Background
Douglas was born in Mansfield, Ohio and attended Mansfield Senior High School.
Douglas was born in Mansfield, Ohio and attended Mansfield Senior High School.
Central State University.
His playing career included stints with the New York Jets, Philadelphia Eagles (twice), and the Jacksonville Jaguars. He goes by the nickname Turbobird. At Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, Douglas majored in elementary education and was a two-time National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Division I All-American, made 42 sacks in 32 games in a three-year career, turned in 13 multiple-sack games, and helped lead his team to an National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics national championship as a sophomore.
Douglas was a first-round draft choice of the Jets in the 1995 NFL Draft and was traded to the Eagles prior to the 1998 season for two draft choices.
Douglas spent the 2003 campaign with the Jaguars before re-signing with Philadelphia in 2004. Douglas is ranked fourth behind Reggie White (124), Trent Cole (855), and Clyde Simmons (765), on the Eagles" all-time sack list with 54.5 during his six seasons.
Douglas was cut by the Eagles prior to the 2005 season, but was hired into the front office position of "Good-Will Ambassador" shortly after. On November 5, 2005, Douglas was reportedly involved in an altercation with former Eagles teammate Terrell Owens, who was in the midst of a very public war of words with the team
Owens was suspended by the team and was later deactivated when he refused to fully apologize for the altercation, as well as for derogatory remarks made about Eagles" quarterback Donovan McNabb.
Douglas was employed for a while as an on-air reporter with WTXF-television in Philadelphia and as a regular personality on Philadelphia’s sports radio station 610 WIP. In January 2011, Douglas was made co-host of a Six Nations Championship rugby show on British Broadcasting Corporation America after a successful guest appearance. In his taped segments, Douglas took a stab at the sport, interviewed zookeepers and took an Irish stepdancing lesson. On August 1, 2011 Entertainment and Sports Programming Network announced that Douglas will join the network as a NFL studio analyst.
He will provide analysis across a myriad of studio programs such as SportsCenter, NFL Live, ESPN2’s First Take and ESPNEWS. Hugh currently works for 92.9 The Game sports talk radio station in Atlanta, Georgia.
He is also a member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.