Doug Donley
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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | February 6, 1959 | ||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Cambridge, Ohio | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 175 lb (79 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Cambridge (OH) | ||||||||||
| College: | Ohio State | ||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1981 / Round: 2 / Pick: 53 | ||||||||||
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| Games played: | 43 |
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| Receptions: | 55 |
| Receiving yards: | 898 |
| Touchdowns: | 4 |
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Douglas Max Donley (born February 6, 1959) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys and Chicago Bears. He played college football at Ohio State University and was selected in the second round of the 1981 NFL Draft.
Donley attended Cambridge High School (Class of 1977), where he was a three-sport standout in football, track and basketball, earning the nickname 'White Lightning' for his blazing speed.
On the gridiron, Donley was a three-year letterman at running back for the Bobcats, finishing with a career total of 2,572 rushing yards. He also had 226 yards receiving and 1,028 yards in kick returns for a career all-purpose yardage total of 3,826 yards to go with 31 touchdowns. He dislocated his right shoulder multiple times and had it operated as a junior.
In track, Donley won the OVAC Class 4-A championship in the long jump as a junior (1976) with a leap of 21 ft. 2.5 in. and was a double-winner at the conference meet as a senior (1977) - winning the long jump (21-10.75 and the 220-yard dash (22.4 seconds), helping the Bobcats to the OVAC team title. He earned All-Eastern District honors in the 100-yard dash and was recognized as a high school All-American in track.
In basketball, Donley was hampered by his shoulder injury as a senior, but still managed to score 10 points per contest and had a school-record 17-assist game.
His jersey was retired by his high school, he was inducted into the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference Hall of Fame and the Cambridge High School Hall of Fame.
Widely recruited for football, he accepted a scholarship to Ohio State University, where as the fastest player on the team, he was moved to wide receiver, with the intention of reducing the additional damage he could receive on his problematic shoulder.
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