Tim Spencer

Ohio State is a football factory for players headed to the NFL, but RB Tim Spencer went to the USFL because George Allen and the Chicago Blitz made him an offer he couldn’t refuse. “I felt comfortable with coach Allen, I knew a little about his history,” says Spencer from Halas Hall in Chicago, where he is the running backs coach for the 2005 NFC North champion Chicago Bears.  “I knew where I would go in the NFL, and the money I was going to get from the USFL was better and guaranteed. It was a no-brainer.”

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Quotes from Tim Spencer on going to the Chargers:

Spencer was one of the smaller guys in the USFL, but when he arrived in San Diego, he was one of the bigger backs when compared to the 5-foot 6 inch Lionel James and the lean 180-pound Gary Anderson. “I went from being a halfback in the USFL to being the fullback with the Chargers,” says Spencer. “All of sudden I’m the biggest guy. I looked around and it was easy to see I was going to play fullback.”

“When you think of a football player you think of Tim Spencer,” says Dan Fouts, who led the NFL in passing yards from 1979 through 1982. “He’s so smart and selfless; he would take the role that was available to him because of the offense we played. He brought toughness – that Ohio State ‘thing.’  I wish the league folded sooner, so I could have played with him earlier.”