Damarius Bilbo
| Position: | Wide Receiver / Quarterback / Safety |
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| Date of birth: | December 3, 1982 |
| Place of birth: | Moss Point, Mississippi |
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight: | 218 lb (99 kg) |
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| College: | Georgia Tech |
| Undrafted: | 2006 |
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Damarius Bilbo (born December 3, 1982) is a former American football player. He played college football at Georgia Tech as a quarterback and wide receiver.
Bilbo attended Moss Point High School and was a three year letterman and All-American in American football and baseball. In football, he was named the Dick Butkus Football Network National High School Player of the Year (after beating out Cedric Benson now of the Cincinnati Bengals), Mississippi Player of the Year by USA Today and Gatorade. Seen by most sports writers as the best "true quarterback" in the state of Mississippi since Steve McNair and Brett Favre. In baseball, he garnered ALL-American honors and was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2001 Major League Baseball drafted as a pitcher and center field after being clocked with a 96 mph fastball.
He had a medical redshirt in 2001 (broken thumb) after what looked to be a promising freshman year, and played backup quarterback in 2002. Bilbo did see extensive playing time in the second half of the Silicon Valley Football Classic (bowl) in relief of starter A.J. Suggs. He contended for the starting job during fall camp in 2003 was moved from the position by Coach Chan Gailey after what gailey called "a great spring." Eventually 4yr starter Reggie Ball moved into the position. Bilbo was later relegated to wide receiver, leaving school that same summer to play baseball, but later returned and found success at that position, starting all 12 games his senior season opposite Calvin Johnson making them one of the top receiving duos in college football. He was invited to the Hula Bowl all-star game in Hawaii. Bilbo graduated in 2005 with a degree in management information technology and industrial design.
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