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Moving from Category:People from Bellevue, Nebraska to Category:Sportspeople from Bellevue, Nebraska using Cat-a-lot

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{{Short description|American football player (born 1954)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Rik Bonness
| number = 54, 53
| position = [[Linebacker]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|3|20}}
| birth_place = [[Borger, Texas]], U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 3
| weight_lbs = 220
| high_school = [[Bellevue East High School|Bellevue]] ([[Bellevue, Nebraska|Nebraska]])
| college = [[1975 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team|Nebraska]]
| draftyear = 1976
| draftround = [[1976 NFL draft#Round three|3]]
| draftpick = 84
| teams =
* [[Oakland Raiders]] ({{NFL Year|1976}})
* [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] ({{NFL Year|1977|1979}})
* [[New York Giants]] ({{NFL Year|1980}})*
| highlights =
* [[List of Super Bowl champions|Super Bowl champion]] ([[Super Bowl XI|XI]])
* [[List of unanimous All-Americans in college football|Unanimous All-American]] ([[1975 College Football All-America Team|1975]])
* First-team [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1974 College Football All-America Team|1974]])
* 2× First-team All-[[Big Eight Conference|Big Eight]] ([[1974 All-Big Eight Conference football team|1974]], [[1975 All-Big Eight Conference football team|1975]])
| statlabel1 = Games played
| statvalue1 = 59
| statlabel2 = Games started
| statvalue2 = 2
| pfr = BonnRi20
}}

'''Richard Kyes''' "'''Rik'''" '''Bonness''' (born March 20, 1954) is an American former professional [[American football|football]] player who was [[linebacker]] for four seasons in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) with the [[1976 Oakland Raiders season|Oakland Raiders]] and [[1977 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season|Tampa Bay Buccaneers]]. He played [[college football]] as a [[Center (gridiron football)|center]] for the [[Nebraska Cornhuskers football|Nebraska Cornhuskers]], earning consensus [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] honors in [[1975 College Football All-America Team|1975]].

Born in [[Borger, Texas]], Bonness played high school football at [[Bellevue East High School|Bellevue High School]] in [[Bellevue, Nebraska]], a suburb south of [[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]]. He graduated in 1972 and then received a scholarship to the [[University of Nebraska–Lincoln]] in [[Lincoln, Nebraska|Lincoln]], the [[1971 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team|two-time defending]] [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|national champions]] under head coach [[Bob Devaney]]. Bonness and played center for the Conrnhuskers on the offensive line under new head coach [[Tom Osborne]].

Following his senior season in [[1975 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team|1975]], Bonness was a consensus first-team [[1975 College Football All-America Team|All-American]], having received first-team honors from [[Associated Press]] (AP), [[United Press International]] (UPI), [[Walter Camp Football Foundation]] (WCFF), [[American Football Coaches Association]] (AFCA), [[Football Writers Association of America]] (FWAA), and ''Football News''.<ref>''2014 NCAA Football Records Book'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20141006082159/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/Awards.pdf Award Winners], National Collegiate Athletic Association, Indianapolis, Indiana, pp. 10 & 14 (2014). Retrieved December 26, 2014.</ref>

The [[1976 Oakland Raiders season|Oakland Raiders]] chose Bonness in the [[1976 NFL draft#Round three|third round]] of the [[1976 NFL draft]] (84th overall). He played linebacker as a pro and appeared in 59 games across four seasons for the Raiders ({{NFL Year|1976}}), [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] ({{NFL Year|1977}}–{{NFL Year|1979}}) and [[New York Giants]] ({{NFL Year|1980}}). He saw no regular season action in 1980.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rik Bonness Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BonnRi20.htm |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>

During his rookie season, the Raiders won [[Super Bowl XI]] in January 1977.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Footballstats |nfl=2509850 |cfl= |afl= |espn= |cbs= |yahoo= |fox= |si= |pfr=BonnRi20 |dbf=|rotoworld=}}

{{1975 NCAA Division I FBS College Football Consensus All-Americans}}
{{Raiders1976DraftPicks}}
{{Super Bowl XI}}

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[[Category:New York Giants players]]
[[Category:Oakland Raiders players]]
[[Category:People from Borger, Texas]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Bellevue, Nebraska]]
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[[Category:Players of American football from Texas]]
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