years databasefootball draftedround birth_place teams stats article_title position birth_date pfr draftedpick college name draftedyear
1981-1984 1985 1987 versedav01 1 kansas city , kansas cincinnati bengals tampa bay buccaneers cleveland browns y david verser
 wide receiver 3 january 1958 versda00 10 kansas david verser 1981
david verser

david verser -lrb- born january 3 , 1958 -rrb- is a former american football wide receiver in the national football league .
he played football at the university of kansas , where , during his senior year , he led the jayhawks in receiving with 21 receptions for 463 yards and five touchdowns .
he earned a degree in social work .
verser was selected in the first round by the cincinnati bengals in the 1981 nfl draft .
he had 23 receptions in four seasons as a backup receiver .
in 1981 , he caught six passes for 161 yards -lrb- 26.8 yards per catch -rrb- and scored two touchdowns , and he returned 29 kicks for 691 yards , a 23.8 average .
he played in the 1981 super bowl , which the bengals lost to the san francisco 49ers , 26-21 .
during the 1982 through 1984 seasons , verser was a backup wide receiver and kick returner for the bengals .
after the 1985 nfl draft , he was traded to the green bay packers and later signed with the tampa bay buccaneers , for whom he played one game and returned four kicks in 1985 .
he was out of football in 1986 , and in 1987 played two games for the cleveland browns , with one rush for nine yards .
after leaving football and with a degree in social work , he became a social worker , worked for the hamilton county , ohio juvenile court , then he became a police officer with the cincinnati police department .
he retired from the department after 12 years .
