Don McCauley

Don McCauley
Career information
No. 23
Date of birth	(1949-05-12) May 12, 1949
Place of birth	Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Position(s)	Running back
College	North Carolina
NFL draft	1971 / Round: 1 / Pick 22
Career history
As player
1971–1981	Baltimore Colts
Career stats
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com
College Football Hall of Fame

Don McCauley (born May 12, 1949) is a former American football player. He was a running back for the University of North Carolina from 1968 to 1970 and he attended Garden City High School in Garden City, New York.

McCauley was a two-time First Team All-Conference selection and two-time Conference Player of the Year. He garnered the 1971 ACC Athlete of the Year award. He broke many rushing records. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2001.

The versatile McCauley contributed to the team as a receiver, rusher, kick returner, and punter, leading the team in most categories. In 1970 he led the nation in rushing with 1,720 yards and all-purpose running with 2,021 yards. His 1,720 yards rushing broke the NCAA record and continues to withstand the test of time ranking as the second highest total in ACC history and the highest at North Carolina. A consensus All-America selection and team captain his senior year, McCauley led the conference in scoring with 21 touchdowns for 126 points and continues to hold numerous school records. His career statistics include 5,014 all-purpose yards, 3,172 rushing yards, 786 yards receiving, and 1,056 yards on kick returns. He also led the team in punting with 48 punts for 1,845 yards—a 38.4 yard average.

With the acquisition of the Miami Dolphins first round draft pick, awarded to them as compensation for tampering in the hiring of then head coach of the Colts, Don Shula, Baltimore selected McCauley in the first round (22nd overall) in the 1971 NFL draft.

McCauley played 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Baltimore Colts.

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1970 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense	QB Jim Plunkett RB Don McCauley RB Steve Worster E Tom Gatewood E Ernie Jennings E Elmo Wright OT Dan Dierdorf OT Bob Newton OT Bobby Wuensch G Larry DiNardo G Chip Kell C Don Popplewell

Defense	DE Bill Atessis DE Charlie Weaver DE Jack Youngblood DT Dick Bumpas DT Rock Perdoni NG Jim Stillwagon LB Mike Anderson LB Jack Ham DB Tommy Casanova DB Dave Elmendorf DB Jack Tatum DB Larry Willingham

1971 NFL draft first-round selections

Jim Plunkett Archie Manning Dan Pastorini J. D. Hill Richard Harris John Riggins Joe Profit Frank Lewis John Brockington Isiah Robertson Joe Moore Marv Montgomery Leon Burns Clarence Scott Vernon Holland Elmo Wright Norm Thompson Rocky Thompson Jack Tatum Jack Youngblood Bob Bell Don McCauley Tim Anderson Leo Hayden Tody Smith Lenny Dunlap

Baltimore Colts 1971 NFL draft selections

Don McCauley Lenny Dunlap Bill Atessis Karl Douglas John Andrews Ken Frith Gordon Bowdell Willie Bogan Bill Burnett Rex Kern Dave Jones Bobby Wuensch Bill Triplett Tom Neville Mike Mikolayunas Mike Hogan Rich Harrington Don Nottingham

Baltimore / Indianapolis Colts first-round draft picks

Vessels Davidson Shaw Ameche Moore Parker Lyles Burkett Mix Matte Harris Vogel Woodson Curtis Ball Smith Detwiler Williams Hinton Bulaich McCauley Dunlap Drougas Jones Ehrmann Dutton Carr Huff Novak Burke McCall Krauss Dickey Hatchett McMillan Thompson Cooks Schlichter Elway Coleman Solt Bickett Hand Bennett Rison George Emtman Coryatt Dawkins Faulk Alberts Ellis Johnson Harrison Glenn Manning James Morris Wayne Freeney Clark Jackson Addai Gonzalez Brown Hughes Castonzo Luck Werner Dorsett

AFC East BUF MIA NE NYJ North BAL CIN CLE PIT South HOU IND JAX TEN West DEN KC OAK SD NFC East DAL NYG PHI WAS North CHI DET GB MIN South ATL CAR NO TB West ARI LA SF SEA

ACC Athlete of the Year

Athlete of the Year	1954: Joel Shankle 1955: Dickie Hemric 1956: Dave Sime 1957: Lennie Rosenbluth 1958: Dick Christy 1959: Lou Pucillo 1960: Mike McGee 1961: Roman Gabriel 1962: Len Chappell 1963: Art Heyman 1964: Jeff Mullins 1965: Brian Piccolo 1966: Danny Talbott 1967: Bobby Bryant 1968: Larry Miller 1969: Frank Quayle 1970: Charlie Scott 1971: Don McCauley 1972: Barry Parkhill 1973: David Thompson 1974: Tony Waldrop 1975: David Thompson 1976: John Lucas 1977: Phil Ford 1978: Phil Ford 1979: Renaldo Nehemiah 1980: Julie Shea 1981: Julie Shea 1982: James Worthy 1983: Ralph Sampson 1984: Michael Jordan 1985: B. J. Surhoff 1986: Len Bias 1987: Riccardo Ingram 1988: Danny Ferry 1989: Danny Ferry

Male Athlete of the Year	1990: Clarkston Hines 1991: Christian Laettner 1992: Christian Laettner 1993: Charlie Ward 1994: Charlie Ward 1995: Randolph Childress 1996: Kris Benson 1997: Tim Duncan 1998: Antawn Jamison 1999: Elton Brand 2000: Joe Hamilton 2001: Shane Battier 2002: Juan Dixon 2003: Chris Rotelli 2004: Philip Rivers 2005: Sean May 2006: J. J. Redick 2007: Walter Dix 2008: Tyler Hansbrough 2009: Matt Hill 2010: Ned Crotty 2011: Ngoni Makusha 2012: Luke Kuechly 2013: Jarmere Jenkins 2014: Jameis Winston 2015: Laken Tomlinson

Female Athlete of the Year	1990: Shannon Higgins 1991: Dawn Staley 1992: Dawn Staley 1993: Mia Hamm 1994: Beverly Smith 1995: Tisha Venturini 1996: Kelly Amonte Hiller 1997: Sarah Forbes 1998: Vanessa Webb 1999: Cindy Parlow 2000: Jen Adams 2001: Jen Adams 2002: Bea Bielik 2003: Alana Beard 2004: Alana Beard 2005: Kelly Dostal 2006: Paula Infante 2007: Lindsey Harding 2008: Angela Tincher 2009: Casey Nogueira 2010: Whitney Engen 2011: Katie O'Donnell 2012: Rebecca Ward 2013: Crystal Dunn 2014: Alyssa Thomas 2015: Morgan Brian

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Don McCauley

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