Max Bullough
{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1992)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Max Bullough
| image = Max Bullough.JPG
| caption = Bullough with the Houston Texans
| current_team = Notre Dame Fighting Irish
| number =
| position = Linebackers coach
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|2|11}}
| birth_place = Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 3
| weight_lbs = 249
| high_school = Traverse City (MI) St. Francis
| college = Michigan State
| undraftedyear = 2014
| pastteams =
- Houston Texans ({{NFL Year|2014}}–{{NFL Year|2016}})
- Cleveland Browns ({{NFL Year|2018}})*
| pastcoaching =
- Cincinnati (2019)
Graduate assistant - Alabama (2020–2022)
Graduate assistant - Notre Dame (2023)
Graduate assistant - Notre Dame (2024–present)
Linebackers coach
| status =
| highlights = ;As coach
;As player
- First-team All-Big Ten (2012)
- Second-team All-Big Ten (2011)
| statlabel1 = Total tackles
| statvalue1 = 56
}}
Max Levi Bullough (born February 11, 1992) is an American football coach and former linebacker who is the linebackers coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. He played college football at Michigan State. He signed with the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL) as an undrafted free agent in 2014.
Early years
Bullough was selected to the MaxPreps All-American second-team.{{cite web | title=Michigan State Profile | work=msuspartans.com | url=http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/max_bullough_716508.html }} He was ranked 14th best linebacker prospect by SuperPrep and was ranked as the 17th best linebacker by Phil Steele. He was ranked as Michigan's Top 10 seniors by the Detroit Free Press. He was selected as the Division 7 Player of the Year by The Associated Press. He received the Ron Holland Scholar-Athlete Award. He was ranked as nation's 5th best middle linebacker prospect by Scout.com and ranked the 11th best linebacker prospect by Max Emfinger.
College career
Bullough was selected to ESPN.com's Big Ten All-Freshman Team before the season. He finished the season with 23 Tackles, half sack and an Interception.
Bullough was selected to the Second-team All-Big Ten in his sophomore season. He was selected to the CollegeFootballNews.com All-Sophomore second-team following the season.{{cite web | title=2011 CFN All-Sophomore Team – Defense & ST | work=scout.com | url=http://cfn.scout.com/2/1138931.html |access-date=December 15, 2011}} He was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District V Team and was named to the Academic All-Big Ten.
In 2012, Bullough was selected to the First-team All-Big Ten by coaches. He also was named to the first-team All-Big Ten by Phil Steele and second-team ESPN.com All-Big Ten. He was named an honorable mention All-American by Pro Football Weekly.{{cite web|title=PFW 2012 All-America team |work=profootballweekly.com |url=http://www.profootballweekly.com/2012/12/11/pfw-2012-all-america-team |access-date=December 11, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215122832/http://www.profootballweekly.com/2012/12/11/pfw-2012-all-america-team |archive-date=December 15, 2012 }}{{cite web | title=Pro Football Weekly All-American team | work=ESPN.com | url=https://www.espn.com/blog/pac12/post/_/id/51062/pro-football-weekly-all-american-team |access-date=December 12, 2012}}
In 2013 as a senior, he was named team captain for the second consecutive year and was selected to the first-team All-Big Ten by coaches. He was selected to the NFF Scholar-Athlete of the Year and to the All-America third-team. Bullough finished his last year with 76 tackles, 9.5 for loss {{cite web | title=Max Bullough Named to 2013 NFF Scholar-Athlete Class | work=msuspartans.com | url=http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/103113aaa.html |access-date=October 31, 2013}}
Bullough was suspended for the 2014 Rose Bowl by head coach Mark Dantonio following the 2013 regular season for a violation of team rules. His last game for the Spartans was the 2013 Big Ten Championship when Michigan State beat #2 and undefeated Ohio State to win the Big Ten Championship and a Rose Bowl berth. The Spartans (a 4.5-point underdog) ended up winning the 100th Rose Bowl over Stanford 24–20, capping off one of the best seasons in Michigan State football history.{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/bigten/2013/12/26/max-bullough-michigan-state-spartans-stanford-cardinal-rose-bowl/4203901/|title=Michigan State suspends LB Max Bullough for Rose Bowl}}
Professional career
=Houston Texans=
On May 16, 2014, Bullough signed with the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent.{{cite web | title=Houston Texans sign Max Bullough | work=houstontexans.com | url=http://www.houstontexans.com/team/roster/max-bullough/fbacd151-d624-4f1b-8fe2-6493e3cf1930}} After being cut on August 30, 2014, the Houston Texans signed Max Bullough to their practice squad on September 1, 2014, after he went unclaimed.{{Cite web|title = Houston Texans: Max Bullough|url = http://www.houstontexans.com/team/roster/Max-Bullough/fbacd151-d624-4f1b-8fe2-6493e3cf1930|website = www.houstontexans.com|access-date = January 3, 2016}} On November 30, 2014, Bullough made his NFL debut against the Tennessee Titans.{{Cite web|title = Max Bullough: Game Logs at NFL.com|url = http://www.nfl.com/player/maxbullough/2550547/gamelogs?season=2014|website = www.nfl.com|access-date = January 3, 2016}} In the 2015 season, Bullough was promoted to the active roster along with former Michigan State teammate safety Kurtis Drummond. The Texans made Bullough a starter at linebacker for their 2015 game against the Titans.
On May 4, 2017, Bullough was suspended for the first four games of the 2017 season for violating the NFL policy on performance-enhancing substances.{{cite web|title=Texans LB Max Bullough suspended for violating PED policy|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/19310992/houston-texans-lb-max-bullough-suspended-peds|author=Barshop, Sarah|website=ESPN.com|date=May 4, 2017}} On June 2, 2017, he was released by the Texans.{{cite web|title=Texans cut Keith Mumphery, Max Bullough|url=http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2017/06/02/texans-cut-keith-mumphery-max-bullough/|author=Alper, Josh|website=ProFootballTalk.NBCSports.com|date=June 2, 2017}}
=Cleveland Browns=
On January 11, 2018, Bullough signed a reserve/future contract with the Cleveland Browns.{{cite web|title=Browns sign 6 players|url=http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/news/article-5/Browns-sign-6-players/6f02c4f5-eb20-48e5-b295-882f9ae7a673|website=ClevelandBrowns.com|date=January 11, 2018|access-date=January 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111205759/http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/news/article-5/Browns-sign-6-players/6f02c4f5-eb20-48e5-b295-882f9ae7a673|archive-date=January 11, 2018|url-status=dead}} He was waived by the Browns on April 12, 2018.{{cite web|title=Browns release 7 players|url=http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/news/article-5/Browns-release-7-players/66bb8ce1-785f-4839-8fd5-b35fc0c21fd4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616103806/http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/news/article-5/Browns-release-7-players/66bb8ce1-785f-4839-8fd5-b35fc0c21fd4|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 16, 2018|website=ClevelandBrowns.com|date=April 12, 2018}}
Coaching career
Bullough joined the staff at Cincinnati as a graduate assistant in 2019.{{Cite web|title=Max Bullough – Graduate Assistant – Defense – Football Support Staff|url=https://gobearcats.com/sports/football/roster/staff/max-bullough/22|access-date=September 4, 2021|website=University of Cincinnati Athletics|language=en}}
In 2020, Bullough joined the Alabama Crimson Tide football staff as a graduate assistant where he would win the national championship.{{cite web|last=Zenitz|first=Matt|url=https://www.al.com/alabamafootball/2020/02/alabama-adds-former-nfl-lb-as-graduate-assistant.html|title=Alabama adds former NFL LB as graduate assistant|publisher=AL.com|date=February 27, 2020|access-date=February 27, 2020}}{{Cite web|date=February 27, 2020|title=Alabama adds former Michigan State standout Max Bullough to program’s coaching staff|url=https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/alabama-football/max-bullough-crimson-tide-michigan-state-houston-texans-coaching-staff/|access-date=September 4, 2021|website=Saturday Down South|language=en-US}}
Personal life
Bullough's parents are Shane and LeeAnn Bullough. His father Shane was a linebacker at Michigan State from 1983–1986. He has two younger brothers, Riley and Byron, and a younger sister, Holly. Riley has played in the NFL for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Tennessee Titans, while Byron also played for the Spartans (2016–2018). Holly ran track and cross country at Michigan State.{{citation |url=https://msuspartans.com/sports/cross-country/roster/holly-bullough/9027|title=Holly Bullough – Cross Country}}
Bullough married fiancé Bailee in Traverse City on July 2, 2016;{{cite news|last=DeCamp|first=Scott|url=https://www.mlive.com/spartans/2016/09/bullough_name_synonymous_with.html|title=Michigan State in Bullough siblings' blood, but don't forget Morse/Notre Dame ties|newspaper=Booth Newspapers|date=September 15, 2016|access-date=February 27, 2020}} they had been engaged since Christmas Eve in 2015.
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External links
- [http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/max_bullough_716508.html Michigan State bio]
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