Dan Buckner (born May 31, 1990) is an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He played

college football College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States. Unlike most ...

at the

University of Arizona The University of Arizona (Arizona, U of A, UArizona, or UA) is a public land-grant research university in Tucson, Arizona. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, it was the first university in the Arizona Territory. T ...

, and before that for the

University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,075 ...

where he played in the

2010 BCS National Championship Game The 2010 Citi BCS National Championship Game was a college football bowl game to determine the national champion of the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season, and was played between the Texas Longhorns and the Alabama Crimson Tide. It was ...

. Buckner has also been a member of the

Arizona Cardinals The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The Cardinals compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) West division, and play t ...

Tampa Bay Buccaneers The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football team based in Tampa, Florida. The Buccaneers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) NFC South, South divisio ...

and the

Ottawa Redblacks The Ottawa Redblacks (officially stylized as REDBLACKS) ( French: Le Rouge et Noir d'Ottawa) are a professional Canadian football team based in Ottawa, Ontario. The team plays in the East Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Startin ...

Professional career

Arizona Cardinals

On April 27, 2013, he signed with the

as an undrafted free agent following the

2013 NFL Draft The 2013 NFL Draft was the 78th annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible football players. The draft, which is officially called the "NFL Player Selection Meeting", was held at Radio City Music Hall in ...

. He was released on September 21, 2013.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

On September 24, 2013, he was signed to the

' practice squad.

Ottawa Redblacks

Buckner signed with the

on October 7, 2014. Buckner dressed for 2 games with the RedBlacks, but did not catch any passes.

Calgary Stampeders

On January 15, 2015, the Ottawa RedBlacks traded LB

Jasper Simmons Jasper Simmons (born August 20, 1989) is a Canadian football linebacker. He played for the Calgary Stampeders and the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Missouri. College career Simmons attended ...

and Dan Buckner to the Stampeders in exchange for WR

Maurice Price Maurice Price (born September 11, 1985) is a former gridiron football wide receiver who played for the Calgary Stampeders and Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free age ...

Arizona Rattlers

On July 8, 2015, Buckner was assigned to the Arizona Rattlers of the

Arena Football League The Arena Football League (AFL) was a professional arena football league in the United States. It was founded in 1986, but played its first official games in the 1987 season, making it the third longest-running professional football league in ...

Los Angeles KISS

On April 14, 2016, Buckner was assigned to the Los Angeles KISS. On May 24, 2016, Buckner was placed on recallable reassignment.

Arizona Rattlers

On June 6, 2016, Buckner was assigned to the Rattlers.

References

External links

Just Sports Stats

Arizona Cardinals bio

Ottawa RedBlacks bio

Calgary Stampeders bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Buckner, Dan Living people American football wide receivers Canadian football wide receivers African-American players of American football African-American players of Canadian football Arizona Cardinals players Tampa Bay Buccaneers players 1990 births People from Allen, Texas Players of American football from Texas Arizona Wildcats football players Texas Longhorns football players Arizona Rattlers players Ottawa Redblacks players Calgary Stampeders players Los Angeles Kiss players