Dexter Bussey
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Dexter Bussey (Dexter Manley Bussey) was born on March 11, 1952 in Dallas, Texas. After going to high school at John F. Kennedy (Dallas, TX), Bussey attended the University of Oklahoma and the University of Texas-Arlington. Bussey made his professional debut in the NFL in 1974 with the Detroit Lions. He played for the Detroit Lions for his entire 11 year career.
Most people believe that 1978 was Dexter Bussey's best year, as he ran for 924 yards and ran in 5 TDs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Rushing Stats
| 1974
| DET
| NFL
| 11
| 9
| 22
| 2.4
| 0
| 9
|
| 1975
| DET
| NFL
| 13
| 157
| 696
| 4.4
| 2
| 32t
|
| 1976
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 196
| 858
| 4.4
| 3
| 46
|
| 1977
| DET
| NFL
| 8
| 85
| 338
| 4
| 4
| 31
|
| 1978
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 225
| 924
| 4.1
| 5
| 36
|
| 1979
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 144
| 625
| 4.3
| 1
| 38
|
| 1980
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 145
| 720
| 5
| 3
| 40
|
| 1981
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 105
| 446
| 4.2
| 0
| 23
|
| 1982
| DET
| NFL
| 9
| 48
| 136
| 2.8
| 0
| 10
|
| 1983
| DET
| NFL
| 15
| 57
| 249
| 4.4
| 0
| 26
|
| 1984
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 32
| 91
| 2.8
| 0
| 18
|
| 11 year NFL career
| 150
| 1203
| 5105
| 4.2
| 18
| 0
|
[edit] Receiving Stats
| 1974
| DET
| NFL
| 11
| 4
| 24
| 6
| 0
| 8
|
| 1975
| DET
| NFL
| 13
| 14
| 175
| 12.5
| 2
| 65t
|
| 1976
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 28
| 218
| 7.8
| 0
| 27
|
| 1977
| DET
| NFL
| 8
| 11
| 116
| 10.5
| 1
| 39
|
| 1978
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 31
| 275
| 8.9
| 1
| 18t
|
| 1979
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 15
| 102
| 6.8
| 0
| 22
|
| 1980
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 39
| 364
| 9.3
| 0
| 30
|
| 1981
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 18
| 92
| 5.1
| 0
| 16
|
| 1982
| DET
| NFL
| 9
| 16
| 138
| 8.6
| 0
| 21
|
| 1983
| DET
| NFL
| 15
| 8
| 49
| 6.1
| 1
| 14t
|
| 1984
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 9
| 63
| 7
| 0
| 19
|
| 11 year NFL career
| 150
| 193
| 1616
| 8.4
| 5
| 0
|
[edit] Kick Return Stats
| 1974
| DET
| NFL
| 11
| 5
| 59
| 11.8
| 21
| 0
|
| 1975
| DET
| NFL
| 13
| 2
| 38
| 19
| 22
| 0
|
| 1976
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 1
| 14
| 14
| 14
| 0
|
| 1977
| DET
| NFL
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1978
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1979
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1980
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1981
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1982
| DET
| NFL
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1983
| DET
| NFL
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 11 year NFL career
| 150
| 8
| 111
| 13.9
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fumble Recovery Stats
| 1974
| DET
| NFL
| 11
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1975
| DET
| NFL
| 13
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1976
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1977
| DET
| NFL
| 8
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1978
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1979
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1980
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1981
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1982
| DET
| NFL
| 9
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1983
| DET
| NFL
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 11 year NFL career
| 150
| 36
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
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