 Don McCauley in 1972 | |||||||||||||||
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||||||||
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| Born: | May 12, 1949 Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 211 lb (96 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Garden City (Garden City, New York) | ||||||||||||||
| College: | North Carolina | ||||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1971 / round: 1 / pick: 22 | ||||||||||||||
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Donald Frederick McCauley Jr. (born May 12, 1949) is an American former professional football player who was a running back for the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the North Carolina Tarheels from 1968 to 1970, during which time he was twice recognized as the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) player of the year. He was also consensus All-American in 1970 and finished ninth in voting for the Heisman Trophy.
Selected in the first round of the 1971 NFL draft by the Colts with a pick forfeited by the Miami Dolphins for tampering, McCauley went on to have an 11-year NFL career with the Colts.
In 2001, McCauley was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.