John Hagy

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John Hagy
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Position: Defensive back
Personal information
Born: (1965-12-09) December 9, 1965 (age 57)
Okinawa, Japan
Height:5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school: San Antonio (TX) John Marshall
College: Texas
NFL Draft: 1988  / Round: 8 / Pick: 204 [1]
Career history
Career highlights and awards
  • 1990 AFC Champion
  • All-American Honorable Mention (1987)
  • 1st team All-Southwest Conference (1987)
  • 1987 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl Champion
Career NFL statistics
Games played:28
Player stats at PFR

John Kevin Hagy (born December 9, 1965) is a former professional American football player who spent three seasons in the National Football League with the Buffalo Bills as a defensive back from 1988 to 1990, including a trip to Super Bowl XXV. Prior to that he played for four season at the University of Texas where he was an All-American Honorable Mention and nicknamed "the Hitman". [3]

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College career

Hagy played for Texas for four seasons as a safety and punt returner. During his senior year at Texas in 1987, Hagy was a team captain and earned All-Southwest Conference and All-American Honorable Mention honors as a safety; [4] and he became the first UT defensive player to score touchdowns on a punt return and an interception return in the same game. [5] He also helped the team to a win in the 1987 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl.

Pro Career

In 1988, Hagy was drafted by the Bills in the eighth round of the NFL Draft. [6] In his first season he made a challenge for the starting free safety position, but suffered a season-ending knee injury in September. [7] At the end of the 1990 season, in which he had all 11 of his starts, he played in Super Bowl XXV. The Bills lost in what would be his last game. In the spring of 1991, he was signed as a free agent by the Houston Oilers, but was released during training camp. [8] Before the 1992 season, he was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs but was again cut before the season started. [8] In 1993 he was again signed in the offseason and released before the season started, this time by the Seattle Seahawks and to the retired list. [8]

Hagy appeared in a total of 28 career games, including 11 starts during which he recorded 2 interceptions for 23 yards. [9]

After retiring from football, he returned to Austin and became a home builder. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ NFL Draft History (1988)
  2. ↑ John Hagy Player Profile
  3. ↑ Wangrin, Mark (October 25, 1985). "Longhorns' Hagy leaves hitting for football field". Austin American-Statesman . p. 112. Retrieved July 28, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "The 1987 United Press International All-America college football team". 9 December 1987. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Bill Little commentary: The fifth brick" . Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "1988 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-09-23.
  7. ↑ "NFL Injury Report". UPI. 29 September 1988. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  8. 1 2 3 "John Hagy - Transactions" . Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  9. ↑ The ESPN Pro Football Encyclopedia (first ed.). Sterling Publishing. 2007. p.  280. ISBN   978-1-4027-4216-3.


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