{{Short description|American football player (born 1965)}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Jake McCullough | number = 96 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|7|22}} | birth_place = Loris, South Carolina, U.S. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 7 | weight_lbs = 345 | college = Clemson | draftyear = 1989 | draftround = 4 | draftpick = 97 | pastteams = * Denver Broncos ({{NFL Year|1989}}–{{NFL Year|1990}}) * Indianapolis Colts ({{NFL Year|1991}})*<ref>{{cite web |title=Rich McCullough |url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/transactions/m/mccu01600.html |website=Pro Football Archives |access-date=30 June 2024}}</ref> * London Monarchs (1992) | position = Defensive end | pfr = M/McCuJa20 | high_school = Loris | statlabel1 = Games played | statvalue1 = 16 }}
'''Richard Charles "Jake" McCullough''' (born July 22, 1965) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL) and the London Monarchs of the WLAF. He played college football for the Clemson Tigers.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Jake McCullough Stats |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/McCuJa20.htm |access-date=2022-03-08 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Richard McCullough football Statistics on StatsCrew.com |url=https://www.statscrew.com/football/stats/p-mcculjak001 |access-date=2022-03-08 |website=www.statscrew.com |language=en}}</ref>
== College football career == McCullough played football for the Clemson Tigers from 1985 to 1988.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rich McCullough NFL Stats - Pro Football Archives |url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/playerm/mccu01600.html |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=www.profootballarchives.com}}</ref> With the Tigers, he played in the 1986 Gator Bowl and the 1988 and 1989 Citrus Bowl. He made second-team All-Atlantic Coast and honorable mention All-America by the Associated Press.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=1990 Denver Broncos Media Guide |url=https://media.denverbroncos.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/1990.pdf |access-date=2022-03-23}}</ref>
== Professional career ==
=== Denver Broncos ===
==== 1989 season ==== {{See also|1989 Denver Broncos season}} McCullough was selected by the Denver Broncos in the fourth round of the 1989 NFL draft, with the 97th pick overall.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1989 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1989/draft.htm |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He played in 10 games in the Broncos' 1989 season<ref name=":0" /> before suffering a hip injury and being placed on injured reserve on December 15. In his 10 games, he recorded two tackles and a sack.<ref name=":2" />
The Broncos later went on to Super Bowl XXIV, but lost 55–10 against the San Francisco 49ers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=From one uniform to another: One deputy's journey home from NFL |url=https://www.wmbfnews.com/story/27993992/from-one-uniform-to-another-one-deputys-journey-home-from-nfl |access-date=2022-03-08 |website=WMBF News |language=en}}</ref>
==== 1990 season ==== {{See also|1990 Denver Broncos season}} McCullough played six games with the team in 1990.<ref name=":0" />
=== London Monarchs === McCullough played with the London Monarchs of the World League of American Football in 1992.<ref name=":1" />
== References == {{Reflist}}{{Broncos1989DraftPicks}}
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