Jim Stuckey
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Position: | Defensive tackle | ||||||||||
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Born: | Cayce, South Carolina | June 21, 1958||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 251 lb (114 kg) | ||||||||||
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High school: | West Columbia (SC) Airport | ||||||||||
College: | Clemson | ||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1980 / Round: 1 / Pick: 20 | ||||||||||
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James Davis Stuckey (born June 21, 1958) is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons during the 1980s. Stuckey played college football for Clemson University, and was recognized as an All-American. A first-round pick in the 1980 NFL Draft, he played professionally for the San Francisco 49ers and New York Jets of the NFL.
Stuckey was born in Cayce, South Carolina.[1] He attended Airport High School in West Columbia, South Carolina. While there from 1972-76 he played middle linebacker and tight end.
Stuckey attended Clemson University, and played for the Clemson Tigers football team from 1976 to 1979. As a senior in 1979, he earned consensus first-team All-American honors.
He was drafted in the first round of the 1980 NFL Draft by the 49ers. He was a member of the San Francisco 49ers Super Bowl XVI and Super Bowl XIX winning teams. One of his more notable accomplishments was sealing a victory over the Dallas Cowboys in the 1981 NFC title game by recovering a fumble from quarterback Danny White with 40 seconds left in the game. This play came shortly after The Catch, a touchdown reception by Stuckey's college teammate Dwight Clark.
References
- ^ Jim Stuckey Stats | Pro-Football-Reference.com Retrieved 2018-06-23.
- 1958 births
- Living people
- All-American college football players
- American football defensive tackles
- Clemson Tigers football players
- New York Jets players
- People from Cayce, South Carolina
- Players of American football from South Carolina
- San Francisco 49ers players
- Sportspeople from Columbia, South Carolina
- Super Bowl champions