[4][6][7] DuBose was the recipient of the Gators' Fergie Ferguson Award recognizing the "senior football player who displayed outstanding leadership, character and courage.
Playing with a year's experience behind an improved line, he was the Bucs' most consistent runner in the 1977 preseason, earning the praise of Buccaneers offensive coordinator Joe Gibbs.
[3] Unfortunately, only four plays after achieving this milestone, he tore knee ligaments while tackling New York Giants linebacker Harry Carson after an interception, an injury that benched him for the entire 1979 season.
[13] He never regained his pre-injury form,[14] and was traded to the Miami Dolphins in 1980, along with a second-round draft pick for running back Gary Davis and cornerback Norris Thomas.
[15] Miami coach Don Shula cut DuBose from the squad, feeling that he would, at 205 pounds, be too small to replace Larry Csonka.