Reggie Rucker
Rucker at the 2011 Greater Cleveland Sports Awards
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| No. 88, 83, 33 | |||||||||
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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | September 21, 1947 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Washington, D. C. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Washington (DC) Anacostia | ||||||||
| College: | Boston University | ||||||||
| Undrafted: | 1969 | ||||||||
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| Player stats at PFR | |||||||||
| Receptions: | 447 |
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| Receiving yards: | 7,065 |
| Receiving TDs: | 44 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Reginald Joseph Rucker (born September 21, 1947) is a former professional American football wide receiver. He played in twelve National Football League seasons from 1970–1981, for the Cleveland Browns, New England Patriots, New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys. He played college football for Boston University.
Rucker attended Anacostia High School before moving on to Boston University, where he was a four sport athlete (football, baseball, track and basketball).
As a sophomore, he broke a New England major college record with three punts returned for touchdowns in a season. In his final year, his team included Bruce Taylor, Pat Hughes, Fred Barry and Barry Pryor who would go on to play in the NFL.
In 1978, he was inducted into the Boston University Athletic Hall of Fame.
Rucker signed as an undrafted free agent with the Dallas Cowboys in 1969 and joined the taxi squad. The next year he broke his left wrist during preseason, which forced the team to place him again in the taxi squad. He eventually was promoted to the active roster and became a starter in place of the troubled Lance Rentzel for the last two games of the regular season (ahead of former first round draft choice Dennis Homan), including the Cowboys' playoff drive and its narrow Super Bowl V loss to the Baltimore Colts.
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