Jeffery Michael Buckey (born August 7, 1974) is a former professional

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wit ...

player who played

offensive lineman In gridiron football, a lineman is a player who specializes in play at the line of scrimmage. The linemen of the team currently in possession of the ball are the offensive line, while linemen on the opposing team are the defensive line. A numb ...

for four seasons for the

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and

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. Jeff Buckey NFL & AFL Football Statistics - Pro-Football-Reference.com
/ref> He was drafted in the seventh round of the

1996 NFL Draft The 1996 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 20–21, 1996, at the Paramount ...

with the 230th overall pick. He is California state discus record holder for juniors, posting a top ten all time California throw of 210 feet. Jeff credits much of his success to the people who stuck with him during his rookie year, when he began starting for the

under

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coach Jimmy Johnson.

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