Max Bullough

Max Bullough
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Bullough with the Houston Texans
Free agent
Position: Linebacker
Personal information
Born: (1992-02-11) February 11, 1992
Traverse City, Michigan
Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight: 249 lb (113 kg)
Career information
High school: Traverse City (MI) St. Francis
College: Michigan State
Undrafted: 2014
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of 2017
Total tackles: 56
Sacks: 0.0
Forced fumbles: 0
Pass deflections: 0
Interceptions: 0
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Max Bullough (born February 11, 1992) is an American football linebacker who is currently a free agent. He played college football at Michigan State. He signed with the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent in 2014.

Early years

Bullough was selected to the MaxPreps All-American second team.[1] He was ranked 14th best linebacker prospect by SuperPrep and was ranked as the 17th best linebacker by Phil Steele.[1] He was ranked as Michigan's Top 10 seniors by the Detroit Free Press.[1] He was selected as the Division 7 Player of the Year by The Associated Press.[1] He received the Ron Holland Scholar-Athlete Award.[1] He was ranked as nation's 5th best middle linebacker prospect by Scout.com and ranked the 11th best linebacker prospect by Max Emfinger.[1]

College career

Bullough was selected to ESPN.com's Big Ten All-Freshman Team before the season.[1] He finished the season with 23 Tackles, half sack and an Interception.[1]

Bullough was selected to the Second-team All-Big Ten in his sophomore season. He was selected to the CollegeFootballNews.com All-Sophomore second team following the season.[2] He was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District V Team and was named to the Academic All-Big Ten.[1]

In 2012, Bullough was selected to the First-team All-Big Ten by coaches. He also was named to the first team All-Big Ten by Phil Steele and second team ESPN.com All-Big Ten. He was named an honorable mention All-American by Pro Football Weekly.[3][4]

In 2013, he was selected to the first-team All-Big Ten by coaches. He was selected to the NFF Scholar-Athlete of the Year in his senior season.[5]

Professional career

Houston Texans

On May 16, 2014, Bullough signed with the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent.[6] After being cut on August 30, 2014, the Houston Texans signed Max Bullough to their practice squad on September 1, 2014, after he went unclaimed.[7] On November 30, 2014, Bullough made his NFL debut against the Tennessee Titans.[8] In the 2015 season, Bullough was promoted to the active roster along with former Michigan State teammate safety Kurtis Drummond. The Texans made Bullough a starter at linebacker for their 2015 game against the Titans.

On May 4, 2017, Bullough was suspended for the first four games of the 2017 season for violating the NFL policy on performance-enhancing substances.[9] On June 2, 2017, he was released by the Texans.[10]

Cleveland Browns

On January 11, 2018, Bullough signed a reserve/future contract with the Cleveland Browns.[11] He was waived by the Browns on April 12, 2018.[12]

Personal life

Max Bullough's parents are Shane and LeeAnn Bullough.[1] His father, Shane, was a linebacker at Michigan State from 1983-1986. He has two younger brothers, Riley and Byron. Riley is currently with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Byron plays for the Spartans. On Christmas Eve, December 24, 2015, Max became engaged.[1] On July 2, 2016 Max married fiancé Bailee in Traverse City, MI.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Michigan State Profile". msuspartans.com.
  2. ↑ "2011 CFN All-Sophomore Team - Defense & ST". scout.com. Retrieved December 15, 2011.
  3. ↑ "PFW 2012 All-America team". profootballweekly.com. Archived from the original on December 15, 2012. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Pro Football Weekly All-American team". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Max Bullough Named to 2013 NFF Scholar-Athlete Class". msuspartans.com. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Houston Texans sign Max Bullough". houstontexans.com.
  7. ↑ "Houston Texans: Max Bullough". www.houstontexans.com. Retrieved 2016-01-03.
  8. ↑ "Max Bullough: Game Logs at NFL.com". www.nfl.com. Retrieved 2016-01-03.
  9. ↑ Barshop, Sarah (May 4, 2017). "Texans LB Max Bullough suspended for violating PED policy". ESPN.com.
  10. ↑ Alper, Josh (June 2, 2017). "Texans cut Keith Mumphery, Max Bullough". ProFootballTalk.NBCSports.com.
  11. ↑ "Browns sign 6 players". ClevelandBrowns.com. January 11, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Browns release 7 players". ClevelandBrowns.com. April 12, 2018.
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