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Sean P. Doctor (born July 10, 1966) is a former
American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...
running back A running back (RB) is a member of the offensive backfield in gridiron football. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback to rush the ball, to line up as a receiver to catch the ball, and block. Ther ...
who played two seasons in the
Arena Football League The Arena Football League (AFL) was a professional arena football league in the United States. It was founded in 1986, but played its first official games in the 1987 season, making it the third longest-running professional football league in ...
(AFL) with the Charlotte Rage and Buffalo Destroyers. He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the sixth round of the
1989 NFL Draft The 1989 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 23–24, 1989, at the Marriott Ma ...
. He played college football at
Marshall University Marshall University is a public research university in Huntington, West Virginia. It was founded in 1837 and is named after John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States. The university is currently composed of nine colleges: ...
. Sean Doctor was also a member of the Raleigh–Durham Skyhawks of the
World League of American Football NFL Europe League (simply called NFL Europe and known in its final season as NFL Europa League) was a professional American football league that functioned as the developmental minor league of the National Football League (NFL). Originally ...
(WLAF).


College career

Doctor played college football for the
Marshall Thundering Herd The Marshall Thundering Herd is the intercollegiate athletic collection of teams that collectively represent the Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. Thundering Herd athletic teams compete in the Sun Belt Conference, which are member ...
. He was an All-American and first team All-
Southern Conference The Southern Conference (SoCon) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly k ...
selection as a
tight end The tight end (TE) is a position in American football, arena football, and Canadian football, on the offense. The tight end is often a hybrid position with the characteristics and roles of both an offensive lineman and a wide receiver. Lik ...
in 1987 and 1988. He helped the Thundering Herd advance to the
1987 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game The 1987 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Northeast Louisiana Indians (now the Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks) and the Marshall Thundering Herd. The game was played on December 19, 1 ...
by recording 1,372 receiving yards as a junior, setting a school record for tight ends. Doctor was inducted into the Marshall University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2000.


Professional career

Doctor was selected by the Buffalo Bills of the
National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...
(NFL) with the 164th pick in the
1989 NFL Draft The 1989 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 23–24, 1989, at the Marriott Ma ...
. In August 1989, he was suspended by the NFL for the last game of the preseason and the first three games of the regular season for using steroids. He played for the Raleigh–Durham Skyhawks of the WLAF during the 1991 season. Doctor played for the AFL's Charlotte Rage in 1993. He played for the Buffalo Destroyers of the AFL in 1999.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Doctor, Sean Living people 1966 births Players of American football from Buffalo, New York American football running backs American football tight ends Marshall Thundering Herd football players Buffalo Bills players Raleigh–Durham Skyhawks players Charlotte Rage players Buffalo Destroyers players