Benjamin Franklin "Buck" Belue played

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and

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at the

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from 1978 to 1981. He was the

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for the

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in 1980, when the team went 12–0, and, after beating

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in the

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, was named the consensus national champion. One of the key plays in the 1980 season was a 93-yard

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pass from Belue to wide receiver Lindsay Scott that led to a victory over the

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, which was at one time tied with two other passing plays as the longest passing touchdown in Georgia history. This record was later broken by Aaron Murray's 98-yard touchdown pass to Reggie Davis in Georgia's victory over North Texas in 2013. Belue was named captain of the 1981 team. Belue also lettered in baseball all four years at Georgia. His career batting average at Georgia was .356 and he went on to play three years in the

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organization. Belue also played during the 1984 and 1985 seasons at quarterback for the Jacksonville Bulls of the USFL. After the demise of the USFL, Belue spent two years on the football coaching staff at Valdosta State University, serving as an offensive assistant. Since 2000, Belue has been a

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host with WCNN in

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. For twenty years, he co-hosted ''Buck and Kincade'' mostly during mid-days with

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. In September 2020, the show was recast as ''Buck and Hut'', pairing Belue with fellow former

quarterback Hutson Mason after Kincade was laid off by the station. Belue was also inducted into the Georgia-Florida Hall of Fame in 1996. Then in July 2021, Hutson Mason became one of five co-hosts of ''The Locker Room'', leaving Belue with his own show called ''The Buck Belue Show'' on WCNN. He is also the only quarterback to start all four years for the Valdosta Wildcats where he was inducted as a member of the Valdosta High School Hall of Fame in 2007.

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