#82 | Wide Receiver | Green Bay Packers | Roster |
Career Notes 1996 Released by the Panthers on Feb. 14 ... Signed by the Green Bay Packers on April 1... Then Don did it all in the Packer's Super Bowl winning season... He caught 39 balls for 699 yards giving him a 17.9 yards per catch average... He also had a career game where he caught 11 balls for 220 yards against rivals San Fran... Don also had a 26.9 yards per kick return average and ran one back 90 yards for a TD... He had a total of six touchdowns in '96 : 4 receptions, 1 kick return and one recovered fumble in the endzone. 1995 Granted unconditional free agency on Feb. 17 ... Signed by the Carolina Panthers as a free agent on April 25. 1994 Set a career mark for receptions with 40 catches ... Passed the 1,000 yard in career kickoff returns and went over the 2,200 yard mark in receiving yardage ... Suffered a concussion, which held him out of action for three games ... Caught a career-best 72-yard TD against the Miami Dolphins. 1993 Became the 13th receiver in Bills' history when he surpassed the 2,000 career yard mark and the 27th on team record to catch 100 career passes ... Recorded a career high 115 yards receiving vs. the Raiders (12/5) and tied career long of 65 yards in the same game ... Was inactive vs. Washington (11/1) due to a minor hamstring pull, but returned two games later ... Made six catches and returned a KO for 34 yards, the longest in Bills Super Bowl history, in Super Bowl XXVIII. 1992 Granted free agency on Feb. 1 ... Re-signed by the Bills ... Led the team with four 100-yard performances ... Place on the IR (9/19) with a pulled hamstring and missed the next four games ... Made a career high 65-yard TD catch against the Colts (11/29) ... Led all Bill receivers with six catches in Pittsburgh playoff game ... Showed his character when he caught Dallas DL Leon Lett from 25-yards behind to strip him of the ball on the goal line on a fumble return in Super Bowl XXVII. 1991 Had his best day vs. the Steelers (9/8) when he caught four TD passes, tying the single game team record set by Jerry Butler (9/23/79) ... The game also marked Beebe's most receptions (10) and first 100-yard performance (112) ... Missed the last five games of the regular-season when he suffered a broken collar bone at Miami (11/18), but returned to action for all three playoff games ... Tied with Lofton, Reed and Thomas as the Bills' leading receiver in the '91 playoffs with 11 catches ... scored the final TD of Super Bowl XXVI. 1990 Played in the AFC championship game with the Bills ... Played in Super Bowl XXV ... Having his best game of the season with three catches for 74 yards against Miami (12/23) when he broke his left fibula which required a rod to be inserted and the remainder of the season to be missed ... Started the second game of the season against the Giants (12/15) and caught a crucial 43 yard bomb from Frank Reich ... Was inactive at Jets (9/24), Denver (9/30) and the Raiders (10/7) with a pulled hamstring. 1989 Selected by the Buffalo Bills in the third round (82nd pick overall) ... Caught a 63 yard bomb from Jim Kelly for his first NFL reception/TD in a win over Houston ... Came back five weeks later for the same distance and pattern with the same result ... His exceptional speed paid dividends when he raced for 85 yards on a KO in the closing minutes of the Atlanta game to set up the winning TD ... 32 yard KO return against Cleveland was the second longest in Bills playoff history.
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