Maury Buford
Height6'1"
Weight191 lb
BornFeb 18, 1960
Age66
CollegeTexas TechSee College Stats
Rookie yr1982
Draft1982 · Rd 8, Pick 215 · SDG
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| Season | Age | Team | G | GS | Punting | Passing | Rushing | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Punts | Yds | Avg | Lng | Cmp | Att | Cmp% | Yds | TD | Int | TD% | Int% | Y/A | AdjY/A | TD:INT | Rate | Sk | Att | Yds | TD | Y/A | TD% | 1D | 1D% | Fmb | Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | QBHits | Sk | Dis | Int | PD | FF | FR | TD | Sfty | |||||
| 1982 | — | LAC | 9 | — | 21 | 868 | 41.3 | 71 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1983 | — | LAC | 16 | — | 63 | 2,763 | 43.9 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 39.6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1984 | — | LAC | 16 | — | 66 | 2,773 | 42.0 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1985 | — | CHI | 16 | — | 68 | 2,870 | 42.2 | 69 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | — | 87.5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
| 1986 | — | CHI | 16 | — | 69 | 2,850 | 41.3 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | -13 | 0 | -13.0 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1988 | — | NYG | 15 | — | 73 | 3,012 | 41.3 | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1989 | — | CHI | 16 | — | 72 | 2,844 | 39.5 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6.0 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1990 | — | CHI | 16 | — | 76 | 3,073 | 40.4 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | -9 | 0 | -9.0 | 0.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1991 | — | CHI | 16 | — | 69 | 2,814 | 40.8 | 64 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Career | — | 136 | — | 577 | 23,867 | 41.4 | 71 | 1 | 2 | 50.0% | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | — | 56.3 | 0 | 3 | -16 | 0 | -5.3 | 0.0 | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
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All-Time Standing
how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position0
Depth
of 100
Reached 0% of the all-time Passing Yards leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.
0% of the all-time Passing Yards leader0
0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0
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Reference Graph
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Top Teammates
Dennis GentryRB5yWilliam PerryDT5yRichard DentDE5yMike TomczakQB4yNeal AndersonRB4yTrace ArmstrongDE3yJim HarbaughQB3yMatt SuheyRB3yEric SieversTE3yBrad MusterFB3yJim ThorntonTE3yThomas SandersRB3yWendell DavisWR3yBobby DuckworthWR3yGlen KozlowskiWR3yRon MorrisWR3yEd LutherQB3yCap BosoTE3yMark GreenRB3yWalter PaytonRB2yWilber MarshallOLB2yWillie GaultWR2yJames BrooksRB2yBilly Ray Smith Jr.LB2y
1982 Draft Class· this player went #215
Franchise Succession
the room, before and afterMaury opened the Chicago Bears Specialists lineage the corpus knows, and handed it to Jeff Jaeger (1996–1999).
The room is reconstructed from arrival order among durable members (≥4 seasons with the club) at the player’s position group — a lineage by arrival, not a week-by-week depth chart. Distinct from the league-wide .
Movementderived from season history
- 1990final season
Last recorded season with CHI
- 1985team change
Joined CHI (from LAC)
- 1982draft
Drafted by SDG — Round 8, Pick 215
- 1982team change
Joined LAC (from SDG)
Athletic & Unique Profile
verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts6'1" / 191 lb
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Availability
Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 9 seasons.
99%
19821991
Durability IQ
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99
Data: nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:players, wikipedia:season-stats (CC-BY-SA, facts-only), nfl.com:official-stats (facts-only reference), nfl.com:official-stats (games-played, facts-only reference) · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026
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