Doughty played youth football as a back for the East Detroit Shamrocks and led the team to its first undefeated season.

The team featured five players who went on to careers in pro sports: Doughty; Spencer Haywood (NBA Hall of Fame); Ralph Simpson (Denver Nugetts); Marvin Lane (Detroit Tigers); and Paul Seal (NFL).

[5] The Bleacher Report's story "The Mellow Men of Michigan: Bo Schembechler's Gridiron Sons" traces the origins of Doughty and his six groundbreaking Wolverine classmates Billy Taylor, Reggie McKenzie, Thom Darden, Butch Carpenter, Mike Taylor and Mike Oldham.

[4][7] Doughty sustained injuries early in the season that slowed him down and allowed Billy Taylor to move from backup to starting tailback.

[4] He totaled 732 yards for the 1969 Michigan Wolverines football team that after defeating Ohio State 24-12 were crowned Big Ten Co-Champions with the Buckeyes.

[11] The 11-0 Michigan two time Big Ten Champion team earned Bo his second trip to the Rose Bowl.

After the 1971 season, Doughty was selected by UPI as a second-team wide receiver on the 1971 All-Big Ten Conference football team.

[12] Doughty was selected to play on the 1972 Coaches All American and College All Star Team as the starting wide receiver.

Doughty got his first start mid season vs the Cowboys catching his first three passes from Hall of Fame QB Johnny Unitas.

[17] Doughty helped lead the Colts for the first time in the team's history to three straight Eastern Divisional Championships 1975-1977.

The group featured Doughty on congas (and lyrics)and teammates Raymond Chester on bass, Lloyd Mumford on harmonica, Fred Scott on percussion, Bruce Barnett on drums.

In 1979, Doughty left the team for two days claiming that he was being subtly downgraded by Colts' coach Ted Marchibroda.

[16][20] After retiring from the Colts, Doughty announced plans to build the Shake and Bake Family Recreation Center in the Upton neighborhood of Baltimore.

The 70,000-square-foot (6,500 m2) structure included a 40-lane bowling alley, a 22,000-square-foot (2,000 m2) roller-skating rink, a sporting goods store, an "electronic game arcade," and two fast-food restaurants.

"[14] The Baltimore Magazine March 2018 story on Shake and Bake wrote: In 1984, Doughty invited his hero Muhammad Ali into paying a visit, filling not just the roller rink and bowling alley, but quite a bit of Pennsylvania Avenue outside, too.

On March 23, 2018 Mayor Cathy Pugh and Doughty joined together with state dignitaries and citizens from the Upton neighborhood celebrated the grand reopening of Shake and Bake.