College Highlights:
Signed with
the Packers as a free agent on July 5, 2000 Played for the Rhein Fire
during the recent 2000 NFL Europe League season following three years
with the New Orleans Saints (1997-99) Led the Fire to a league-best 7-3
record and the World Bowl championship, garnering All-NFL Europe honors
in the process Threw for a league-record 25 touchdowns and a league-leading
2,042 yards, with only 7 interceptions, while emerging with the league''s
second-highest quarterback rating (107.2) Also was the Fire''s third-leading
rusher with 80 yards and 2 touchdowns on 24 attempts Originally selected
by the New Orleans
College Highlights:
Winner of
the Heisman Trophy...Holds school and Southeastern Conference career records
with 114 TD passes...His 10,875 passing yards rank second in SEC history
and first in school history...Was a unanimous second-team All-America...Won
the Davey O'Brien Award (nation's top quarterback) twice as well as winning
the Heismanas a senior, and he was an All-SEC first-team and Offensive
Player of the Year...In 1996 he completed 207 of 360 passes for 3,625
yards and 39 touchdowns (1st in Division I-A in '96)...In 1995 he was
the GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-American Player of the Year and Academic All-SEC...Football
News National Player of the Year and Walter Camp NCAA Back of the Year...Sammy
Baugh College Passer of the Year and SEC and College Sports Player of
the Year...Was a journalism/public relations major, earning CFA Scholar-Athlete
Team honors and Academic All-American accolades with a 3.68 GPA.
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