Maurice Douglass
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| Date of birth | February 12, 1964 |
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| Place of birth | Muncie, Indiana |
| Career information | |
| Position(s) | Safety |
| College | Kentucky |
| NFL draft | 1986 / Round: 8 / Pick: 221 |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 1986–1994 | Chicago Bears |
| 1995–1996 | New York Giants |
| Career stats | |
| Games | 139 |
| Interceptions | 6 |
| Return yards | 85 |
| Quarterback sacks | 2.5 |
| Touchdowns | 1 |
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Maurice Gerrard "Mo" Douglass (born February 12, 1964) is a high school football head coach at Springfield High School and former American football safety who played eleven seasons in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears and the New York Giants. Douglass played college football at the University of Kentucky after transferring from Coffeyville Community College.
Douglass played nine seasons with the Bears on special teams and as a nickel back. He then played two seasons with the Giants. In his early years, he was a witness in a federal trial involving illegal activities by a pair of sports agents.
In high school, he had played for Trotwood-Madison High School and graduated in 1982. He returned to coach the team in 2001. In 2006, he led the team to the playoffs for the first time in 25 years. That year, he was accused of luring players from other teams and found guilty the following year, which was met with a brief suspension.
Born in Muncie, Indiana, Douglass graduated from Trotwood-Madison High School in 1982 and then played defensive back for Kentucky. In 1984, he was a junior college transfer from Coffeyville Community College and earned the starting job for Kentucky after two games. He made an interception on his first play from scrimmage against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights team on October 6. Two weeks later he had an interception that set up a 36-yard field goal against LSU. He totalled three interceptions in his two-year career at Kentucky. On November 3, he recovered a fumble against North Texas State. That season Kentucky got off to a 5–0 start, but they lost to all three ranked Southeastern Conference schools that they faced and finished the season 9–3.
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