Danny Peebles

Danny Peebles

No. 83, 80
Position:	Wide receiver
Personal information
Date of birth:	May 30, 1966
Place of birth:	Raleigh, North Carolina
Height:	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:	180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
High school:	Raleigh (NC) Broughton
College:	North Carolina State
NFL draft:	1989 / Round: 2 / Pick: 33
Career history
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1989–1990) Cleveland Browns (1991)
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

Daniel Percy Peebles (born May 30, 1966) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Cleveland Browns. Peebles attended North Carolina State. Danny's first three receptions as an NFL rookie in 89' averaged 28.3 yards. As a senior, Danny caught 23 passes for 439 yards, including a 75 yard TD catch in the Peach Bowl.

Personal

He has four children: Damiya, Danny (D.J), Dylan, and Jada. He currently resides in Raleigh. Danny's oldest daughter Damiya, is an alumna of Meredith College in Raleigh, North Carolina.

In a game against the Houston Oilers at the Astrodome, on November 17, 1991, Peebles was involved in a helmet-to-helmet collision with Bubba McDowell. He suffered from loss of feeling and movement in his arms and legs for approximately 10 minutes after being hit during a third-quarter pass.^[1] Peebles retired from the NFL on Dec 3, 1991.^[2]

References

1. Browns` Peebles Calls It Quits, Chicago Tribune, 4 December 1991
2. Browns' Peebles takes retirement after neck injury jHC, Baltimore Sun, 4 December 1991

External links

• NFL.com player page