Douglas Terrell Buckley was born on June 7,1971 and is an American football coach and former player.
27 Facts About Terrell Buckley
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Terrell Buckley is the head football coach for Mississippi Valley State University, a position he has held since 2025.
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Terrell Buckley played as a cornerback in the National Football League.
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Terrell Buckley played college football for the Florida State Seminoles, earning unanimous All-American honors in 1991.
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Terrell Buckley's career interception yardage total of 501 is an NCAA record.
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Terrell Buckley tied school records for touchdowns off interception returns and punt returns.
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Terrell Buckley was named first-team All-American and won Jim Thorpe Award, given annually to nation's top cornerback, as a junior.
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Terrell Buckley led the nation with 12 interceptions for 238 yards and two touchdowns.
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Terrell Buckley was named second-team All-American by Associated Press, The Sporting News and The Football News as a junior.
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Terrell Buckley finished seventh in the Heisman voting in 1991.
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Terrell Buckley played two years of varsity baseball and was a sprinter on the outdoor track team for one year.
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Terrell Buckley was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the first round of the 1992 NFL draft with the fifth overall pick.
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Terrell Buckley is one of only two players with 50+ interceptions to never make a Pro Bowl.
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Terrell Buckley had at least one interception in 13 consecutive seasons.
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Terrell Buckley won a Super Bowl ring one week later in the win over the St Louis Rams.
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Terrell Buckley got his coaching start after earning his undergraduate degree from Florida State in 2007.
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Finally getting his first on-the-field coaching position, Terrell Buckley was hired by his collegiate head coach's son, Terry Bowden, at the University of Akron in January 2012 to coach cornerbacks.
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On January 7,2016, Terrell Buckley was hired as the safeties coach at Mississippi State University.
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On January 18,2020, Terrell Buckley was hired as cornerbacks coach at Ole Miss by Lane Kiffin, the new head coach.
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Terrell Buckley was hired for his success in both recruiting and developing elite talent both on and off the field, and for grooming NFL talent.
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On July 25,2022, the XFL confirmed a franchise in Orlando, Florida with Terrell Buckley announced as head coach.
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Terrell Buckley was hired as the head football coach at Mississippi Valley State University, a historically black college, on January 21,2025.
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Terrell Buckley is a distant cousin of the late Chicago Bears running back Walter Payton.
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Terrell Buckley majored in theater with a minor in political science in college, and played baseball in the Atlanta Braves organization prior to reporting to Green Bay's training camp in July 1994.
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Terrell Buckley has participated in events benefiting the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
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Terrell Buckley has worked on behalf of the national Feed the Children campaign.
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Terrell Buckley assisted in building a house in Little Haiti for Habitat for Humanity during the 1999 offseason.