Danny Buggs

Danny Buggs

Date of birth:	April 22, 1953 (1953-04-22)
Place of birth:	Duluth, Georgia
Career information
Position(s):	Wide receiver
College:	West Virginia
NFL Draft:	1975 / Round: 3 / Pick: 62
Drafted by:	New York Giants
Organizations
As player:
1975-1976 1976-1979 1980 1983 1984-1985	New York Giants Washington Redskins Edmonton Eskimos (CFL) Tampa Bay Bandits (USFL) San Antonio Gunslingers (USFL)
Career highlights and awards
Grey Cup champion (1980)
Playing stats at NFL.com

Daniel "Danny" Buggs (born April 22, 1953 in Duluth, Georgia) is a former American football wide receiver for the New York Giants and Washington Redskins of the National Football League, the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League, and the Tampa Bay Bandits and San Antonio Gunslingers of the United States Football League.

College career

After sitting out a year in 1971, forced to for academic reasons by coach Bobby Bowden, and rejecting offers from Arizona State, Clemson and Florida State, Buggs made an immediate impact in 1972. He scored a whopping 84 points, including punt returns, and also averaged a touchdown every five times he touched the ball.

Buggs was a 1973 Kodak first team All-American from West Virginia University, who owns the longest catch from scrimmage in West Virginia school history against Penn State in 1973 for 96 yards and a touchdown. He was also the first Mountaineer to post back-to-back 100 yard receiving games.

In 1974 he was selected to play in the Hula Bowl and the Senior Bowl, helping the East top the West with a touchdown in the Hula Bowl.

He ranks fourth in career receiving yards with 1,796 and touchdowns receptions with 15 and holds the West Virginia record for most career yards per reception with a 20.9 average. He is often considered one of the greatest receivers in West Virginia University football history, along with greats such as Reggie Rembert, Jerry Porter, and Chris Henry.

Professional career

NFL

Buggs was drafted by the New York Giants in the third round of the 1975 NFL Draft. He played two seasons in New York, 1975 and 1976, but never saw time during the regular season.

Buggs was then cut by the Giants, to only then be signed by the Washington Redskins late in 1976. On the final six games of the 1976 season, Buggs saw his first professional action. He only totaled two receptions for 25 yards, but then increased it the next season to 26 receptions for 341 yards and a touchdown.

Buggs broke out in 1978 with 36 receptions for 575 yards and two touchdowns. In Buggs' final NFL season, 1979, Buggs totaled 46 receptions for 631 yards and a touchdown while playing all 16 games for the first time in his career.

CFL and USFL

Buggs played in the CFL from 1980 to 1982. In 1980, he helped the Edmonton Eskimos win the Grey Cup, which is the CFL's championship game.

Buggs played for the USFL's Tampa Bay Bandits in 1983, and the San Antonio Gunslingers in 1984 and 1985.