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Reggie Bush Profile |
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Birth Date: March 2, 1985
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Birth Place: Spring Valley, California, USA
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Birth Name: Reginald Alfred Bush II
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Height: 6'0"
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Biography |
Reginald Alfred Bush II (born March 2, 1985 in San Diego,
California), commonly known as Reggie and nicknamed Baby
Matrix, is an American football player who plays for the New
Orleans Saints of the NFL. He has played running
back/tailback, wide receiver and punt returner. Bush played
college football at the University of Southern California
from 2003-2005, including a National Championship season. He
won numerous awards including the 2005 Heisman Trophy.
Reggie Bush grew up in the urban Skyline neighborhood of
Southeast San Diego. and Spring Valley, California an
unincorporated community in San Diego he often memorialized
this with "619", San Diego's area code, or "S.E." (Southeast
San Diego) written in silver on the black anti-glare tape
under his eyes during USC games. His father was a campus
security officer at Samuel F. B. Morse High School, and his
mother was a deputy sheriff at the county jail. He attended
Helix High School in La Mesa, a suburb of San Diego, also
with San Francisco 49ers starting quarterback Alex Smith.
French mobile game publisher Gameloft announced on November
21 that it had signed Bush as its cover athlete for Reggie
Bush Pro Football 2007, which was made available in January
2007 across multiple wireless carriers and cell phones. This
marks the second cover endorsement for Bush, who currently
is on the box of Electronic Arts' NCAA Football 07, which is
out now for Xbox 360, Xbox, PlayStation 2, and PSP. Gameloft
did not secure the NFL license for this mobile game, which
means that actual team names, logos and NFLPA players (aside
from Bush) will not be incorporated into the gameplay.
He recently appeared on the video for Ciara's song Like a
Boy and in a Commercial for Madden NFL 08. The video and
appearances Bush made with Ciara has then circulated rumors
of a romance between the two. This was denied by Ciara. Bush
has also dined with Condoleezza Rice at the White House
correspondent's diner and made an appearance in Las Vegas
during the 2007 NBA All-Star weekend.
On June 26, 2007, David Beckham's first major U.S. ad
campaign since finishing with Real Madrid made its debut via
the web. Titled "Futbol Meets Football", it pairs him with
Reggie Bush in a 13-part video series, with additional
television, radio, and online promotion by Adidas.
In August 2007, he signed a deal with Sirius Satellite radio
to be a weekly announcer for the 2007 season
In January of 2008, a book was released entitled Tarnished
Heisman. It claims that ample evidence exists that Bush and
his family received more than $300,000 worth of cash and
gifts while he was a student at USC -- a clear violation of
NCAA rules. Even though these allegations have been talked
about since his first year in the NFL, nothing has been
proven and no penalty has been placed on either Reggie Bush
or the University of Southern California. |
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Other Information |
2005 Walter Camp Award, Doak Walker Award, and Heisman
Trophy-winning running back/tailback for the University of
Southern California.
Was an avid track runner in high school
Runningback for the New Orleans Saints
Was thought to become the #1 pick overall in the 2006 NFL
draft in which he would have ended up with the Houston
Texans, but instead ended up as the second draft pick
overall with the New Orleans Saints |
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since January 29, 2008