American football player
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||
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| Born: | (1956-02-03) February 3, 1956 (age 68) Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Wichita Falls (TX) | ||||||||
| College: | Nebraska | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1979 / round: 3 / pick: 80 | ||||||||
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Richard Rickey Berns (born February 5, 1956) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the third round of the 1979 NFL draft and later played for the Los Angeles Raiders. In his final season in 1983, the Raiders won Super Bowl XVIII.
Born at Kadena Air Force Base in Japan, he played high school football in Texas at Wichita Falls and college football at Nebraska under head coach Tom Osborne.
After football, Berns returned to Texas and worked in construction management in San Antonio.
References
- "Rick Berns Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- Looney, Douglas S. (November 1978). "Nebraska was on the loose". Sports Illustrated. p. 22.
- Rasmussen, Butch (November 7, 2015). "A Husker remembers his great moments". North Platte Telegraph. (Nebraska). Retrieved December 26, 2018.
External links
- Nebraska Cornhuskers bio
- Sports Illustrated – cover – November 20, 1978
- Sports Reference – college football statistics – Rick Berns
- Career statistics from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference
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