Sellers attended North Thurston High School in Lacey, Washington and was a letterman in football, basketball and track.

Sellers attained some stardom in the Canadian Football League, where he moved to fullback and appeared for the Eskimos and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

With the Blue Bombers, he was the power half of what was then the league's most dangerous rushing duo, "Thunder and Lightning", with fleet-footed running back Charles Roberts.

As part of the pregame ceremonies, the last Washington Redskin player announced comes on to the field holding the American flag.

[7] In a 1999 article in The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.), Sellers was listed as one of the 100 greatest athletes in Washington state history.

In a February 2005 article in The Seattle Times, Sellers was named as one of the 25 greatest running backs in state history.