- Born
- Birth nameBrentson André Buckner
- Height6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
- College: Clemson / Hometown: Charlotte, NC
Born in Columbus, GA, Buckner played for Clemson (1990-93). A three-year starter, he left ranked third in school history with 22 sacks and fourth with 46 tackles for loss. He helped the Tigers to an ACC Championship in 1991 and a nine-win season in 1993, which was capped off by a 14-13 win over Kentucky in the Peach Bowl when he had 13 tackles and was named Defensive MVP. In 2013, Buckner was named to the Clemson Athletic Hall of Fame Class.
Veteran NFL defensive lineman Brentson Buckner joined the Cardinals as defensive line coach on 2/5/13. A second-round pick (50th overall) of the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1994 NFL Draft out of Clemson, Buckner played in 174 games (127 starts) in his 12-year NFL career with Pittsburgh (1994-96), Cincinnati (1997), San Francisco (1998-2000) and Carolina (2001-05). He had 31 sacks, two interceptions, five forced fumbles and seven fumble recoveries in his career.
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- He is currently an NFL Defensive Tackle. He was selected in the second round (50th overall) of the 1994 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers. After missing the first three games of the season, he played in the last 13, and started both playoff games. During one game against the Buffalo Bills, he blocked a field goal. The following season, he was a regular starter for the Steelers, and was an integral part of the defense that led them to Super Bowl XXX against the Dallas Cowboys.
- After one more year with Pittsburgh, he was traded to the Kansas City Chiefs during the off-season. He was picked up by the Cincinnati Bengals before the 1997 NFL season. He missed two games that season with an injury suffered, ironically, against the Steelers, his former team. He signed with the San Francisco 49ers before the next season. He notched his third career blocked field goal against the team he would later play for, the Carolina Panthers. He played with the Niners for three seasons before joining the Panthers as an unrestricted free agent before the 2001 NFL season.
- He joined with Julius Peppers, Mike Rucker and Kris Jenkins to form what many experts called the most dominating front four defensive line in football. The four led the Panthers defense to Super Bowl XXXVIII against the New England Patriots. The following season, he was forced to anchor a Panthers defense riddled with injuries, and helped the team to a 7-9 record despite 14 starters on injured reserve.
- On March 1, 2006, He was released by The Carolina Panthers.
- Brentson Bucker signed with the 49ers as a free agent in 1998 and spent three seasons in San Francisco, setting a career high with seven sacks in 2000. He went to Carolina as a free agent in 2001 and played the final five years of his career with the Panthers. In 2003, he was a part of one of the league's top defensive lines alongside defensive ends Julius Peppers and Mike Rucker and defensive tackle Kris Jenkins. The group helped lead the Panthers to Super Bowl XXXVIII, the first Super Bowl appearance in franchise history. In that year's NFC Championship Game, Buckner had 1.5 sacks in a 14-3 victory at Philadelphia.
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