Career
He played five seasons for the Cincinnati Bengals (1978–1981) and the New Orleans Saints (1982). He played college football at the University of Houston. He has two living children.
In his four seasons at Houston, Bass caught 105 passes for 1,821 yards and 16 touchdowns.
Bass was drafted by the Bengals in the third round of the 1978 NFL draft. Bass went on to catch 117 passes for 1,580 yards and 13 touchdowns over his first three seasons.
In October 1989, Bass was shot and killed by Darrell Billingslea, after Bass allegedly told police to search Billingslea"s motel room for drugs. Billingslea was convicted of killing Bass in 1990 while serving a 25-year prison sentence for another murder.
He was paroled in 2007 and was convicted of a third murder in 2009, resulting in a 50-year prison sentence on top of the 11 years left for the original killings.
