Ron Dugans
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| Wide Receiver | |||||||||
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| Date of birth: April 27, 1977 | |||||||||
| Place of birth: Tallahassee, Florida | |||||||||
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| High school: Tallahassee (FL) Florida A&M | |||||||||
| College: Florida State | |||||||||
| NFL Draft: 2000 / Round: 3 / Pick: 66 | |||||||||
| Debuted in 2000 for the Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||
Career history
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| Stats at DatabaseFootball.com | |||||||||
Ron Dugans (born April 27, 1977) is a former wide receiver who played his 4-year NFL career with the Cincinnati Bengals. Dugans was drafted in the 3rd round of the 2000 NFL Draft by the Bengals. He signed a deal with the Houston Texans but never played with the team. Prior to joining Chris Hatcher's staff Dugans spent the 2005 and 2006 seasons with Florida State as a graduate assistant working with the wide receivers and the strength and conditioning program. In 2010 he was hired by Charlie Strong to become wide receivers coach at the University of Louisville, a position he has held since.
Early years
Personal
On September 5, 2008, a crash involving his daughter's school bus killed his daughter Ronshay, aged 8. There is now a national Don't Drive Drowsy Week (the first week of September) in honor of her death.