Alex Buzbee
 Buzbee in 2009 with the Washington Redskins | |||||||
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| Position: | Defensive end | ||||||
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| Born: | November 27, 1985 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 265 lb (120 kg) | ||||||
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| High school: | West Orange (NJ) Seton Hall | ||||||
| College: | Georgetown | ||||||
| Undrafted: | 2007 | ||||||
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Alex Franklin Buzbee (born November 27, 1985) is an American former professional football defensive end. He played for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL) and Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was signed by the Redskins as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football at Georgetown.
Early life
[edit]Buzbee played for Seton Hall Prep in West Orange, New Jersey.[1][2]
College career
[edit]Buzbee was as a four-year starter at Georgetown where he totaled 27.5 career sacks, which ranks second all-time at Georgetown. He was First-team All-Patriot League as a senior and Honorable mention All- America selection by the Don Hansen Football Gazette. As a senior in 2006 he had 75 tackles (30 solo), 13 tackles for loss, and one forced fumble and led the Patriot League with 5.5 sacks. In 2006, he was Second-team All-Patriot League after starting all 11 games and making 44 tackles (29 solo), 12.5 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks and two forced fumbles. In 2004, he Second-team All-Patriot League as he tied for the league and team in lead in sacks with 10.5 and finished the year with 12.5 tackles for loss, and totaled 39 tackles forced two fumbles on the season. In 2003, he played 11 games, made 28 tackles, including 7.5 for a loss and had five sacks.
Professional career
[edit]For more than 50 years, former Redskin Jim Ricca was the last Georgetown University graduate to play in the NFL. The promotion of Buzbee from the Washington Redskins practice squad to the active roster on December 19, 2007 ended the 51-year drought of Hoyas in the league. Ricca played for Georgetown from 1947 to 1949.[3]
In his first year with the Redskins, Buzbee did not play in any games although he was listed as active for three. During the 2008 training camp, Buzbee ruptured his Achilles' tendon and missed the entire season.[4] His injury, along with the season-ending injury of fellow defensive end Phillip Daniels, prompted the Redskins to trade for Jason Taylor of the Miami Dolphins.
Buzbee was released from the team on September 5, 2009 on cut day.
On February 22, 2010, Buzbee signed with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.
References
[edit]- ^ Himmelsbach, Adam. "Georgetown Honors Player and Helps a Family Heal", The New York Times, September 9, 2006. Accessed October 14, 2007. "On the other side of the Hudson River, 16-year-old Alex Buzbee sat in a Spanish class and stared through a fourth-floor window at Seton Hall Prep, which sits atop a hill in West Orange, N.J."
- ^ Alex Buzbee profile Archived November 8, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, CSTV. Accessed October 14, 2007.
- ^ "Georgetown University Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on November 7, 2007. Retrieved August 3, 2007.
- ^ Wise, Mike (July 21, 2008). "Mike Wise - Dancing With Yet Another Star". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
External links
[edit]- 1985 births
- Living people
- American football defensive ends
- Players of Canadian football from New Jersey
- Georgetown Hoyas football players
- People from Chester Township, New Jersey
- Players of American football from Morris County, New Jersey
- Players of American football from Memphis, Tennessee
- Players of Canadian football from Memphis, Tennessee
- Seton Hall Preparatory School alumni
- Toronto Argonauts players