Dave Casper
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| Position: | Tight end | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | September 26, 1951 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Bemidji, Minnesota | ||||||||
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| High school: | St. Edward (IL), Chilton (WI) | ||||||||
| College: | Notre Dame | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1974 / Round: 2 / Pick: 45 | ||||||||
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| Receptions: | 378 |
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| Receiving yards: | 5,216 |
| Touchdowns: | 52 |
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David John Casper (born September 26, 1951), nicknamed "The Ghost," is a former American football player best known for being a prominent member of the Oakland Raiders in the National Football League (NFL). He was a tight end and also played as an offensive lineman. Casper has been elected to both the College Football and Pro Football Halls Of Fame.
Casper spent his first three years of high school at St. Edward Central Catholic High School in Elgin, Illinois, and his senior season was at Chilton High School in Chilton, Wisconsin, 35 miles south of Green Bay. He was a member of the 1969 Chilton team that outscored their opponents 363-0 in eight games. The small-town team was ranked eighth in the state behind the largest schools in the state; there was no playoff system at the time.
Casper played collegiate football at the University of Notre Dame, where he earned Honorable Mention All-America for the Fighting Irish as a tackle in 1972. In 1973 he was an All-American on the 1973 National Championship Team. He was the 1973 ND Offensive MVP as a tight end and recorded 21 receptions for 335 yards and four touchdowns in his career.
Casper earned his bachelor's degree in economics and graduated in 1974. He was also the captain of the Omecron Delta Epsilon Honor Society for Economics. Source: David Casper's LinkedIn page. In 2012, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Casper was selected in the second round of the 1974 NFL draft by the Oakland Raiders. Casper only caught a total of nine passes his first two seasons, but was a top-ten receiver in their championship season in 1976, in which he had 53 catches for 691 yards and 10 touchdowns.
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