Jim Stuckey

No. 79, 71

Position:

Defensive tackle

Personal information

Date of birth:

June 21, 1958

Place of birth:

Cayce, South Carolina

Height:

6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)

Weight:

251 lb (114 kg)

Career information

High school:

Airport High School

College:

Clemson

NFL Draft:

1980 / Round: 1 / Pick: 20

Career history

San Francisco 49ers (1980–1986)
New York Jets (1986)

Career highlights and awards

2× Super Bowl Champion (XVI, XIX)

Career NFL statistics

Games played:	93
Games started:	44
Sacks:	7.5
Safeties:	1
Fumble recoveries:	3
Player stats at NFL.com

Player stats at PFR

James Davis Stuckey (born June 21, 1958) is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons during the 1980s. Stuckey played college football for Clemson University, and was recognized as an All-American. A first-round pick in the 1980 NFL Draft, he played professionally for the San Francisco 49ers and New York Jets of the NFL.

Stuckey was born in Cayce, South Carolina. He attended Airport High School in West Columbia, South Carolina. While there from 1972-76 he played middle linebacker and tight end.

Stuckey attended Clemson University, and played for the Clemson Tigers football team from 1976 to 1979. As a senior in 1979, he earned consensus first-team All-American honors.

He was drafted in the first round of the 1980 NFL Draft by the 49ers. He was a member of the San Francisco 49ers Super Bowl XVI and Super Bowl XIX winning teams. One of his more notable accomplishments was sealing a victory over the Dallas Cowboys in the 1981 NFC title game by recovering a fumble from quarterback Danny White with less than thirty seconds left in the game. However, this is not well known to most NFL fans, as it was preceded by The Catch, which was caught by his college teammate Dwight Clark, one of the most famous plays in NFL Lore.

Recently, Stuckey has been featured on several national advertisements for Nutrisystem, along with many other ex-NFL players. Stuckey has lost more than 60 pounds on the NutriSystem diet.

1979 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense	QB Marc Wilson RB Vagas Ferguson RB Billy Sims RB Charles White WR Ken Margerum TE Junior Miller OT Greg Kolenda G Brad Budde G Jim Bunch G Ken Fritz C Jim Ritcher

Defense	DL Bruce Clark DL Hugh Green DL Steve McMichael DL Ron Simmons DL Jim Stuckey LB George Cumby LB Ron Simpkins LB Mike Singletary DB Kenny Easley DB Roland James DB Johnnie Johnson

Special teams	K Dale Castro P Jim Miller

1980 NFL draft first-round selections

Billy Sims Lam Jones Anthony Muñoz Bruce Clark Curtis Dickey Curtis Greer Junior Miller Mark Haynes Doug Martin Jacob Green Brad Budde Stan Brock Earl Cooper Roland James Marc Wilson Jim Ritcher Johnnie Johnson Art Monk Otis Wilson Jim Stuckey Don McNeal Ray Snell Roynell Young Derrick Hatchett Vagas Ferguson George Cumby Charles White Mark Malone

San Francisco 49ers 1980 NFL draft selections

Earl Cooper Jim Stuckey Keena Turner Jim Miller Craig Puki Ricky Churchman David Hodge Kenneth Times Herb Williams Bobby Leopold Dan Hartwig

San Francisco 49ers first-round draft picks

San Francisco 49ers Super Bowl XVI champions

3 Jim Miller 7 Guy Benjamin 10 Matt Bahr 14 Ray Wersching 16 Joe Montana (MVP) 20 Amos Lawrence 21 Eric Wright 22 Dwight Hicks 24 Rick Gervais 27 Carlton Williamson 28 Lynn Thomas 29 Saladin Martin 30 Bill Ring 31 Walt Easley 32 Ricky Patton 33 Ricky Churchman 35 Lenvil Elliott 36 Paul Hofer 38 Johnny Davis 40 Arrington Jones 42 Ronnie Lott 49 Earl Cooper 50 Terry Tautolo 50 Jim Looney 51 Randy Cross 52 Bobby Leopold 53 Milt McColl 54 Craig Puki 56 Fred Quillan 57 Dan Bunz 58 Keena Turner 59 Willie Harper 60 John Choma 61 Dan Audick 62 Walt Downing 64 Jack Reynolds 65 Lawrence Pillers 66 Allan Kennedy 68 John Ayers 71 Keith Fahnhorst 74 Fred Dean 75 John Harty 76 Dwaine Board 77 Pete Kugler 78 Archie Reese 79 Jim Stuckey 80 Eason Ramson 81 Matt Bouza 82 Brian Peets 84 Mike Shumann 85 Mike Wilson 86 Charle Young 87 Dwight Clark 88 Freddie Solomon

Head coach Bill Walsh

Coaches Cas Banaszek Norb Hecker Milt Jackson Billie Matthews Bobb McKittrick Bill McPherson Ray Rhodes George Seifert Chuck Studley Sam Wyche

San Francisco 49ers Super Bowl XIX champions

4 Max Runager 6 Matt Cavanaugh 14 Ray Wersching 16 Joe Montana (MVP) 19 Tom Orosz 21 Eric Wright 22 Dwight Hicks 24 Derrick Harmon 26 Wendell Tyler 27 Carlton Williamson 28 Tom Holmoe 29 Mario Clark 30 Bill Ring 32 Carl Monroe 33 Roger Craig 42 Ronnie Lott 43 Dana McLemore 49 Jeff Fuller 50 Riki Ellison 51 Randy Cross 52 Blanchard Montgomery 53 Milt McColl 54 Ron Ferrari 55 Jim Fahnhorst 56 Fred Quillan 57 Dan Bunz 58 Keena Turner 61 Jesse Sapolu 62 Guy McIntyre 64 Jack Reynolds 65 Lawrence Pillers 66 Allan Kennedy 67 Billy Shields 67 John Macaulay 68 John Ayers 71 Keith Fahnhorst 72 Jeff Stover 74 Fred Dean 76 Dwaine Board 77 Bubba Paris 78 Manu Tuiasosopo 79 Jim Stuckey 81 Russ Francis 83 Renaldo Nehemiah 84 Al Dixon 85 Mike Wilson 86 John Frank 87 Dwight Clark 88 Freddie Solomon 89 Earl Cooper 90 Todd Shell 94 Louie Kelcher 95 Michael Carter 97 Gary Johnson 98 Greg Boyd 99 Mike Walter

Head coach Bill Walsh

Coaches Paul Hackett Tommy Hart Norb Hecker Sherman Lewis Bobb McKittrick Bill McPherson George Seifert Ray Rhodes Fred von Appen

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