New Mexico State University Athletics

Played football, basketball and baseball at NM State...Played at quarterback and running back in football, rushing for 2,149 yards and 16 touchdowns...Played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and was on the 1959 Saskatchewan Grey Cup team...Enjoyed a post-playing career with Union Pacific Railroad and was a high school coach in the state of California...Son, Joe Jr., was a first-round draft pick by the Cincinnati Bengals in th 1984 NFL Draft...Joe Jr., wound up playing 11 years in the NFL.