Dan Bucey
6-2, 244, LB
Mentor, OH
Mentor H.S.
At SU: Co-captain…three letters…two year starter at inside linebacker…good all-around ILB who played the run and the pass well…
Senior year: finished second on the team in tackles with 114 (41 solo, 73 assists)…season high 16 tackles vs. West Virginia…6 games of 10 tackles or more…matched the SU season high with 3 pass breakups vs. Navy…started all 12 games…first career interception in his final regular season game against Louisville…
Junior year: started all 12 games…led the team with 10 tackles in the Hall of Fame Bowl win over LSU… named to the ECAC honor roll against Ohio State(4 solos- 9 assists- 13 total tackles) and West Virginia(5-6-11)…finished second on the team in tackles with 107…selected by the coaches as Defensive Tackler of the Game against Boston College(8-4-12) and Pittsburgh(season high 11-7-18)…
Sophomore year: started three games at inside linebacker after injury to starter Derek Ward (Missouri, Colgate, Navy)…named to the ECAC honor roll after a team high 12 tackles vs. Navy…had 11 tackles vs. Missouri…had 38 tackles on the season…
Freshman year: made his SU debut against Missouri…
High School: linebacker and split end for Mentor’s 1981 and ’82 Greater Cleveland Conference champions under Coach Tom Frazier…was football and track MVP…won 1982 Ohio state pole vaulting championship…top performance of 14’9…injured knee during 1984 North-South All Star game…
Personal: Daniel H. Bucey…born August 19,1965, Mentor, OH…son of David and Joyce Bucey…one brother, three sisters…hobbies include hunting and fishing…majored in marketing
Tackles Assists Total Intcpt
1987 12 26 38 0
1988 45 62 107 0
1989 41 73 114 1
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Totals 57 88 145 1
