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Position: | Fullback | ||||||||||||||
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Date of birth: | October 25, 1954 | ||||||||||||||
Place of birth: | Enterprise, Alabama | ||||||||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||
Weight: | 217 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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High school: | Sarasota (FL) | ||||||||||||||
College: | Florida | ||||||||||||||
NFL Draft: | 1976 / Round: 2 / Pick: 30 | ||||||||||||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Games played: | 33 |
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Rushing attempts: | 184 |
Rushing yards: | 704 |
Receptions: | 17 |
Receiving yards: | 118 |
Touchdowns: | 4 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Jimmy DeWayne DuBose (born October 25, 1954) is an American former college and professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for three seasons during the 1970s. DuBose played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL.
DuBose was born in Enterprise, Alabama in 1954. He attended Sarasota High School in Sarasota, Florida, and he was a standout high school football player for the Sarasota Sailors, rushing for 1,400 yards and sixteen touchdowns as a senior.
DuBose accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played fullback for coach Doug Dickey's Florida Gators football team from 1972 to 1975. Dickey described him as a "picture perfect fullback," able to run over people like a fullback but also able to run like a halfback in the open field. Memorably, DuBose ran for 180 yards against the Vanderbilt Commodores, including an eighty-yard touchdown run on the first play from scrimmage, and rushed for 204 yards versus the Florida State Seminoles as a senior. Averaging nearly seven yards per carry, he led the Gators to a 9–2 record, the first time the Gators had achieved nine regular-season wins.