{{Short description|American football player (born 1966)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Danny Peebles | number = 83, 80 | position = Wide receiver | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|5|30|mf=y}} | birth_place = Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 11 | weight_lb = 180 | high_school = Broughton (Raleigh) | college = North Carolina State | draftyear = 1989 | draftround = 2 | draftpick = 33 | pastteams = * Tampa Bay Buccaneers ({{NFL Year|1989|1990}}) * Cleveland Browns ({{NFL Year|1991}}) | statlabel1 = Receptions | statvalue1 = 17 | statlabel2 = Receiving yards | statvalue2 = 230 | statlabel3 = Touchdowns | statvalue3 = 1 | pfr = PeebDa00 }}
'''Daniel Percy Peebles III''' (born May 30, 1966) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Cleveland Browns.
He was selected by the Buccaneers in the second round of the 1989 NFL draft.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1989 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1989/draft.htm |access-date=May 26, 2023 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> His first three receptions as an NFL rookie in 89' averaged 28.3 yards. Peebles attended North Carolina State. As a senior, he caught 23 passes for 439 yards, including a 75-yard touchdown catch in the Peach Bowl.
Running for the NC State Wolfpack track and field team, Peebles won the 4 × 100 meters relay at the 1985 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.<ref name="4 × 100 meters relay at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships">{{cite web |url=https://www.ustfccca.org/records-lists/meet-history-by-event?gender=1&series=3369&event=18 |title=4 × 100 meters relay at the NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships |website=USTFCCCA |access-date=28 December 2024 }} {{Cite web |url=https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ncaam4x1.pdf |title=Track and Field News NCAA Outdoor m4x1 |website=Track and Field News |access-date=28 December 2024 |archive-date=December 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241228174040/https://trackandfieldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/ncaam4x1.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Peebles was also the 200 m runner-up at the 1988 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships for the North Carolina Tar Heels track and field team.<ref name="200 meters at the NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships">{{cite web |url=https://www.ustfccca.org/records-lists/meet-history-by-event?gender=1&series=3368&event=3 |title=200 meters at the NCAA Division I Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships |website=USTFCCCA |access-date=28 December 2024}}</ref>
In a game against the Houston Oilers at the Astrodome, on November 17, 1991, Peebles was involved in a helmet-to-helmet collision with Bubba McDowell. He suffered from loss of feeling and movement in his arms and legs for approximately 10 minutes after being hit during a third-quarter pass.<ref>[https://www.chicagotribune.com/1991/12/04/browns-peebles-calls-it-quits/ ''Browns` Peebles Calls It Quits''], Chicago Tribune, December 4, 1991</ref> Peebles retired from the NFL on December 3, 1991.<ref>{{cite web | title=Browns’ Peebles takes retirement after neck injury jHC | website=Baltimore Sun | date=1991-12-04 | url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1991/12/04/browns-peebles-takes-retirement-after-neck-injury-jhc/ | access-date=2025-06-29}}</ref>
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