Barney Bussey
{{Short description|American football player (born 1962)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Barney Bussey
| number = 8, 27
| position = Safety
Linebacker
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|5|20|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Lincolnton, Georgia, U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lb = 210
| high_school = Lincoln Co.
(Lincolnton, Georgia)
| college = South Carolina State
| draftyear = 1984
| draftround = 5
| draftpick = 119
| pastteams =
- Memphis Showboats ({{USFL Year|1984}}–{{USFL Year|1985}})
- Cincinnati Bengals ({{NFL Year|1986|1992}})
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers ({{NFL Year|1993|1995}})
| statlabel1 = Tackles
| statvalue1 = 395
| statlabel2 = Sacks
| statvalue2 = 13.0
| statlabel3 = Interceptions
| statvalue3 = 10
| pfr = B/BussBa20
}}
Barney Bussey (born May 20, 1962) is an American former professional football safety.
Biography
Bussey was born in Lincolnton, Georgia. He attended high school at Lincoln County High School in Lincolnton where he was a major reason behind Lincoln County's defensive success in the late 1970s. Bussey played both offense and defense. In 1979, he was named to the Class AA All-State team. Bussey then attended South Carolina State University, where he became a Division I-AA All-American Defensive Back.{{cite news |last1=Bleakley |first1=Gage |title=Bussey picked as MEAC's top defensive player |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-and-democrat-bussey-picked-as/172957407/ |access-date=23 May 2025 |work=The Times and Democrat |date=29 November 1983 |location=Orangeburg, South Carolina |page=6a}}
After college, Bussey was selected in the 1st round (8th overall) of the 1984 USFL Draft by the Memphis Showboats in January 1984. Four months later he was selected in the 5th round (119th overall) in the 1984 NFL Draft. Bussey then signed with the USFL Showboats on May 8, 1984, and spent two seasons with Memphis. He was a key member of a defensive unit that featured future Hall of Fame DE Reggie White and led the club to the USFL Semi-Finals in 1985.
After the USFL folded in August 1986, he went on to play ten seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the National Football League.{{cite news |last1=Kinney |first1=Terry |title=Good guy finishes first |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-state-good-guy-finishes-first/172957482/ |access-date=23 May 2025 |work=The State |agency=Associated Press |date=25 November 1990 |location=Columbia, South Carolina |page={{nobr|8-C}}}}{{cite news |last1=Babineau |first1=Jeff |title=Bussey happy to be Tampa Bay's 'Bucko' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-orlando-sentinel-bussey-happy-to-be/172957530/ |access-date=23 May 2025 |work=The Orlando Sentinel |date=25 August 1994 |location=Orlando, Florida |page={{nobr|D-4}}}}
References
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Category:American football safeties
Category:Cincinnati Bengals players
Category:Tampa Bay Buccaneers players
Category:South Carolina State Bulldogs football players
Category:Memphis Showboats players
Category:People from Lincolnton, Georgia
Category:Players of American football from Lincoln County, Georgia