{{Short description|American football player (born 1992)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Bud Sasser | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | current_team = | number = 81 | position = Wide receiver | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|5|29}} | birth_place = Denton, Texas, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2 | weight_lbs = 210 | high_school = Billy Ryan (Denton) | college = Missouri (2010–2014) | draftyear = 2015 | draftround = 6 | draftpick = 201 | pastteams = * St. Louis Rams ({{NFL Year|2015}})* | highlights = * First-team All-SEC (2014) | pfr = SassBu00 }}
'''Bud Sasser''' (born May 29, 1992) is an American former professional football wide receiver. He played college football at Missouri.<ref name="kansascity">{{cite web|url=http://www.kansascity.com/sports/college/sec/university-of-missouri/article3476225.html|title=Bud Sasser helps reignite Missouri's passing game | The Kansas City Star The Kansas City Star|publisher=kansascity.com|access-date=May 2, 2015}}</ref><ref name="columbiatribune">{{cite web|url=http://www.columbiatribune.com/sports/mu_football/matured-sasser-catching-on-with-tigers/article_062eeb28-1b82-58c3-b084-e5febe5e8e07.html|title=Matured Sasser catching on with Tigers - Columbia Daily Tribune | Columbia Missouri: MU Football|publisher=columbiatribune.com|access-date=May 2, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Matter | first=David | title=Bag of tricks | website=NCAA.com | date=2014-09-11 | url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2014-09-09/missouri-footballs-bud-sasser-adds-personal-highlight-reel-against | access-date=2025-06-28}}</ref> He was selected by the St. Louis Rams in the sixth round of the 2015 NFL draft.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2015 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2015/draft.htm |access-date=May 15, 2023 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> On June 4, 2015, Sasser was waived by the Rams without ever officially signing his rookie contract, due to a pre-existing heart condition.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wagoner|first1=Nick|title=Rams release rookie Bud Sasser due to pre-existing heart condition|date=June 4, 2015 |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/13011912/st-louis-rams-cut-rookie-wr-bud-sasser-due-heart-condition|publisher=ESPN|access-date=June 12, 2015}}</ref> On August 25, 2015, the Rams announced that they had hired Sasser as their external football affairs coordinator.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wagoner|first1=Nick|title=Bud Sasser hired by Rams after he was unable to pass physical due to heart problem|date=August 25, 2015 |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/13510864/st-louis-rams-hire-draft-pick-bud-sasser-was-cut-due-failed-physical|publisher=ESPN|access-date=August 25, 2015}}</ref> Bud Sasser is currently attending Mizzou Law and has earned his MEd.
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== External links == * {{Twitter}} * [http://www.mutigers.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/bud_sasser_690317.html Missouri Tigers bio]
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