Percy Harvin Wants to Come Out of Retirement: 'That Itch Came Back'

Former Vikings, Seahawks WR Percy Harvin wants to play in the NFL again.

Former NFL wide receiver Percy Harvin says he would like to return to football, he told ESPN's Josina Anderson.

"I thought I was done, but that itch came back," Harvin said. 

Harvin will turn 32 years old next month. He told Anderson that he has been training with an Olympian and weighs 185 pounds.

Breaking: Former 1st-rounder, FA WR Percy Harvin tells me: “I’m ready to return to the NFL. I thought I was done, but that itch came back. I’ve been training w/a former Olympian. My body is feeling good. Mentally I’m better. My family is good. The timing is right.” He's 185lbs. pic.twitter.com/NQaadbF73B

— JosinaAnderson (@JosinaAnderson) April 22, 2020

Harvin has not played since 2016 when he played in just two games for the Bills. He spent eight years in the NFL with the Vikings, Bills, Seahawks and Jets. He has 22 career touchdown catches for 4,026 yards. While in Buffalo, he struggled with lingering hip and knee injuries that ultimately led to his retirement in April 2016 at the age of 27.