Education
North Carolina State University.
North Carolina State University.
Don is the receiving half of North Carolina State"s Buckey Twins. Buckey played four years at North Carolina State University for head coach Lou Holtz, setting career receptions and receiving yardage records while playing with twin brother quarterback Dave. He led the team in receptions in 1973, ’74 and ’75 and his 102 career catches for 1,735 yards rank him fifth and fourth, respectively, on the all-time North Carolina State list.
He caught five touchdown passes in 1974, including two against Duke, and had a career high 34 receptions and gained 551 yards in 1975.
Don’s 17 yards per catch and total 1735 receiving yards put him fourth on the school’s career rankings in both categories. He started on the 1974 Atlantic Coast Conference championship team and was named first team All-Administrative Committee on Company-ordination and first team All-American by the Football Writers Association in 1975.
He also played in the Hula Bowl and the Japan All-Star games. The New York Jets drafted him in the twelfth round and he played one year in the National Football League in Lou Holtz’s only year as a coach.
At 6’0", Don gathered in five passes good for 36 yards in limited duty as a wide receiver in 1976.
The Buckey twins played on two City Series championship teams for head coach Richard Fortner at Kenmore High School (Akron, Ohio) and played together in the Ohio-Pennsylvania Big 33 All-Star Game in 1972. Don earned a Sport Pilot Certificate in 2006, currently owning and flying N293CT, a 2006 Flight Design CTsw light sport aircraft.
Don was a member of the 1975 College Football All-America Team and the North Carolina State Wolfpack football team Don and his twin Dave Buckey are both members of the Summit County, Ohio Hall of Fame, the Kenmore High School (Akron, Ohio) Wall of Fame, and the Atlantic Coast Conference (Administrative Committee on Company-ordination) Legends class of 2013.