At Columbia: Versatile player who will contend for a starting role at free safety ... returns to safety after coming to Columbia as a running back, moving to safety, then, last year, moving to linebacker last year.
2006: Played in eight games with one start vs. Penn ... recorded seven tackles for the season ... made season-high two tackles each vs. Iona and Princeton.
2005: Saw playing time vs. Yale.
At Pembroke School: Rushed 145 times for 1432 yards (9.9 yds./carry) and 22 touchdowns as a senior ... second-team all-state ... all-district and twice all-conference ... team was district champion and three-time conference champ ... all-state in track and field, with personal bests of 10.92 for 100m, 22.5 for 200m and 20 feet, 8 inches in the long jump ... all-conference in basketball ... three letters apiece in football, basketball and track.
Personal: Majoring in political science ... enjoys fishing, water skiing, snowboarding and ceramics ... father, Owen Buckley, competed in track and field at Kansas ... grandfather, Winton Buckley, played football and basketball at Nebraska ... grandfather, Wayne Osmess, played football at Wisconsin-Eau Claire ... Brandon James Buckley, b. 2/22/86 in Kansas City.
