{{Short description|American football player (born 1961)}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox NFL biography | image = | caption = | number = 88 | position = Tight end | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|03|27|mf=y}} | birth_place = Lake Charles, Louisiana, U.S. | death_date = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2 | weight_lbs = 233 | high_school = Upper St. Clair {{avoid wrap|(Upper St. Clair Township, Pennsylvania)}} | draftyear = 1983 | draftround = 8 | draftpick = 218 | afldraftyear = | afldraftround = | afldraftpick = | suppdraftyear = | suppdraftround = | undraftedyear = | college = Michigan (1980–1982) | teams = * Pittsburgh Steelers (1983) | highlights = | statlabel1 = Games played | statvalue1 = 11 | pfr = DunaCr20 | CollegeHOF = }} '''Craig Carter Dunaway''' (born March 27, 1961) is an American former professional football player who was a tight end for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Michigan Wolverines from 1980 to 1982. In three years with Michigan, Dunaway caught 55 passes for 775 yards and eight touchdowns. He played professional football for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1983. He appeared in 11 games, none as a starter, for the Steelers.
==Early life== Dunaway was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, in 1961. He attended Upper St. Clair High School in a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.<ref name=Roster>{{cite web|title=Michigan Football Roster Database|publisher=University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library|accessdate=April 7, 2015|url=https://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/rosters/football.php}}</ref>
==College career== Dunaway enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1979 and played college football as a tight end for Bo Schembechler's Wolverines teams from 1980 to 1982.<ref name=Roster/><ref>{{cite news|title=Dunaway slowly receives attention|newspaper=The Michigan Daily|date=September 23, 1982|page=9|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2706&dat=19820923&id=eQxKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gh4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1586,1232950&hl=en}}</ref> As a sophomore, he caught nine passes for 135 yards and two touchdowns for their 1980 team that compiled a 10-2 record, defeated Washington in the 1981 Rose Bowl and was ranked No. 4 in the final AP Poll.<ref name=Stat/><ref name=t80>{{cite web|url=https://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/football/fbteam/1980fbt.htm|title=1980 Football Team|publisher=University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library |accessdate=April 7, 2015}}</ref> As a junior, he caught 11 passes for 152 yards and three touchdowns.<ref name=Stat/> As a senior, he started all 12 games at tight end for the 1982 team that won the Big Ten championship and lost to UCLA in the 1983 Rose Bowl.<ref name=t82>{{cite web|url=https://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/football/fbteam/1982fbt.htm|title=1982 Football Team|publisher=University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library |accessdate=April 7, 2015}}</ref> During the 1982 season, Dunaway had 35 receptions for 488 yards and three touchdowns, including a career-high 110 yards on five receptions in his final game as a Wolverine in the 1983 Rose Bowl.<ref name=Stat>{{cite web|title=Michigan Football Statistic Archive Query Page|publisher=University of Michigan|accessdate=April 7, 2015|url=http://statsarchive.ath.umich.edu/VS-Football/footstart.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402151629/http://statsarchive.ath.umich.edu/VS-Football/footstart.php|archive-date=April 2, 2015|url-status=dead}}(to retrieve Dunaway's statistics, enter "dunaway" in the box for the player's last name)</ref> During his college career, Dunaway caught 55 passes for 775 yards and eight touchdowns.<ref name=Stat/>
==Professional career== Dunaway was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the eighth round of the 1983 NFL draft.<ref name=PFR/><ref>{{cite news|title=A Tale of 2 Steeler Rookies: Dunaway Has Inside Track|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Press|date=August 4, 1983|page=S-17|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19830803&id=d0ocAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1mEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6441,1238080&hl=en}}</ref> He played 11 games for the Steelers during the 1983 NFL season.<ref name=PFR>{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/D/DunaCr20.htm|title=Craig Dunaway|accessdate=March 20, 2015|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Pro-Football-Reference.com}}</ref> He was waived by the Steelers in August 1984.<ref>{{cite news|title=Transactions|newspaper=Reading Eagle|date=August 14, 1984|page=26|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19840814&id=YBgiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AqYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3812,3352625&hl=en}}</ref>
==Personal life== Dunaway is currently employed as the vice president and director of client services of Perich Advertising + Design in Ann Arbor.<ref>{{cite web|title=Craig Dunaway, VP, Director of Client Services|publisher=Perich Advertising + Design|accessdate=April 7, 2015|url=http://www.perich.com/us/we-the-people#!/craig|archive-date=April 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150408081949/http://www.perich.com/us/we-the-people/#!/craig|url-status=dead}}</ref> His son, Jack Dunaway, committed to Michigan as a preferred walk-on at defensive end in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Legacy commit Jack Dunaway joins Michigan Wolverines 2015 class|author=Joel Greer|date=September 16, 2014|publisher=detroitjockcity.com|accessdate=April 7, 2015|url=http://detroitjockcity.com/2014/09/16/michigan-wolverines-jack-dunaway-commits-to-2015-class/}}</ref> His younger son, Carter Dunaway, committed to Princeton as a tight end in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.landof10.com/michigan/carter-dunaway-princeton-commits-wolverines-big-ten |title=Ex-Michigan commit Carter Dunaway picks Princeton over 3 Big Ten schools |access-date=February 20, 2017 |archive-date=February 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222054317/https://www.landof10.com/michigan/carter-dunaway-princeton-commits-wolverines-big-ten |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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