Jim Sandusky

{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1961)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Use American English|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox gridiron football person | name = | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|9|9}} | birth_place = Othello, Washington, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | team = | number = 3, 7 | import = yes | position1 = Wide receiver | height_ft = | height_in = | weight_lb = | high_school = Othello | college = UNLV<br>San Diego State | coaching_years1 = {{CFL Year|1995}}–{{CFL Year|1996}} | coaching_team1 = Edmonton Eskimos (WR/ST) | playing_years1 = {{CFL Year|1984}}–{{CFL Year|1987}} | playing_team1 = BC Lions | playing_years2 = {{CFL Year|1988}} | playing_team2 = Edmonton Eskimos | playing_years3 = {{NFL Year|1989}}–{{NFL Year|1990}} | playing_team3 = Seattle Seahawks | playing_years4 = {{CFL Year|1991}}–{{CFL Year|1996}} | playing_team4 = Edmonton Eskimos | playing_years5 = {{CFL Year|1998}} | playing_team5 = BC Lions | career_highlights = * 2× Grey Cup champion (1985, 1993) * 2× CFL All-Star ({{CFL Year|1987}}, {{CFL Year|1992}}) * 2× CFL West All-Star ({{CFL Year|1987}}, {{CFL Year|1992}}) * Second-team All-American (1981) * Third-team All-American (1983) * First-team All-WAC (1983) }}

'''Jim Sandusky''' (born September 9, 1961) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for the BC Lions and Edmonton Eskimos. In a 12-year career from 1984 to 1996, he caught 586 passes for 9,737 yards and 69 touchdowns.{{Cn|date=March 2022}}

Sandusky played college football at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and San Diego State University. With the UNLV Rebels, he led the nation in receiving with 68 receptions for 1,346 yards in his junior year. After a coaching change, he transferred schools and redshirted a year.<ref name=shea_08071986/> As a senior with the San Diego State Aztecs in 1983, he caught 69 passes for 1,179 yards,<ref name=shea_08071986/> and was named a third-team All-American by the Gannett News Service and Football News,<ref>{{cite news|first=Joel S.|last=Buchsbaum|title=Young, not Rozier deserves trophy|date=November 29, 1983|newspaper=The Pensacola Journal|page=3B|agency=Gannett News Service|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72113382/|access-date=February 26, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=All-America|date=November 30, 1983|newspaper=The Sioux City Journal|page=C2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72113120/|access-date=February 26, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> and received honorable mention from the Associated Press.<ref>{{cite news| title=The Associated Press 1983 All-America football college team|date=December 6, 1983|newspaper=Santa Cruz Sentinel|agency=AP|page=B-3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/santa-cruz-sentinel/142741345/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=March 5, 2024}}</ref> He earned first-team all-conference honors in the Western Athletic Conference as both a receiver and a punt returner.<ref>{{cite news|title=WAC Names Four Cats On Offense, Three on Defense|date=November 23, 1983|newspaper=The Daily Herald|page=5|agency=UPI|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72113652/|access-date=February 26, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> He was the most valuable player of the 1984 Hula Bowl.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cgUbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E0gEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2702,1245345&dq=jim-sandusky&hl=en |title=Young passes West to win in Hula Bowl |work=The Daily News |location=Bowling Green, Kentucky |agency=Associated Press |date=January 8, 1984 |pages=3–B |access-date=March 11, 2010 |via=Google News }}</ref>

The BC Lions offered Sandusky a reasonable contract, and he signed with them even before the 1984 NFL draft. He agreed to a three-year deal, averaging $100,000 per year, and a $65,000 signing bonus.<ref name=shea_08071986>{{cite news|first=John|last=Shea|title=CFL is home to ex-Aztecs Sandusky, Armour|date=August 7, 1986|newspaper=Times-Advocate|page=16|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/times-advocate/72122235/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=March 9, 2024}}</ref>

He was drafted by the Jets in the 2nd round of the 1984 Supplemental Draft but never played for them.

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