Doug Hudson
American football player (born 1964)
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Benjamin Douglas Hudson (born September 11, 1964)[1] is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He graduated from Gulf Breeze High School and played college football for the Nicholls State Colonels [2]
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
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| Position | Quarterback | ||||||||
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| Born | September 11, 1964 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 201 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Gulf Breeze (FL) | ||||||||
| College | Nicholls State | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1987: 7th round, 186th overall pick | ||||||||
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Hudson is best known for a one-play gaffe resulting in a safety.[3] It is the only recorded statistic of his career.[1]
Hudson, selected by Kansas City in the 1987 NFL draft, was the last quarterback drafted by the Chiefs to start a game until Brodie Croyle started in 2007.[4][5] Hudson was one of five quarterbacks to start a game for the Chiefs in 1987 following a strike by the National Football League Players Association.[6]
Hudson played only five minutes in his only game against the Denver Broncos, and he threw one pass for an incompletion.[7] He was tackled by the Broncos' Jim Ryan,[8] and fumbled the hand-off in the end zone. Hudson recovered the ball but it was recorded as a safety.[7][8] The next time the Chiefs had the ball, Hudson was replaced at quarterback by Matt Stevens and Hudson never played another game in the league.[7]
