Defensive line, Oregon, 2012–15
DeForest Buckner
- Number
- No. 44
- Height
- 6′7″
- Hometown
- Waianae, HI
- Born
- Mar 17, 1994, in Waianae, Hawaii
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DeForest Buckner played defensive line at Oregon (2012–15). The San Francisco 49ers took Buckner in the first round, No. 7 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
- 2014Second-team All-Pac-12
- 2015Pac-12 Pat Tillman Defensive Player of the Year
- 2015Pac-12 Morris Trophy (defense)
Team titles: Pac-12 champions, 2014
All-America: AP second team 2015; USA Today 2015
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Returns
Rushing
| Season | Team | Car | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Oregon | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | PBU | FF | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013N | 13 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 | – |
| On file | 28 | 40 | 68 | 6 | 3.5 | 1 | 1 | – | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2015 Oregon 1 game, 10 rushing yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | KR | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2 ✦ | vs. TCU | L 41–47 | – | – | – |
2014 Oregon 1 game, 1 return, 10 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | KR | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. South Dakota | W 62–13 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
2012 Oregon 1 game, 1 return, 3 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | KR | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10 | at California | W 59–17 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2016 | Combine or pro day 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′7″ | |
| Weight | 291 lb | |
| Arm length | 34⅜″ | |
| Hand size | 11¾″ | |
| Wingspan | 82″W | |
| 40-yard dash | 5.05 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.77 s | |
| Vertical jump | 32″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′8″ | |
| Bench press | 21 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.51 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.47 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
11 seasons, 154 games with a stat; latest team: Indianapolis Colts.
Pro Bowls: 3 (2018, 2021, 2023) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 2020 · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2019
All-Pro teams: AP first team 2020; AP second team 2019; Pro Football Writers first team 2020.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | San Francisco 49ers | 15 | 68 | 6 | 0 |
| 2017 | San Francisco 49ers | 15 | 52 | 3 | 0 |
| 2018 | San Francisco 49ers | 16 | 59 | 12 | 0 |
| 2019 | San Francisco 49ers | 16 | 62 | 7.5 | 0 |
| 2020 | Indianapolis Colts | 15 | 49 | 9.5 | 0 |
| 2021 | Indianapolis Colts | 17 | 56 | 7 | 0 |
| 2022 | Indianapolis Colts | 16 | 64 | 8 | 0 |
| 2023 | Indianapolis Colts | 17 | 71 | 8 | 0 |
| 2024 | Indianapolis Colts | 12 | 57 | 6.5 | 0 |
| 2025 | Indianapolis Colts | 10 | 47 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026 (so far) | Indianapolis Colts | 5 | 24 | 4 | 0 |
| NFL career | 154 | 609 | 75.5 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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