Don McCauley
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| Position | Running back | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | May 12, 1949 Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 211 lb (96 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school | Garden City (Garden City, New York) | ||||||||||||||
| College | North Carolina | ||||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 1971: 1st round, 22nd overall pick | ||||||||||||||
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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, 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.