hebert
Source: UPI
While trying to downplay their interest, the Seattle Seahawks have confirmed they will give a tryout Thursday to Bobby Hebert, one of the top quarterbacks in the U.S. Football League.
“We're going to bring him in and look at him,” Seattle Coach Chuck Knox said. “It doesn't mean anything, but it behooves us not to leave any stone unturned.”
Knox said the Seahawks will give Hebert a physical examination and work him out at the team's headquarters.
Hebert, a three-year USFL veteran, passed for 5,456 yards this year, leading the Michigan Panthers to a 14-2 regular season record. He completed 313 of 531 passes, throwing for 45 touchdowns. He was intercepted 24 times.
Hebert's contract with Michigan was to expire Aug. 1, but he bought his way out of it early. Because no NFL team drafted him in 1982, after he completed his college career at Northwestern Louisiana, Hebert became a free agent.
Hebert was not drafted by the NFL because he had already signed with the Panthers.
Hebert's situation is similar to that of Warren Moon, the Canadian Football League star who signed a $6 million contract with the Houston Oilers after playing out his contract with Edmonton. The Seahawks were among the most serious bidders for Moon.
Hebert's agent, Greg Campbell, has talked of a contract in excess of $1 million a year for his client. However, the Seahawks have indicated they are not interest in Hebert at a “Moon-plus contract.”
Without employing an agent, Hebert signed a four-year contract with a one-year option with Michigan in 1982. On the advice of Campbell, he was a holdout the next season in an effort to sweeten his $200,000 annual salary. Instead of a salary increase, however, Hebert and Campbell succeeded in chopping two years off the contract.
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