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Downtown Tampa
Downtown Tampa is the central business district of Tampa, Florida and the chief financial district of the Tampa Bay Area. It is second only to Westshore regarding employment in the area. Companies with a major presence downtown include Bank of America, SunTrust and Verizon. The Tampa Convention Center is located on the river.
Downtown Tampa is bounded by the Hillsborough River to the west, Channelside to the east, Interstate 275 to the north, Davis Islands and Harbour Island to the south. The total area for the area is 521 acres (2.11 km²). Historical Fort Brooke was located at the southern end of downtown Tampa, near the mouth of the Hillsborough River. The TECO Streetcar takes passengers from downtown to other core areas of Tampa.

The downtown area contains such important cultural landmarks as the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, Tampa Theatre, Tampa Museum of Art, Jobsite Theater and the Henry B. Plant Museum on the University of Tampa campus. The UT campus itself has been recognized as a local "wonder" while the newly-completed Museum of Art deemed a work of art itself.^[5] Zack Street in the northern half of downtown is in the works to become an art district, called "Avenue of the Arts."

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Florida State Fair
The Florida State Fair is held annually at the Florida State Fairgrounds near Tampa. The official state fair of Florida, it includes indoor and outdoor exhibits, rides and shows. It is a chance for the state to showcase its agricultural industry. The Fair also offers competitions and food oddities such as chocolate covered bacon. The annual event usually lasts for 11 days.
In 1904 the South Florida Fair Association was formed and plans for a new exhibition were proposed. The fair was founded as the South Florida Fair and renamed the Mid-Winter Festival a few years later. The name finally changed to the present Florida State Fair in 1915.
In 1975, the Florida Legislature created the Florida State Fair Authority and designated the yearly event in Tampa as the official Florida State Fair. A year later, the fair moved to its current location, approximately seven miles from Downtown Tampa. By 1977, the first fair was held at its current location, at the intersection of Interstate 4 and U.S. Highway 301 in unincorporated Hillsborough County.

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Lettuce Lake Park
Coordinates: 28°4′13″N 82°22′15″W / 28.07028°N 82.37083°W / 28.07028; -82.37083
Lettuce Lake Park is a 240-acre (0.97 km²) Hillsborough County-run park just outside the city limits of Tampa, Florida. It is located on Fletcher Avenue between Interstate 75 and the University of South Florida. The park opened in 1982.
Lettuce Lake Park features several boardwalks that wind through a variety Florida ecosystems; a fresh water wetland and flood plain, an oak-dominated hardwood forest, cypress domes, and the Hillsborough River. The park also contains a visitor's center, an observation tower, nature trails, picnic tables, barbecue pits, restrooms, an open play field, and a playground.

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Rose Bowl Game
The Rose Bowl (officially the Rose Bowl Game presented by Vizio for sponsorship purposes) is an annual American college football bowl game, usually played on January 1 (New Year's Day) at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. When New Year's Day falls on a Sunday, the game is played on Monday, January 2. The Rose Bowl is nicknamed "The Granddaddy of Them All" because it is the oldest bowl game. It was first played in 1902, and has been played annually since 1916. Since 1945, it has been the highest attended college football bowl game. It is a part of the Tournament of Roses "America's New Year Celebration", which also includes the historic Tournament of Roses Parade. Except in the years when the Rose Bowl served as the BCS National Championship Game, the Rose Bowl Game has continued to be played in the afternoon.
In 2002 and 2006 (2001 and 2005 football seasons), the Rose Bowl game was also the BCS National Championship Game. In the current BCS alignment, the Rose Bowl hosts the Big Ten and Pacific-12 conference champions unless they are involved in the national championship game. Beginning with the 2012 Rose Bowl, Rose Bowl game representative teams from the Big Ten and Pacific-12 conferences are determined by Big Ten Football Championship Game and Pacific-12 Football Championship Game, respectively.

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Skatepark of Tampa
Skatepark of Tampa is a world-famous skatepark in Tampa, Florida, USA. It is one of the top skateboarding venue on the East Coast of the United States. The name is often abbreviated as SPoT. It is well known for its annual Tampa Am and Tampa Pro competitions. Skatepark Of Tampa was bought on March, 31 2012 by Lil Wayne for 9.3 million dollars.
On December 28, 1992, SPoT opened only to employees, and on January 2, 1993 the park officially opened to the public. There are two winners of the Tampa Am 2009: January : Ryan Decenzo December : Luan de Olivera
The skatepark includes a "pro course", which offers a pyramid and many difficult rails. Outside, there is a full size vert ramp, The "beginner's course" features many smaller rails and ramps to expand skateboarding skills, and also includes the famous bowl. The street course is redesigned every year for the Tampa Am contest.
Skatepark of Tampa has a team of some of the best skaters in the Tampa Bay area. Skatepark of Tampa also maintains a party team, a BMX team, a family team of longtime friends, a documentation team, as well as a business team.

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Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay is a large, natural harbor and estuary along the Gulf of Mexico on the west central coast of Florida, comprising Hillsborough Bay, Old Tampa Bay, Middle Tampa Bay, and Lower Tampa Bay.
"Tampa Bay" is not the name of any municipality. This misconception probably stems from the naming of several professional sports franchises (including the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tampa Bay Lightning, Tampa Bay Rays, and FC Tampa Bay) whose names represent the collective Tampa Bay Area, the hub of which is the city of Tampa, Florida.
Approximately 6,000 years ago, Tampa Bay formed as a brackish drowned river valley typeestuary with a wide mouth connecting it to the Gulf of Mexico. Prior to that time, it was a large fresh water lake, possibly fed by the Floridan Aquifer through natural springs. Though the exact process of the lake-to-bay transformation is not completely understood, the leading theory is that rising seas levels following the last ice age coupled with the formation of a massive sink hole near the current mouth of the bay created a connection between the lake and the gulf.

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Tampa Museum of Art
Coordinates: 27°56′54″N 82°27′43″W / 27.9484°N 82.4619°W / 27.9484; -82.4619
The Tampa Museum of Art is located in downtown Tampa, Florida. It exhibits 20th-century fine art, as well as Greek, Roman, and Etruscan antiquities. The museum was founded in 1979 and debuted an innovative new building in 2010 on the banks of Hillsborough River just north of its original site. The current location is part of Tampa's Riverwalk and the Waterfront Arts District along with the Glazer Children's Museum and the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts and includes a gift shop and SONO Cafe, a restaurant operated by Mise En Place.
Since its inception, museum planners knew that the Tampa Museum of Art's original building was too small for its collection. Proposals for expansion or relocation were the subject of discussion and controversy for years. Several different plans were proposed either by the city of Tampa or the museum board, including:
In 2006, the museum board and the city of Tampa agreed to use public and private funds to construct a $33 million 66,000-square-foot (6,100 m²) new museum building just a half-block north of its original location. The museum is integrated into the city's Riverwalk project in Curtis Hixon Park at the site of old Curtis Hixon Hall. A new home for the Tampa Children's Museum (now known as the Glazer Children's Museum) was built simultaneously next door.

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University of Tampa
The University of Tampa (UT), is a private, co-educational university in Downtown Tampa, Florida, United States. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. In 2006, the University celebrated its 75th anniversary. UT offers over 100 undergraduate degree options, along with master's degree programs in business administration, accounting, finance, education, marketing, innovation management, and nursing. UT’s John H. Sykes College of Business is one of 45 schools that The Princeton Review has added to its annual best business schools guide in 2006. They selected it for their 2011 edition of Best 300 Business Schools, the fifth year in a row.
UT has approximately 6,700 students from 50 U.S. states. Many students come from northern and northeastern states, attracted by the warm weather, the nearby beaches, and the beautiful campus. Students from Florida make up half of the student body. Over 100 countries are represented within the student body, giving it a rich cultural diversity. Seventy percent of students live in campus housing.

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West Tampa
West Tampa is one of the oldest neighborhoods within the city limits of Tampa, Florida, USA. It was an independently incorporated city from 1895 until 1925, when it was annexed by Tampa.
West Tampa is located west of the Hillsborough River approximately 1 mile from downtown. As of the 2000 census, the district had a population of 22,008. It has consistently been home to one of the highest concentration of Latinos in the city since its founding in 1892.
West Tampa was founded in 1892 by Scottish immigrant and local attorney Hugh Macfarlane, who bought 200 acres of forested land with the intention of starting a new development by luring some of the cigar factories and cigar workers from Ybor City, a very successful new immigrant community on the northeast side of Tampa.
Initially, West Tampa's growth was stunted by transportation problems. The first cigar factory built in the area was forced to close temporarily because workers refused to ride a ferry across the Hillsborough River to the "wilds" of West Tampa.

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Ybor City
Ybor City (/iːbɔ̹r/) is a historic neighborhood in Tampa, Florida located just northeast of downtown. It was founded in the 1880s by cigar manufacturers and was populated by thousands of immigrants, mainly from Spain, Cuba, and Italy. For the next 50 years, workers in Ybor City's cigar factories would roll millions of cigars annually.
The neighborhood had features unusual among contemporary immigrant communities in the southern United States, most notably its multi-ethnic and multi-racial population and their many mutual aid societies. A slow exodus out of the area that began during the Great Depression accelerated after World War II, leading to a period of abandonment and decay. After decades of neglect, a portion of the original neighborhood has redeveloped into a night club and entertainment district. One of the five campuses of Hillsborough Community College is located there - HCC Ybor.
The neighborhood has been designated as a National Historic Landmark District, and several structures in the area are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. In 2008, 7th Avenue, the main commercial thoroughfare in Ybor City, was recognized as one of the “10 Great Streets in America” by the American Planning Association. In 2010 Columbia Restaurant was named a "Top 50 All-American icon" by Nation's Restaurant News magazine.^[2]

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Ahmad Black
Ahmad Black (born December 12, 1989) is an American football safety for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Buccaneers in the fifth round of the 2011 NFL Draft. He played college football for Florida.
Black was born in Lakeland, Florida, and he attended Lawton Chiles Middle Academy and later Lakeland High School. As a sophomore playing for the Florida Class 5A high school football powerhouse Lakeland Dreadnaughts, he recorded 71 tackles and 10 interceptions, and 71 tackles with six interceptions and as a junior. As a Dreadnaught senior, Black recorded 82 tackles and four interceptions.
Black received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played college football for coach Urban Meyer's Florida Gators football team from 2007 to 2010. As a freshman, Black played in seven games as a cornerback for the Gators and recorded seven tackles. As a sophomore in 2008, Black started all 14 games at strong safety and made 59 tackles and seven interceptions for 191 return yards and two touchdowns. Black caught his seventh interception in the Gators' 24–14 win over the Oklahoma Sooners in the 2009 BCS National Championship Game. Following his senior season in 2010, he was a first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection and received first-team All-American honors from Rivals.com and second-team honors from the Associated Press. To end his college career, he had two interceptions, returning one 80 yards for a touchdown against Penn State in the Outback Bowl, earning Player of the Game honors.

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Bobby Engram
Simon J. "Bobby" Engram III (born January 7, 1973 in Camden, South Carolina) is currently the receivers coach for the University of Pittsburgh Panthers football team. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the second round of the 1996 NFL Draft. He played college football at Penn State.
Engram has also played for the Seattle Seahawks, Kansas City Chiefs and Cleveland Browns.
Engram attended Camden High School in Camden, South Carolina, where he was a three-time All-State selection at wide receiver.
As a college junior, Engram was the go-to receiver on Penn State's undefeated 1994 team. Wearing #10, he was quarterback Kerry Collins' favorite target. He garnered All-American honors and won the first-ever Biletnikoff Award, recognizing the nation's best wide receiver. Engram was the Nittany Lions' career receptions leader until 2008, when Deon Butler passed his mark of 167. He is still the all-time leader in yards and touchdowns with 3,026 yards and 31 touchdowns. He also racked up 786 career punt return yards for the Nittany Lions, ranking him second in school history.

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Dallas Baker
Dallas Leon Baker (born November 10, 1982) is an American professional football player who is a wide receiver with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Baker played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he has played professionally for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL) and the Jacksonville Sharks of the Arena Football League (AFL).
Baker was born in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, and attended New Smyrna Beach High School, where he was a star wide receiver for the New Smyrna Beach Barracudas high school football team. In 2001, he set the single season Barracudas' record with seventeen touchdowns.
Baker received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, and played for coach Ron Zook's Florida Gators football team from 2003 to 2006. He originally signed to play for the Gators in February 2001 as a member of what would become coach Steve Spurrier's final recruiting class at Florida, but due to NCAA academic eligibility issues, Baker instead enrolled at Northfield Mount Hermon School, an elite preparatory school in Massachusetts, for one year. While at Mt. Hermon, Baker helped lead his team to the New England Championship game. After Spurrier left Florida for the NFL and Zook was hired to replace him, Baker stuck with Florida and enrolled as a partial-qualifier in 2002.

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Darvin Adams
Darvin Adams (born January 5, 1990) is an American football wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League. He was signed by the Panthers as an undrafted free agent in 2011. He played college football at Auburn.
Adams attended Harrison High School where he had 15 touchdown receptions and five rushing touchdowns as a junior. He fractured his left arm in an all-star game. He Had 66 catches for 867 yards and 11 touchdowns as a senior, 106 tackles and two interceptions. He received an Honorable Mention Class AAAAA All-State team as a senior and was selected to play in the Cobb County All-Star Senior Bowl. Tommy Tuberville said of his recruit, "Darvin Adams is an excellent outside receiver. He’s got height and speed and should be very good in this offense."
During the 2009 season with Auburn he had 60 receptions for 997 yards and 10 touchdowns.
Adams was named Most Valuable Player of the January 1, 2010 Outback Bowl, with 12 receptions for 142 yards in Auburn's 38-35 victory. During the 2010 SEC Championship Game, Auburn won the Southeastern Conference and Adams broke the SEC Championship Game record for receiving yards with 217. On January 17, 2011, Auburn University announced Adams' decision to skip his senior year and declare for the NFL draft, in which he went undrafted.

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David Pollack
David M. Pollack (born June 19, 1982) is a former American college and professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for three seasons during the early 2000s. He played college football for the University of Georgia, and was twice recognized as an All-American. He was a first-round pick in the 2005 NFL Draft, and played professionally for the NFL's Cincinnati Bengals.
Pollack was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He attended Shiloh High School in Snellville, Georgia, and was a star in football, basketball and wrestling. In football, as a senior, he was a Class 5A all-state selection and the Atlanta Touchdown Club named him the Defensive Lineman of the Year.
Pollack attended the University of Georgia, where he played for coach Mark Richt's Georgia Bulldogs football team from 2001 to 2004 and was a roommate of NFL quarterback David Greene.
He was recognized as a first-team All-American three consecutive seasons (2002, 2003, 2004)—twice as an NCAA consensus first-team honoree, having received the first-team selections of a majority of All-America selector organizations in 2002 and 2004. He is only the second player in Bulldogs team history to earn first-team All-American honors in three seasons, following Heisman Trophy-winner Herschel Walker. In addition to his All-American accolades, Pollack received the following:

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Drew Brees
Andrew Christopher "Drew" Brees (pronounced /ˈbriːs/; born January 15, 1979) is an American football quarterback for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League. He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft. He played college football at Purdue.
Brees has been selected to the Pro Bowl six times in his career – with the Chargers in 2004 and the Saints in 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011. He was named the NFL's Comeback Player of the Year in 2004, the Offensive Player of the Year in 2008, and the MVP of Super Bowl XLIV. He was also selected by voters to appear on the cover of EA Sports' Madden NFL 11.Sports Illustrated named him as its 2010 Sportsman of the Year.
Brees holds the single-season record for most passing yards in a single season, with 5,476 yards passing during the 2011 season.
Brees was born in Dallas, Texas, the son of Mina (née Akins), an attorney, and Eugene Wilson Brees II, a medical malpractice attorney. He was named after Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Drew Pearson. His uncle, Marty Akins, was an All-American starting quarterback for the Texas Longhorns college football team from 1975 to 1977. Chip Brees played basketball for the Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball team, and his grandfather, Ray Akins, had the third-most victories as a Texas high school football coach.

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Dwayne Rudd
Dwayne Rudd (born February 3, 1976 in Batesville, Mississippi) is an American football linebacker who is a free agent in the National Football League, having not played in the NFL since 2003. During his career he played for the Minnesota Vikings, the Cleveland Browns and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Rudd was a teammate of Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Deshea Townsend in both high school and college, at South Panola High School and the University of Alabama, respectively. Derek Pegues, a South Panola alum and an All-SEC Defensive Back for Mississippi State, is his cousin.
Rudd's most infamous moment came in the 2002 season opener (on Sept. 8) between the Browns and the Kansas City Chiefs. With less than 10 seconds left on the clock and the Browns clinging to a 39–37 lead, Chiefs quarterback Trent Green dropped back to pass, but the entire Browns defensive line swarmed him. It initially appeared that Rudd sacked Green with no time on the clock, ending the game. However, Green lateraled the ball to tackle John Tait just before he went down. Rudd did not see this happen, and after getting up he took off his helmet and threw it in the air in celebration, thinking Green was sacked and the game was over.

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Erik Ainge
Erik Douglas Ainge (born June 12, 1986) is a retired American football quarterback formerly of the New York Jets of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Jets in the fifth round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Tennessee.
He is the nephew of former NBA player Danny Ainge, who currently serves as the general manager of his former team, the Boston Celtics.
Ainge was born in Portland, Oregon. He was raised just outside Portland in Hillsboro, Oregon, where he was a star athlete at Glencoe High School. As a freshman and sophomore, he played baseball and basketball in addition to football. Ainge was the starting pitcher on his baseball team and was said to throw a 90 mph fastball. He also averaged 17 points, 8 rebounds, and three assists in basketball as a junior, and as a senior was a preseason honorable mention on the Street and Smith's All-American team.
He was a two-year starter at quarterback on the football team, leading the Glencoe Crimson Tide as deep as the Oregon state quarterfinals. As a junior he passed for 2,559 yards and 16 touchdowns. As a senior, he passed for 3,078 yards, 24 touchdowns and 8 interceptions. Perhaps his most impressive game as a senior came against Aloha High School, when he passed for 475 yards, 5 touchdowns and no interceptions to lead the Crimson Tide to 62 points through three quarters of action. Following his senior season Ainge was named all-state, prep star all-American, and the 2003 Oregon Gatorade Player of the Year. During his senior season Ainge also became one of the most highly recruited quarterbacks on the west coast receiving offers from schools like Oregon, Arizona State, UCLA, and Tennessee. He eventually signed with the University of Tennessee.

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Heath Shuler
Joseph Heath Shuler (born December 31, 1971) is a businessman, a former NFL quarterback, and the U.S. Representative for North Carolina's 11th congressional district, serving since 2007. Shuler's district covers the Blue Ridge Mountains in western North Carolina; the largest city in the district is Asheville. He is a member of the Democratic Party and of the Blue Dog Coalition.
During his years in Congress Shuler has made a name for himself by challenging the leadership of his party, which he believes has moved too far to the left. In 2010 he ran against Nancy Pelosi for the post of minority leader. He knew he would lose, but also knew he would gain prominence as a leader of conservative and moderate Democrats. He is now one of the leaders of the Blue Dog Democrats, whose numbers were severely diminished in the 2010 election, and has had a higher profile in the national media than he had previously enjoyed.
The district covers the Blue Ridge Mountains in western North Carolina and the largest city in the district is Asheville. On February 2, 2012, after a new district map removed Asheville from the district, making it considerably more Republican, Shuler announced his retirement from the House, and will not be seeking re-election to a fourth term.

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Jamie Morris
James Walter "Jamie" Morris (born June 6, 1965) is a former professional American football running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins and a record-setting running back in college for the University of Michigan Wolverines. While attending the Michigan, he broke the school's all-time records for rushing yards in a season and in a career and for all-purpose yards in a career. His career rushing total was once third in Big Ten Conference history. He continues to hold the career receptions record for Michigan running backs. He also still holds the all-time NFL record for most rushing attempts in a game with 45.
Morris is from Ayer, Massachusetts where he excelled in track and field in high school, winning the Massachusetts state title in the 200m as a sophomore.
Morris is the younger brother of Joe Morris who set the all-time rushing record at Syracuse University and went on to play for the New York Giants. Jamie and Joe and two brothers and two sisters grew up in Ayer. Their father, Earl Morris, a former Green Beret master sergeant in Vietnam, was a postmaster in Groton, Massachusetts.

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Marvin Graves
Marvin Graves (born February 7, 1971) is a former quarterback in the Canadian Football League as well as one of the top signal-callers in the history of Syracuse University.
Graves was a standout quarterback at Archbishop Carroll High School (Washington, DC), but also excelled at basketball and baseball for the Washington, DC high school.
Graves finished his career as the all-time passing yardage leader at Syracuse (8,466), leading the Orange in the category each of his four campaigns. His 48 touchdown tosses rank second in program history. Graves quarterbacked SU to victories in the 1990 Aloha, the 1992 Hall of Fame and the 1993 Fiesta bowls. In a 1992 game vs. Rutgers he gained 476 yards in just one game.
Graves was named to Syracuse University's All-Century team in November, 1999.
Graves was a quarterback for the Toronto Argonauts (1994–1995), the Saskatchewan Roughriders (1996, 2000–2001), and the Montreal Alouettes (1997).
After his CFL career, Graves went on to coach for Washington, DC high schools as well as several quarterback camps. He currently coaches quarterbacks for the Division 3 Catholic University of America.^{http://www.cuacardinals.com/sports/fball/coaches/index}

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Mike Bobo
Mike Bobo (born (1974-04-09)April 9, 1974 in Augusta, Georgia) is an American college football coach and the offensive coordinator of the University of Georgia football team.
Bobo played for the Thomasville High School Bulldogs (Thomasville, GA) before playing college football at the University of Georgia (Athens, GA). Bobo was a four year letterman with the Georgia Bulldogs football team from 1994 - 1997. He was the MVP of the 1998 Outback Bowl and holds several Georgia passing records.
As a Senior in 1997 he threw for 2751 yards on 199 completions in 306 attempts and had 19 TD to just 8 INT.
As a coach at Georgia, Bobo has coached three future NFL quarterbacks in David Greene, D. J. Shockley, and Matthew Stafford.

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Reggie Slack
Reggie Slack (born May 2, 1968) is an American-born Canadian and American football quarterback.
Slack was Auburn University's starting quarterback in 1989 when the Crimson Tide from the University of Alabama came to Jordan-Hare Stadium for the first time in the history of the Iron Bowl rivalry. Prior to 1989, all Alabama–Auburn games were played at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. Auburn won the game 30–20 over an Alabama team that was unbeaten and ranked #2 in the nation.
After spending his collegiate career with Auburn, Slack was selected in the 12th round (321st overall) in the 1990 NFL Draft by the Houston Oilers. Slack also played in the WLAF for the New York/New Jersey Knights and then played in the Canadian Football League with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the Saskatchewan Roughriders, whom he led to a Grey Cup appearance.

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Shonn Greene
Shonn Greene (born August 21, 1985) is an American football running back for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Iowa, and was recognized as an All-American. He was chosen by the New York Jets in the third round of the 2009 NFL Draft.
Greene was born in Sicklerville, New Jersey. He attended Winslow Township High School in Atco, New Jersey, and played for the Winslow Eagles high school football team. He was starting running back and linebacker for the Eagles during his junior and senior years. In his junior year, Greene rushed for 1,267 yards and 18 touchdowns in 221 attempts earning first team all-conference, all-South Jersey, and all-state honors. He followed that with 1,378 yards and 16 touchdowns on 172 attempts as a senior earning first team all-conference and second team all-state. Greene also recorded 191 career tackles and one interception on defense.
Greene attended the University of Iowa, where he played for the Iowa Hawkeyes football team. He missed the entire 2007 season when he left the University due to academic deficiencies. He enrolled at Kirkwood Community College, improved his grades, and returned to the university in 2008. Greene had a breakout season that year, winning the 2008 Doak Walker Award given to the nation's outstanding collegiate running back, and becoming the first Iowa player to win the honor as well as the first player to win it despite not having been on the team the previous season. He finished the season with 1850 yards rushing and 20 touchdowns; after the Hawkeyes won the 2009 Outback Bowl on January 1, 2009, Greene announced he would enter the 2009 NFL Draft. Greene was the only player that year to rush for over 100 yards in every game. On October 23, 2010, Greene was named honorary captain for Iowa's game against Wisconsin.

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Terrell Fletcher
Terrell Antoine Fletcher (born September 14, 1973 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a former American football running back in the National Football League for the San Diego Chargers. With the Chargers he rushed for 1,871 yards and gained 1,943 yards receiving. He attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is the older brother of Indianapolis Colts tight end Bryan Fletcher. Terrell graduated from Hazelwood East High School in St. Louis, Missouri in 1991.
Currently (March 2012), he is the Senior Pastor of the City of Hope International Church in San Diego, California.

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Tony Hunt
Antonio Christopher Hunt (born November 24, 1985) is an American football running back for the Raiffeisen Vikings Vienna of the Austrian Football League. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the third round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Penn State.
A standout player at T. C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia, Hunt rushed for more than 2,000 total yards and also played linebacker, defensive end, and even punted. He was named the Alexandria Sportsman Club Player-of-the-Year in 2002-03. He was also a stalwart on the track and field team, finishing eighth in Virginia in the discus as a junior.
Hunt originally made a verbal commitment to play football at University of Southern California, but instead signed a letter-of-intent with Penn State upon learning of Reggie Bush's commitment to the Trojans.
Hunt finished his Penn State career 2nd all-time in career rushing yards with 3,320 yards and first all-time with 654 carries (5.08 avg.). [1] A Doak Walker Award candidate in 2006, Hunt became only the fifth Nittany Lion to rush for back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons and the fifth to rush for more than 3,000 career yards. [2] He was named Big Ten Conference Offensive Player of the Week after a career-best 167-yard rushing game versus Temple. [3]

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Tyrone Wheatley
Tyrone Anthony Wheatley (born January 19, 1972) is the running backs coach at Syracuse University and a former professional American football player who played 10 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) and was one of the most successful high school and collegiate athletes in Metropolitan Detroit history. In high school, he was a member of state-champion teams in both track and field and football, and he was named Michigan's track and field athlete of the year and football athlete of the year in the same academic year. He earned All-America track honors in both high school and college. Following his graduation as one of Michigan's best high school athletes, he attended the University of Michigan on an athletic scholarship and earned first-team All-Big Ten Conference honors on Big Ten Champion football and track teams.
At the University of Michigan, Wheatley earned the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year Award during the 1992 football season. In the Michigan Wolverines' post-season bowl game, he was named the Most Valuable Player for his performance in the team's Rose Bowl victory. Wheatley continued his track success as well, earning first-team All-Big Ten Conference and All-American honors. He ranks among the Wolverines' all-time rushing leaders in numerous categories, and his name appears in several places in the Big Ten football record book. He was named to All-Big Ten teams in football and track and field a total of four times, and he earned portions of seven Big Ten championships (two team awards for football, one team award for indoor track, one award for 110 meter hurdles, and three awards for individual football statistical performances).

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Petros: Outback Bowl Preview

Petros Papadakis previews the Outback Bowl. Can Michigan prove it can hang with the SEC?...

published: 21 Dec 2012

author: FoxSports

Local businesses hopeful for economic boost from Outback Bowl

The South Carolina Gamecocks football team arrived in Tampa on Wednesday afternoon. They w...

published: 26 Dec 2012

author: ABCActionNews

2012 Outback Bowl - Michigan State beats Georgia 33-30 in 3OT's

Michigan State comes from behind to beat Georgia 33-30 in the Outback Bowl - January 2, 20...

published: 02 Jan 2012

author: TEKster08

Outback Bowl: South Carolina-Michigan

South Carolina and Michigan meet up in a New Year's Day SEC-Big Ten matchup in Tampa Bay f...

published: 12 Dec 2012

author: ESPN

1997 Outback Bowl: Alabama vs. Michigan 1st Half

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published: 06 Jul 2012

author: bigtentracker

Michigan Football Outback Bowl Practice Report

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published: 18 Dec 2012

author: mgovideo

Michigan Football Starts Outback Bowl Practice

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published: 10 Dec 2012

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Washington. Six people, including two young children, were left dead in weather-related accidents, as winter snowstorms complicated travel for many Americans in the Midwest and Northeast on Wednesday. Snow totals in parts of Indiana ranged from 6 to 12 inches, CNN reported. About 350 snowploughs were clearing roads throughout the city. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo told residents they should avoid nonessential travel ... IANS ... ....(size: 2.2Kb)

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Members of Myanmar Fire Brigade team gather near a damaged Air Bagan passenger plane in Heho, Shan State, Myanmar, Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012.

Two killed and 11 injured in Burma emergency landing

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Two people, including a young child, have been killed and another 11 injured during an emergency landing in Burma, officials say. The Air Bagan plane was carrying more than 60 passengers, many of whom were foreign nationals ... "The cause of the accident is not clear yet ... ....(size: 1.4Kb)

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U.S. Army Spc. Jacob Bobbe, security force team member for Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Farah, maintains security on the street during a key leader engagement in the Lash-e Juwayn district of Farah province, Afghanistan, Dec. 11 2012.

Imperial Lockstep

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27 Dec 2012

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FILE - In this Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012 file photo, an elderly Egyptian man shows his inked finger after casting his vote on the second round of a referendum on a disputed constitution drafted by Islamist supporters of President Mohammed Morsi in Fayoum, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) south of Cairo , Egypt.

Egypt constitution passes, economic crunch looms

The Salt Lake Tribune

26 Dec 2012

Cairo • The official approval of Egypt’s disputed, Islamist-backed constitution Tuesday held out little hope of stabilizing the country after two years of turmoil and Islamist President Mohammed Morsi may now face a more immediate crisis with the economy falling deeper into distress ... Join the Discussion. The battle over the constitution left Egypt deeply polarized at a time when the government is increasingly cash-strapped ... The U.S ... " ... ....(size: 5.7Kb)

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Pakistan marks fifth anniversary of Benazir Bhutto murder

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27 Dec 2012

Large crowds of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) supporters are gathering to mark the fifth anniversary of the murder of ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Ms Bhutto died in a gun and bomb attack during her 2007 election campaign. Hundreds of thousands of people have set up camp near the Bhutto family's ancestral home in Sindh province ... He cannot contest an election until his 25th birthday. Show of strength ... ....(size: 2.4Kb)

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Pinellas cities offer Christmas tree recycling

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Times staff. Tampa Bay Times In Print. Friday, December 28, 2012. ADVERTISEMENT. ADVERTISEMENT. Story Tools Print this story Purchase reprints Contact the editor Email Newsletters. Bring your dog to Blast Friday ... 401 ... 9 ... See Outback Bowl dolphin sculptures ... On Sunday, the dolphins will be on display for Outback Bowl Beach Day in the sand behind the Hilton Clearwater Beach ... 1, they'll be at Raymond James Stadium for the 27th Annual Outback Bowl....(size: 3.1Kb)

Outback Bowl features Michigan and South Carolina New Year’s Day in Tampa (Video)

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27 Dec 2012

The Michigan Wolverines and South Carolina Gamecocks face each other in the second of two bowl games in the Tampa Bay area on New Year's Day in the Outback Bowl at Raymond James Stadium ... The Outback Bowl is a match-up of two nationally ranked teams from the Big Ten and SEC ... Michigan comes into the Outback Bowl with an 8-4 record ... Outback Bowl features Michigan and South Carolina New Year’s Day in Tampa....(size: 3.7Kb)

Outback Bowl partners with local groups on social media drive

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27 Dec 2012

The social media partnership, which began about a month ago, includes the Outback Bowl, Tampa Bay & Company, Visit St ... The partnership promotes the destination with images, sweepstakes promotions and hash tags like #VisitTampaBay, #AmericasBestBeaches and #FootballinParadise, the Outback Bowl’s marketing tagline ... Bowl, said in the statement....(size: 8.3Kb)

Wolverines might have tailback-by-committee in Outback Bowl

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27 Dec 2012

TAMPA -- Michigan's tailback situation remains unsettled entering Tuesday's Outback Bowl. Coach Brady Hoke said he would like to have a primary tailback, "but I can't tell you that will be what happens." ... Norfleet progressing ... Notes ... ... Join sports writer Shawn Windsor http.//live.freep.com/Event/Live_blog_Michigan_vs_South_Carolina_in_the_Outback_Bowl">for a live blog of the Outback Bowl on Tuesday afternoon at freep.com/sports. ....(size: 2.0Kb)

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Joey KnightTampa Bay Times ... "I've got some arthritis in my dang fingers," said Spurrier, whose 11th-ranked South Carolina team began game-week preparation for the Outback Bowl at Jefferson High on Thursday ... The Gamecocks' eight consecutive years of bowl eligibility and five consecutive seasons of at least seven wins under Spurrier are unprecedented ... … But as far as lifestyle, we grind it out August through the bowl game....(size: 5.0Kb)

Michigan's Dennis Norfleet will play some cornerback in Outback Bowl

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27 Dec 2012

The Outback Bowl would then have to decide between Michigan and Penn State ... If that happened, everyone else in the Big Ten would move up a spot in the bowl pecking order, which would land Penn State back in the Outback Bowl to face South Carolina ... A loss would likely keep them in the Outback Bowl because Michigan likely would be selected to play in the Capital One Bowl ... Outback Bowl....(size: 5.1Kb)

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Michigan's Brendan Gibbons has leg up for this Florida bowl game

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27 Dec 2012

Two years later, he's back in Florida for a New Year's Day bowl game, the Outback Bowl, well established as U-M primary kicker after two strong seasons ... "I'm a big-time Tampa Bay Buccaneer fan, so it'll be fun to kick in Raymond James (Stadium) and easy for my family and friends to travel," Gibbons said after the Outback Bowl welcome dinner for U-M and South Carolina....(size: 3.8Kb)

Bowl trench battle brewing for U-M, South Carolina

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27 Dec 2012

South Carolinas Corey Robinson, left, Jadeveon Clowney and Shon Carson arrive for the Outback Bowl welcome dinner Wednesday ... Michigan left tackle Taylor Lewan will face perhaps his biggest challenge on New Year's Day in the Outback Bowl when he goes up against South Carolina defensive end Jadaveon Clowney ... he's athletic, he's fast, he's strong," Barnum said Wednesday night after the Outback Bowl welcome dinner....(size: 11.4Kb)

Michigan's Hoke goes for second bowl win in 2 years

Tampa Bay Online

27 Dec 2012

Coach Brady Hoke knows he carries the tradition of Michigan football as he leads the Wolverines against the Gamecocks in the Outback Bowl ... "I can remember coming home, and I told (Laura), 'I want to coach there some day,' " said Hoke, who will finish his second season as Michigan's head coach on New Year's Day when the Wolverines meet South Carolina in the Outback Bowl....(size: 4.4Kb)

Michigan QB Devin Gardner getting Heisman Trophy attention

Detroit Free Press

27 Dec 2012

CLEARWATER, Fla ... Rated the No ... "I couldn't believe it. Ridiculous ... That's what Michigan fans are expecting in Tuesday's Outback Bowl against South Carolina ... Though Robinson is likely to take some quarterback snaps in the bowl game, Gardner will provide a preview of what the Wolverines will look like next year ... Contact Mark Snyder ... Then come back Tuesday afternoon, as sports writer Shawn Windsor live-blogs the Outback Bowl ... Outback Bowl ... ....(size: 4.3Kb)

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Outback Bowl
px Outback Bowl logo
Stadium	Raymond James Stadium
Location	Tampa, Florida
Previous stadiums	Legion Field (1977–85) Tampa Stadium (1986–98)
Operated	1986–present
Conference tie-ins	Big Ten, SEC
Payout	US$6,800,000 (As of 2010^[update])
Sponsors
Outback Steakhouse
Former names
Hall of Fame Bowl (1986–1994)
2012 matchup
Michigan State vs. Georgia (Michigan State 33-30)
2013 matchup
TBA (January 1, 2013)

The Outback Bowl is an annual New Year's Day college football bowl game played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The event was originally called the Hall of Fame Bowl from 1986 to 1994 until being renamed in 1995 for its new title sponsor, Outback Steakhouse. It is organized by the Tampa Bay Bowl Association under Jim McVay, who has been the president/CEO since 1988.

1 History
2 The game
3 Game results
4 MVPs
5 Appearances by Team
6 See also
7 References
8 External links

History [link]

The Outback Bowl is not Tampa's first bowl game, as the Cigar Bowl was played at old Phillips Field near downtown from 1947–1954. However, the earlier event matched small college teams, so the Outback Bowl was the first major bowl game to be played in the area. (A notable participant in the 1950 Cigar Bowl was Florida State, but the FSU football program had just begun at the time and they were not yet considered a major college team.)

The Hall of Fame Bowl was held at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama from 1977–1985. In the spring of 1986, the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame decided to discontinue their association with the bowl and realign with a new bowl game to be played in Tampa Stadium which would inherit the Hall of Fame Bowl name. The bowl did not have agreements to bring in teams from particular conferences in its early years but often matched a school from either the Southeastern Conference or the Atlantic Coast Conference against a team from another region.

In 1999, the Outback Bowl was moved from Tampa Stadium into newly-built Raymond James Stadium next door.

The game [link]

Outback Steakhouse became the game's title sponsor in 1996. Since that game, the Outback Bowl has matched teams from the SEC and the Big 10. The minimum payout for each participating school is US$3.3 million. In late 2009, the Outback Bowl announced that it has extended its contract with the Big Ten Conference through the 2013 football season and with the Southeastern Conference through the 2014 game.^[1] The bowl will continue to invite the third pick of teams from the Big Ten to face the third pick from the SEC.^[2]

The Outback Bowl is played on New Year's Day unless January 1 falls on a Sunday, in which case it is moved to the following Monday. It is usually the first game to start on a date which is traditionally full of college bowl games, and has kicked off as early as 11AM. It currently airs on ABC on New Year's Day after 18 years on ESPN; prior to 1993. the bowl aired on NBC.

Game results [link]

For "Hall of Fame Bowl" results from 1977-1985, see All-American Bowl.

Season	Date Played	Winning Team		Losing Team		Notes
1986	December 23, 1986	Boston College	27	#17 Georgia	24	notes
1987	January 2, 1988	Michigan	28	Alabama	24	notes
1988	January 2, 1989	#17 Syracuse	23	#16 LSU	10	notes
1989	January 1, 1990	#9 Auburn	31	#21 Ohio State	14	notes
1990	January 1, 1991	#14 Clemson	30	#16 Illinois	0	notes
1991	January 1, 1992	Syracuse	24	Ohio State	17	notes
1992	January 1, 1993	Tennessee	38	Boston College	23	notes
1993	January 1, 1994	Michigan	42	NC State	7	notes
1994	January 2, 1995	Wisconsin	34	Duke	20	notes
1995	January 1, 1996	Penn State	43	Auburn	14	notes
1996	January 1, 1997	Alabama	17	Michigan	14	notes
1997	January 1, 1998	Georgia	33	Wisconsin	6	notes
1998	January 1, 1999	Penn State	26	Kentucky	14	notes
1999	January 1, 2000	Georgia	28	Purdue	25 (OT)	notes
2000	January 1, 2001	South Carolina	24	Ohio State	7	notes
2001	January 1, 2002	South Carolina	31	Ohio State	28	notes
2002	January 1, 2003	Michigan	38	Florida	30	notes
2003	January 1, 2004	Iowa	37	Florida	17	notes
2004	January 1, 2005	Georgia	24	Wisconsin	21	notes
2005	January 2, 2006	Florida	31	Iowa	24	notes
2006	January 1, 2007	Penn State	20	Tennessee	10	notes
2007	January 1, 2008	Tennessee	21	Wisconsin	17	notes
2008	January 1, 2009	Iowa	31	South Carolina	10	notes
2009	January 1, 2010	Auburn	38	Northwestern	35 (OT)	notes
2010	January 1, 2011	Florida	37	Penn State	24	notes
2011	January 2, 2012	Michigan State	33	Georgia	30 (3OT)	notes

MVPs [link]

Date	MVP(s)	Team	Position
December 23, 1986	James Jackson	Georgia	QB
December 23, 1986	Garry Moss	Georgia	CB
January 2, 1988	Jamie Morris	Michigan	TB
January 2, 1989	Robert Drummond	Syracuse	RB
January 1, 1990	Reggie Slack	Auburn	QB
January 1, 1991	DeChane Cameron	Clemson	QB
January 1, 1992	Marvin Graves	Syracuse	QB
January 1, 1993	Heath Shuler	Tennessee	QB
January 1, 1994	Tyrone Wheatley	Michigan	RB
January 2, 1995	Terrell Fletcher	Wisconsin	RB
January 1, 1996	Bobby Engram	Penn State	WR
January 1, 1997	Dwayne Rudd	Alabama	LB
January 1, 1998	Mike Bobo	Georgia	QB
January 1, 1999	Courtney Brown	Penn State	DE
January 1, 2000	Drew Brees	Purdue	QB
January 1, 2001	Ryan Brewer	South Carolina	RB
January 1, 2002	Phil Petty	South Carolina	QB
January 1, 2003	Chris Perry	Michigan	TB
January 1, 2004	Fred Russell	Iowa	RB
January 1, 2005	David Pollack	Georgia	DE
January 2, 2006	Dallas Baker	Florida	WR
January 1, 2007	Tony Hunt	Penn State	RB
January 1, 2008	Erik Ainge	Tennessee	QB
January 1, 2009	Shonn Greene	Iowa	RB
January 1, 2010	Darvin Adams	Auburn	WR
January 1, 2011	Ahmad Black	Florida	S
January 2, 2012	Brandon Boykin	Georgia	CB

Appearances by Team [link]

Rank	Team	Appearances	Record
1	Georgia	5	3–2
T2	Michigan	4	3–1
T2	Penn State	4	3–1
T2	Florida	4	2–2
T2	Wisconsin	4	1–3
T2	Ohio State	4	0–4
T7	Auburn	3	2–1
T7	Iowa	3	2–1
T7	South Carolina	3	2–1
T7	Tennessee	3	2–1
T11	Syracuse	2	2–0
T11	Alabama	2	1–1
T11	Boston College	2	1–1
T14	Clemson	1	1–0
T14	Michigan State	1	1–0
T14	Duke	1	0–1
T14	Illinois	1	0–1
T14	Kentucky	1	0–1
T14	LSU	1	0–1
T14	NC State	1	0–1
T14	Northwestern	1	0–1
T14	Purdue	1	0–1

References [link]

^ Outback Bowl renews SEC tie , NCAA News, March 11, 2010
^ http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/dec/26/SPNEWSO1-having-survived-outback-thrives/sports-colleges/

External links [link]

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Zoological parks and aquariums	Busch Gardens Tampa Bay Florida Aquarium Lowry Park Zoo University of South Florida Botanical Gardens

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Brady Hoke

Sport(s)	Football
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Michigan
Conference	Big Ten
Record	11–2
Annual salary	$2,000,000^[1]
Biographical details
Born	(1958-11-03) November 3, 1958 (age 53) Dayton, Ohio
Alma mater	Ball State
Playing career
1977–1980	Ball State
Position(s)	Linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1981–1982 1983 1984–1986 1987–1989 1989–1994 1995–1996 1997–2001 2002 2003–2008 2009–2010 2011–present	Yorktown HS (IN) (DC) Grand Valley State (DL) Western Michigan (DL) Toledo (LB) Oregon State (DL) Michigan (DE) Michigan (DL) Michigan (Assoc. HC/DL) Ball State San Diego State Michigan
Head coaching record
Overall	58–52
Bowls	2–1
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships 1 MAC West Division (2008)
Awards MAC Coach of the Year (2008) AFCA Regional Coach of the Year (2008) MWC Coach of the Year (2010) Big Ten Coach of the Year (2011) Maxwell Football Club Collegiate Coach of the Year (2011)

Brady Hoke (born November 3, 1958) is currently the head football coach at the University of Michigan. He is entering his second season. He grew up in Ohio and attended Ball State University where he played linebacker from 1977 to 1980. He began his coaching career in 1982 and held assistant coaching positions at Grand Valley State (1983), Western Michigan (1984–1986), Toledo (1987–1989), Oregon State (1989–1994) and Michigan (1995–2002). He left Michigan in December 2002 to become the head football coach at his alma mater, Ball State. In six years at Ball State, Hoke was credited with turning around the football program. In 2008, he led the Ball State football team to a 12–1 record and the first appearance in the Associated Press Top 25 (peaking at No. 12) in school history. In December 2008, Hoke was hired as the head football coach at San Diego State University. He led the 2010 San Diego State Aztecs football team to the school's first nine-win season since 1971 and a victory over Navy in the 2010 Poinsettia Bowl. Hoke was hired as Michigan's head football coach on January 11, 2011, and after one season went 11-2, taking Michigan to their first BCS Bowl game since the 2006 football season, where Michigan defeated the Virginia Tech Hokies in the 2012 Sugar Bowl.

1 Early years
2 Coaching career
3 Family
4 Head coaching record
5 References
6 External links

Early years [link]

Hoke graduated from Fairmont East High School in Kettering, Ohio, in 1977.^[2] While at Fairmont East, Hoke played linebacker/defensive end and was also on the school's wrestling squad. His father, John Hoke, played for future Ohio State coach Woody Hayes at Miami University, along side future Michigan coach Bo Schembechler. Despite his father's association with Hayes, Hoke recalled that, while he was growing up in Kettering, he was a Michigan fan.^[3] He went on to play football as a linebacker at Ball State University, where he was a four-year letterman from 1977 to 1980. He helped the Ball State Cardinals win the 1978 MAC championship. He tallied 99 tackles as a sophomore, 95 as a junior and 150 as a senior.^[4] He was the captain of Ball State's 1980 team and was selected as a second-team All-MAC player.^[4]^[5]

Coaching career [link]

Assistant coach [link]

Hoke began his coaching career in 1982 as the defensive coordinator and offensive line coach at Yorktown High School in Yorktown, Indiana.^[4]

Hoke began his college coaching career as the defensive line coach at Grand Valley State University in 1983. The following year, he joined Jack Harbaugh's staff at Western Michigan University. He was Western Michigan's defensive line coach from 1984 to 1986. Also on the coaching staff were current Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh, current Michigan defensive coordinator Greg Mattison, and current Michigan special teams coordinator Dan Ferrigno.

Hoke next served as the linebackers coach at the University of Toledo from 1987 to 1989.

Hoke served as an assistant coach at Oregon State University from 1989 to 1994 under head coaches Dave Kragthorpe and his successor Jerry Pettibone. He was the Beavers' defensive line coach in every season except 1990, when coached the inside linebackers. The Beavers went 4–7–1 and 1–10 in Hoke's first two years in Corvallis, resulting in the firing of Kragthorpe. Hoke was retained in 1991 by Oregon State's new head coach, Jerry Pettibone. The Beavers had consecutive one-win seasons in 1991 and 1992 and back-to-back four win seasons in 1993 and 1994. Despite the team's struggles, Hoke later credited Kragthorpe with teaching him many lessons: "One of the big things coach Pettibone instilled in me was the recruiting process, and the work ethic that it takes to recruit, and the other factors, as far as trying to get a team ready every week, coming off a couple of lean years, and the intenseness of the rivalry with Oregon."^[6]

In February 1995, Hoke was hired as an assistant coach at the University of Michigan under head coach Gary Moeller.^[7] He was the defensive end coach in 1995 and 1996 and defensive line coach from 1997 to 2002.^[8] In May 2002, Michigan head coach Lloyd Carr named Hoke as associate head coach, the only member of the staff with that distinction. At the time, Hoke told the press, "Every year you learn more and more what the head coach has to do. I'm very honored to represent this school. I grew up a big Michigan fan, and I think it's a place that's special in a lot of ways."^[8] During Hoke's eight years at Michigan, the Wolverines compiled a 75–23 record, went to a bowl game every year and won the national championship in 1997. While at Michigan, Hoke was assigned to recruit in California. One of the players Hoke recruited to Michigan was Tom Brady. Hoke recalled: "Tom wasn't the greatest athlete, with those skinny legs, but there was something about him."^[3]

Although Hoke was an assistant under head coaches Moeller and Carr at Michigan, Bo Schembechler remained at Michigan in the early part of Hoke's tenure. Interviewed in 2009, Hoke recalled the example set by Schembechler: "When I was at Michigan, Bo Schembechler's office was five doors down from mine. Having the opportunity to talk with him on a daily basis was something that transferred those values that are most important if you're going to be successful."^[9]

Ball State [link]

In December 2002, Hoke was hired as the 14th head football coach at his alma mater, Ball State University, signing a five-year contract at $125,000 per season.^[10] Hoke told reporters that the moment he heard the vacancy sign was out at Ball State, he knew he wanted to be the school's next head football coach: "There is no doubt."^[10] Hoke added, "It is great to return to the school that enabled me to get an education and play football. I am looking forward to representing a great university with integrity and pride."^[4] Michigan's head coach Lloyd Carr praised Hoke: "Brady has done a tremendous job at Michigan. He is a great recruiter. One of the things I try to do is hire people that have the potential to become head coaches. He is goal-oriented and has a great motivation to be the best that he can be."^[4]

Hoke took over a Ball State football program that had not had a winning record since 1996. Hoke's teams won only 10 games in his first three seasons as head coach. Hoke began to turn this around in his fourth year as the team finished 5–7 (5–3) in 2006. In 2007, the team improved to 7–5 in the regular season, as sophomore quarterback Nate Davis passed for 3,376 yards and 27 touchdowns.^[11] The 2007 Ball State team nearly upset the Nebraska Cornhuskers, but a late touchdown gave Nebraska a 41–40 win.^[11] The team was invited to play in the International Bowl in Toronto, losing to Rutgers, 52–30.

During the 2008 season, Hoke led the Cardinals to the most wins in school history, finishing the regular season with an undefeated record of 12–0. The 2008 season marked the first time the Ball State Cardinals won a game against a BCS-conference opponent, a 42–20 victory over Indiana. And in October 2008, Ball State was ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 for the first time in the school's history. After his team achieved its top 25 ranking, Hoke told the media, "It's flattering obviously, but there's so much season left to play. You have to evaluate the season at the end. We've got a lot of big games ahead of us."^[12] The Cardinals were ranked as high as #12 during the 2008 season.^[13] After concluding an undefeated regular season, Hoke's 2008 team lost to the Buffalo Bulls in the 2008 MAC Championship Game.^[12]

Ball State's rise to prominence led to Hoke's December 2008 appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman where he read a special "Top Ten List" of the "Highlights of the Ball State Cardinals Season," topped by "The Drunk 3 A.M. Coaching Tips from (Ball State alumnus) Letterman."^[14]

San Diego State [link]

In December 2008, Hoke was hired as the 17th head football coach at San Diego State University. Hoke signed a five-year contract with a guaranteed payment of $3,525,000, plus incentives for hitting revenue marks and bowl berths. San Diego State was also required to pay $240,000 to buy out the remaining two years on Hoke's contract at Ball State.^[15] At the press conference introducing Hoke as the Aztecs' new coach, Hoke told reporters, "Number one, this program is going to be a program that's based on toughness. To play football at the Division I level, to compete academically at the Division I level and balance both, you have to be tough-minded. You have to be physically tough and mentally tough."^[15]

San Diego State compiled a 2–10 record the year before Hoke arrived. A sports writer for the San Diego Union-Tribune described the challenge facing Hoke: "It's going to be difficult for [Brady Hoke], because with the Aztecs, we're basically talking about a sea change in everything from A to Zed. This isn't Urban Meyer taking over at Florida, where the cupboard already was full of epicurean delights. State has rotting skeletons in its closet. The Aztecs haven't had a winning season since 1998, just seven since 1980."^[16]

Hoke won a reputation for recruiting at San Diego State. His brother Jon Hoke, an assistant coach in the NFL, noted: "I don't care where it is, whether it's San Diego State or anywhere else, if there's one thing he can do it's recruit. He's as good at it as anybody. He's relentless with recruiting. He has a great feel for parents and a great feel for players. As long as you give him the budget to (recruit) the way it needs to be done, he'll be fine."^[17]

In 2009, Hoke led the Aztecs to a record of 4–8. During the 2010 season, Hoke's team improved to 9–4. Two of the Aztecs' losses in 2010 came in close matches against ranked opponents. The Aztecs gave the undefeated, #2 TCU team its closest game of the regular season, losing by a score of 40–35. Hoke's team also lost a close game against No. 12 Missouri by a score of 27–24. The team concluded its season with a convincing 35–14 win over Navy in the 2010 Poinsettia Bowl.

Prior to the 2010 season, San Diego State had not won nine games in a season since 1971 and had not played in a bowl game since the 1998 team lost in the Las Vegas Bowl. After the 2010 season, a reporter for the Orange County Register wrote that Hoke had given San Diego State "swagger."^[3]

Michigan [link]

Brady Hoke (right) with Dave Brandon, director of intercollegiate athletics for the University of Michigan

Following the firing of Rich Rodriguez as Michigan's head football coach, Hoke's name was discussed prominently as a replacement along with Jim Harbaugh and Les Miles. Fox Sports analyst and Ball State alumnus Jason Whitlock wrote an impassioned column calling Hoke "the perfect coach for Michigan."^[18] Whitlock observed:

"Brady Hoke loves hard. He loves his family, his players, his assistant coaches, Ball State football and Michigan football. You think winning 12 games and getting into the BCS conversation is difficult at Stanford? Try doing it at Ball State. ... Jim Harbaugh's 12–1 can't touch Brady Hoke's 12–1. ... Michigan is his destination job. He has no interest in auctioning himself off to the highest bidder. He loves Ann Arbor. He'd crawl on hot, broken glass to work inside Schembechler Hall as the head coach. ... He has an uncanny ability to get kids to believe in him and believe in themselves. He doesn't do it with smooth words. He's not smooth. He does it by being the same genuine person day after day. ... He connects. The kids hang on his words, respond to his tough love and accept his discipline."^[18]

Writing in The Detroit News, Lynn Henning noted: "(Hoke) is straight from the Bo Schembechler-Lloyd Carr schools of football control: Practices are closed. Media are to be kept far behind the moats. His preference is football over just about anything else planet Earth offers. And his players love him. Not because he's soft or cuddly or sympathetic to the tackle they just missed. Rather, it's because they believe in him and the football he coaches."^[19]

Hoke had reportedly long considered the head coaching position at Michigan to be his "dream job". San Diego State University president Stephen Weber revealed that when Hoke interviewed for the Aztecs' head coaching position in 2008, Hoke told Weber that he saw the Michigan job as his "ultimate career goal".^[20]

On January 11, 2011, Hoke was named the 19th head football coach of the Michigan Wolverines football team.^[21]^[22] Michigan athletic director David Brandon described some of the factors that influenced his selection of Hoke: "The reason I wanted him to be prominent in this process was simply the combination of turning around two programs, being known as a terrific recruiter, and being a defensive-minded coach with a lot of experience. Everybody that I ever talked to just raved about the quality of person he is and how much he loves Michigan."^[21] Although many speculated that Hoke had been a third choice behind Harbaugh and Miles, Brandon stated, "The job was never offered to them."^[23]

Hoke has placed a renewed emphasis on beating Ohio State, a rivalry that Hoke claimed was "almost personal".^[24] Hoke refuses to refer to Ohio State by name, calling it "that school in Ohio" or simply "Ohio". Though each of the two schools Hoke previously coached at used red as a team color, Hoke wore black or white polo shirts on game days because red reminded him of Ohio State. Hoke has installed clocks inside the locker room that count down to both the Michigan State game and the Ohio State game.^[25]

On November 26, Hoke's Wolverines defeated Ohio State in Hoke's first season as the Wolverines' head coach, clinching Michigan's first 10-win season since 2006. Hoke's 2011 team also held Michigan's first winning record in Big Ten conference play since 2007. Michigan's win over Ohio State in the long-standing rivalry was its first since 2003.

Following the 2011 Big Ten Conference football season, Hoke swept the Big Ten Coach of the Year awards, earning the Hayes-Schembechler Coach of the Year, as selected by conference coaches, and the Dave McClain Coach of the Year, as picked by the media.^[26]

Hoke won his first bowl game as the head coach of Michigan in an overtime contest against Virginia Tech by a score of 23-20. It was Michigan's first BCS bowl victory since the 2000 Orange Bowl, and its 20th bowl victory overall.

Family [link]

Hoke is married to Laura (Homberger) Hoke, who is also a Ball State graduate. Hoke and his wife have a daughter, Kelly, who was born in 1986 and was also a Ball State graduate.^[10] Hoke is the younger brother of Jon Hoke, who is the secondary coach of the Chicago Bears.^[27]

Head coaching record [link]

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches^#	AP^°
Ball State Cardinals (Mid-American Conference) (2003–2008)
2003	Ball State	4–8	3–5	T–4th (West)
2004	Ball State	2–9	2–6	6th (West)
2005	Ball State	4–7	4–4	5th (West)
2006	Ball State	5–7	5–3	T–3rd (West)
2007	Ball State	7–6	5–2	2nd (West)	L International
2008	Ball State	12–1	8–0	1st (West)	GMAC*
Ball State:		34–38	27–20	* Did not coach in bowl game.
San Diego State Aztecs (Mountain West Conference) (2009–2010)
2009	San Diego State	4–8	2–6	7th
2010	San Diego State	9–4	5–3	T–3rd	W Poinsettia
San Diego State:		13–12	7–9
Michigan Wolverines (Big Ten Conference) (2011–present)
2011	Michigan	11–2	6–2	2nd (Legends)	W Sugar^†	9	12
2012	Michigan	0–0	0–0	(Legends)
Michigan:		11–2	6–2
Total:		58–52
National championship Conference title Conference division title
^†Indicates BCS bowl game. ^#Rankings from final Coaches' Poll. ^°Rankings from final AP Poll.

References [link]

^ "Brady Hoke's contract to coach Michigan football: 6 years, up to $18 million … or more". Crain's Detroit Business. March 30, 2011. http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20110330/FREE/110339985/brady-hokes-contract-to-coach-michigan-football-6-years-up-to-18-million-or-more. Retrieved November 24, 2011.
^ "Brady Hoke Profile". GoAztecs.com. http://goaztecs.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/bio-Hoke.html.
^ ^a ^b ^c Mark Whicker (December 20, 2010). "Hoke gives San Diego St. swagger again". Orange County Register.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Ball State alum Hoke returns to Muncie". South Bend Tribune, South Bend, Indiana: p. 1. December 19, 2002.
^ Dave Long (September 25, 2003). "FAIRMONT EAST GRADS CLIMB TO TOP OF D-I SPORTS". Dayton Daily News.
^ Ron Bellamy (October 10, 2008). "Hoke learned lessons at OSU". The Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon: p. C.21.
^ Donnie Webb (February 21, 1995). "The Post-Standard, Syracuse, N.Y.". p. D.3.
^ ^a ^b Dave Lamb (May 2, 2002). "HERE AND THERE; KETTERING NATIVE GETS PROMOTION". Dayton Daily News.
^ "Brady Hoke: Brady Hoke left his alma mater as head football coach in December to take the reins at San Diego State University, where the football program could use a miracle worker". San Diego Magazine. February 2009. http://www.sandiegomagazine.com/media/San-Diego-Magazine/February-2009/Brady-Hoke/.
^ ^a ^b ^c Phil Bloom (December 20, 2002). "Hoke, Ball State are a perfect pair: Michigan assistant ready for challenge". The Journal Gazette, Ft. Wayne, Indiana: p. 1.B.
^ ^a ^b Ben Smith (December 12, 2007). "Hoke has brought Cards a long way". The Journal Gazette, Ft. Wayne, Indiana: p. 6.B.
^ ^a ^b Ralph D. Russo (October 6, 2008). "Ball State earns 1st Top 25 rank". Journal-Gazette, Ft. Wayne, Indiana: p. B.9.
^ Mick McGrane (July 22, 2009). "To drum up fan interest, Aztecs place hope in Hoke". The San Diego Union-Tribune: p. D.1.
^ "The Late Show Top Ten by head coach Brady Hoke". CBS Television. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mErqJBbCjsc.
^ ^a ^b Brent Schotenboer (December 17, 2008). "Hoke talks tough for SDSU byword: Players get an early (7 a.m.) dose of new coach's discipline". The San Diego Union-Tribune: p. D.1.
^ Nick Canepa (October 22, 2009). "Hoke key man at a key time for the Aztecs". The San Diego Union-Tribune: p. D.1.
^ Mick McGrane (April 8, 2009). "HE'S NOT AFRAID OF A CHALLENGE: Aztecs' Hoke takes over a team mired in its losing ways". The San Diego Union-Tribune: p. D.1.
^ ^a ^b Jason Whitlock (January 7, 2011). "Hoke, not Harbaugh, perfect for Michigan". Fox Sports. http://msn.foxsports.com/collegefootball/story/brady-hoke-not-jim-harbaugh-is-perfect-coach-for-michigan-wolverines-010711.
^ Lynn Henning (January 6, 2011). "Brady Hoke fits the bill as a top candidate for U-M job". The Detroit News. http://detnews.com/article/20110106/SPORTS0201/101060359/Brady-Hoke-fits-the-bill-as-a-top-candidate-for-U-M-job.
^ . http://www.thesandiegouniontribune.com/news/2010/dec/10/sdsu-coach-hoke-michigan-career-goal/.
^ ^a ^b Angelique S. Chengelis (January 11, 2010). "Dave Brandon: New coach Brady Hoke understands U-M football". The Detroit News. http://detnews.com/article/20110111/SPORTS0201/101110439/Dave-Brandon--New-coach-Brady-Hoke-understands-U-M-football.
^ "Michigan introduces Brady Hoke as football coach". ESPN. January 12, 2011. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=6015156.
^ Larry Lage (January 11, 2011). "Michigan hires Hoke, not Harbaugh or Miles". Associated Press. http://sports.ap.org/college-football/story?id=pb5463235160e436f859a94d5b0933138.
^ . http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=6229301.
^ . http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post?id=25517.
^ "Hoke Voted Big Ten Coach of the Year by Media and Coaches". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. 2011-11-30. http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/113011aaa.html. Retrieved 2011-11-30.
^ "Jon Hoke". Chicago Bears. http://www.chicagobears.com/team/coach.asp?coach_id=28.

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Denard Robinson
Career history
Robinson at a press conference
Michigan Wolverines — No. 16
Quarterback	Junior
Major: Kinesiology
Date of birth: (1990-09-22) September 22, 1990 (age 21)
Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Weight: 197 lb (89 kg)
High school: Deerfield Beach High School, Deerfield Beach, Florida
College(s): University of Michigan (2009–present)
Bowl games
2011 Gator Bowl, 2012 Sugar Bowl
Career highlights and awards
College records —NCAA (all divisions) Only 1500-yard passing/1500-yard rushing season —Division I FBS Rushing yards by a QB (season) Division I FBS 200-yard passing/200-yard rushing regular season games (career and season) —Big Ten Conference Rushing yards by a QB (single game) Total offense (single-season) —Michigan Total offense (single-game) Rushing yards on the road (single game) Passing yards (single half) —Other Notre Dame Stadium longest run from scrimmage High school championship FHSAA state champion 4 x 100 metres Honors Chicago Tribune Silver Football (Big Ten MVP) (2010) Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year (2010) 2010 All-American (1st team - FWAA, 3rd team - AP, honorable mention - SI & CFN) First-team All-Big Ten (2010, media) Second-team All-Big Ten (2011, media) Big Ten Rushing Champion (2010) Big Ten Total Offense Champion (2010) 2011 All-American (honorable mention - SI)
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Denard Xavier Robinson (born September 22, 1990), nicknamed Shoelace, is an American football player who has completed his junior season for the 2011 Michigan Wolverines football team. He started at quarterback in all 13 games for the Michigan Wolverines football team in 2010. In the same year, he set the single-season Division I FBS record for rushing yards by a quarterback and became the only player in NCAA history to both pass and rush for 1,500 yards. Robinson also broke the Big Ten Conference season record with 4,272 yards of total offense (2,570 yards passing and 1,702 yards rushing) and led the conference in rushing. He was awarded the 2010 Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the Most Valuable Player in the Big Ten Conference and was selected by the Football Writers Association of America as a first-team All-American. He also set the Big Ten single-game record for rushing yards by a quarterback and is the only player in NCAA Division I FBS history to both pass for 200 yards and rush for 200 yards in a regular season game twice in his career, accomplishing that feat in his first full season as a starter.

He enrolled at the University of Michigan in 2009 and was the school's second-string quarterback as a true freshman. In the 2010 season opener against Connecticut, Robinson broke Michigan's single-game record for total offense with 383 yards and also broke the single-game record for rushing yards by a quarterback. He shattered his own records in his second start at quarterback against Notre Dame with 258 rushing yards and 502 yards of total offense. During the 2010 season, Robinson had six of the top ten single-game performances in total yards in Michigan history.

Robinson acquired the nickname "Shoelace" because he has played football since age 10 with his shoelaces untied. He also competes as a sprinter for the Michigan men's track and field team. He has run the 40-yard dash in 4.32 seconds, and he recorded the fastest competition time in 2010 among Michigan's sprinters in the 60-meter dash.

1 Early life and nickname
2 Deerfield Beach High School
3 College recruitment
4 University of Michigan
5 Statistics at Michigan
6 See also
7 Notes
8 References
9 External links

Early life and nickname [link]

Robinson was born in 1990, the son of Thomas Robinson, Sr., and Dorothea Robinson.^[1] Robinson began playing pee-wee football by age 10 and played the game with his shoes untied. Those who saw him play at Westside Park in Deerfield Beach recall:

"Kids would go for his shoes on tackles, and he'd come up to the huddle in just socks. His coach couldn't stand it at first and neither could his parents. They'd tie wristbands around his shoes. When that didn't work, they tried athletic tape. They even rolled his socks over his shoes. He was a marvel, and he wasn't even finished with the sixth grade."^[1]

Robinson continued to play football without tying his shoelaces and became known as "Shoelace."^[2]^[3] One reporter who visited his family to watch a Michigan game noted, "To everyone in Deerfield Beach -- everyone but his mother, that is -- there is no Denard, just Shoelace."^[1] Robinson's high school coach, Art Taylor, explained his rationale for accepting the practice:

"After 25 years coaching, if the kid can throw it 90 yards in the air and is accurate and the kid can run as fast as he does ... as long as he feels comfortable, not lacing his shoes, fine with me. The kid's been doing it all his life, why mess with it?"^[4]

At the college level, his coaches at the University of Michigan also accepted Robinson's practice. After learning that Robinson could run the 100 meters in 10.4 seconds with his shoes untied, Michigan quarterbacks coach Rod Smith called it "the damnedest thing I've ever seen" and added, "Anybody that runs that fast I'm not going to tell him how to tie his shoes."^[5] Robinson wears Adidas Reggie2 Superfly shoes with Velcro straps to secure them to his feet.^[4]

Deerfield Beach High School [link]

As a ninth grader, Robinson tried out for a spot as a defensive back for the varsity football team at Deerfield Beach High School in Deerfield Beach, Florida. The team's defensive coordinator at the time was former Buffalo Bills defensive back Manny Martin, who was also Robinson's algebra teacher. Martin later recalled that he had an experienced defensive backfield, but Robinson "was always in my ear: 'I can do it.'"^[6] Robinson did not win a spot on the varsity team and instead played quarterback for the junior-varsity team as a ninth grader.^[6]

Robinson became the starting quarterback for the Deerfield Beach varsity team as a sophomore and filled that position for three years from 2006 to 2008.^[6] Deerfield Beach head coach Art Taylor recalled, "As soon as he stepped on that field his sophomore year playing varsity, we knew we had something special."^[7]

In a 2007 state semifinal game played at the Orange Bowl, Robinson led his team to within two points of upsetting Miami Northwestern, the top-ranked high school team in the country. While warming up, Robinson noticed that a Miami Northwestern lineman had taped a photograph of Robinson onto the front of his helmet. Robinson started laughing and told the player, "You think that scares us?"^[6] Robinson had Deerfield ahead in the game, 12–7, but Miami Northwestern completed a 99-yard touchdown drive with 18 seconds left to give them a 14–12 win.^[6]

In October 2008 against St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Robinson was responsible for six touchdowns in a single game, passing for 342 yards and five touchdowns and rushing for 54 yards and a touchdown.^[8] As a three-year starter for Deerfield Beach, Robinson totaled nearly 6,000 yards of total offense with 4,784 passing yards (262 for 576 passing) and 1,132 rushing yards (5.2 yards per carry).^[9]

Robinson also competed in track for Deerfield Beach. In March 2009, he ran the 100 meters sprint in 10.44 seconds,^[10] and finished third in the 100-meter dash at the 2008 Florida 4A Track & Field State Championships.^[9] He also ran the 40-yard dash in 4.32 seconds.^[11] He was also a member of the 2008 Florida High School Athletic Association state champion 4 x 100 metres relay team.^[9]

College recruitment [link]

As a high school senior, ESPN ranked Robinson seventh in the country as a general athlete and 101st regardless of position. Rivals.com ranked him 14th as a general athlete and 188th overall.^[12]^[13] Scout.com categorized him as a cornerback and ranked him 16th in the nation.^[14] Robinson received scholarship offers from Florida, Georgia, Kansas State, Michigan, and other programs.^[15] Michigan initially recruited Robinson as a defensive back, and Robinson declined.^[16] Robinson recalled that it was one of his goals to play quarterback at the college level.^[16] After observing his passing abilities, Michigan recruited Robinson as a quarterback. On February 4, 2009, Robinson announced that he had signed a National Letter of Intent to attend Michigan.^[17]^[18]

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	40^‡	Commit date
Denard Robinson QB	Deerfield Beach, Florida	Deerfield Beach (FL)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	4.44	Feb 4, 2009
Denard Robinson QB	Scout: Rivals: ESPN grade: 81
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 16 (CB) Rivals: 188, 14 (Athlete), 35 (FL) ESPN: 101, 7 (Athlete)
Note: In many cases, Scout and Rivals may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, an average of the two was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Michigan Football Commitments". Rivals.com. http://rivals.yahoo.com/footballrecruiting/football/recruiting/commitments/2009/alabama-29. Retrieved 2010-09-09. "2009 Michigan Football Commits". Scout.com. http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=162&p=9&c=8&yr=2009. Retrieved 2010-09-09. "ESPN". ESPN.com. http://espn.go.com/college-football/recruiting/school/_/id/130/class/2009. Retrieved 2010-09-09. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=162&p=9&c=14&yr=2009. Retrieved 2010-09-09. "2009 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. http://www.rivals.com/TeamRank.asp?type=0&sort=0&year=2009. Retrieved 2010-09-09.

University of Michigan [link]

2009 football season [link]

Robinson enrolled in the University of Michigan's School of Kinesiology in the fall of 2009. During Michigan's 2009 summer training camp, Robinson was in competition for the starting quarterback position with fellow freshman Tate Forcier and junior Nick Sheridan.^[19]^[20] Forcier, who enrolled early and participated in spring practice,^[21] was named the starting quarterback, but Robinson saw significant playing time as a true freshman, appearing in all 12 games.^[9]

On September 5, 2009, in Michigan's season opener against Western Michigan, Robinson scored a touchdown on his first collegiate snap. As the ESPN television broadcast focused on his untied shoelaces, Robinson took the snap in the shotgun formation, ran to the right, broke a tackle at the 40-yard line, then cut left and ran 43 yards for a touchdown.^[22]^[23]

Two weeks later against Eastern Michigan, he ran quarterback draw plays for touchdowns of 13 and 36 yards, though he also threw two interceptions.^[9]^[24]^[25]

In Michigan's October 10 game against Iowa, Robinson replaced Forcier in the fourth quarter with the team trailing 30–21. He led the team on a 59-yard scoring drive capped by his own 3-yard touchdown run with 3:16 left to cut the lead to 30–28. However, on the following drive, Robinson's threw an interception at Michigan's 31-yard line with 44 seconds remaining in the game.^[26]^[27]

Robinson led the Wolverines on four scoring drives against Delaware State, throwing his first two collegiate touchdown passes and scoring a rushing touchdown as well.^[28]^[29] His only start of the season came on November 14 as a running back against Wisconsin.^[9]

During the 2009 season, Robinson completed 14 of 31 passes for 188 yards and two passing touchdowns. He also ran for 351 yards and five touchdowns in 69 attempts.^[30]

2010 track season [link]

Robinson also competed for the Michigan men's track and field team during his freshman year.^[31] In January 2010, Robinson told a reporter, "When I was getting recruited I always wanted to run track and play football. It helped me move faster on the football field."^[31] Michigan track coach Fred LaPlante said Robinson had one of the 10 fastest 100-meter high-school times in the United States in 2009 and described Robinson the sprinter as "one of the four or five best guys in the Big Ten."^[31] LaPlante emphasized Robinson's "quickness":

"One thing in football that you don't see in track is quickness. He's incredibly quick and his lateral movement is unbelievable and his ability to go in one direction and get in another. The perception people have is that's speed. That's not speed, that's quickness."^[31]

Robinson won the 60-meter dash in his college track debut in "The Dual" against Ohio State on January 16, 2010.^[9] His time of 6.81 stood up as the best by a Wolverine for the season.^[32] He finished fifth in the 60-meter dash at the Meyo Invitational on February 6, 2010.^[9] He finished ninth in the event at the 2010 Big Ten Indoor Championships in late February 2010, failing to qualify for the finals by four-thousandths of a second.^[9]

LaPlante recalled becoming panic-stricken during a practice race when Robinson was "running so fast he was having trouble holding the turn."^[6] Concerned about an injury to the football team's quarterback, LaPlante yelled out, "Denard! Please, don't do that again! I'll be fired in 2 seconds!" LaPlante recalled Robinson's reaction: "He had that great big smile on his face."^[6]

2010 football season [link]

2010 Michigan Offense vs. Connecticut

#16 Robinson takes the long snap for the 2010 Michigan Wolverines with #20 Michael Shaw, #22 Darryl Stonum, #9 Martavious Odoms, #52 Stephen Schilling, #50 David Molk as well as #79 Perry Dorrestein, #80 Martell Webb, and #72 Mark Huyge

2010 Michigan Wolverines football team offense including #16 Robinson, #20 Michael Shaw, #22 Darryl Stonum, #12 Roy Roundtree, #86 Kevin Koger, #52 Stephen Schilling, and #50 David Molk as well as #79 Perry Dorrestein, #65 Patrick Omamehand, and #72 Mark Huyge

Pre-season competition [link]

During spring practice in April 2010, Robinson impressed coaches and observers, leading to speculation that Robinson would overtake Forcier as the starting quarterback.^[33]^[34]^[35] The competition continued through late August and early September 2010.^[36]^[37]^[38] In early September 2010, Angelique Chengelis profiled Robinson in The Detroit News: "The prevailing belief is that Robinson has worked hard enough and improved enough to earn the job. He took significant steps in spring practice, and from all accounts, he showed his teammates an incredible devotion to offseason conditioning and film viewing, all in the interest of honing his game and improving Michigan's chances."^[39]

Even on the morning of Michigan's season opener, the Chicago Sun-Times reported that "the mystery surrounding who would be the Wolverines' No. 1 quarterback was a major story line, with coach Rich Rodriguez keeping his decision secret until the very last minute."^[40]

A total offense record against UConn [link]

Robinson did start Michigan's season opener against Connecticut. In the first half, he rushed for 131 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries for an average of 8.7 yards per carry.^[41] He finished the game with 383 yards of total offense, including 186 passing yards (19 of 22 passing) and 197 rushing yards on 29 carries (6.9 yards per carry).^[42] Robinson's rushing yardage against UConn was the most ever by a Michigan quarterback.^[43]^[44] He also broke Michigan's single-game record for total offense with 383 yards.^[9]^[45] For his efforts Robinson earned Big Ten Conference Offensive Player of the Week, AT&T ESPN All-America Player of the Week, and Walter Camp Football Foundation National Offensive Player of the Week recognition.^[46]^[47]^[48]

Less than a week after his performance in the Connecticut game, the New York Daily News wrote that Robinson had acquired "cult hero" status: "He has started only one game at quarterback for Michigan, but Denard Robinson is already a cult hero to the Wolverine faithful."^[49]

502 yards of total offense against Notre Dame [link]

In his second start at quarterback, Robinson led Michigan to a 28–24 win over Notre Dame against its traditional rival. He finished the game with 502 of Michigan's 532 yards of total offense (258 rushing yards and 244 passing yards), breaking the Michigan record he set in his first start.^[50]^[51] In the first half, Robinson had an 87-yard touchdown run that ranks as the longest run from scrimmage in Notre Dame Stadium's 80-year history.^[52] He also scored the winning touchdown with 27 seconds remaining on a two-yard run, capping a 12-play, 72-yard drive.^[50] Robinson broke Mike Kafka's Big Ten Conference record for rushing yards by a quarterback and became the ninth quarterback in NCAA history (and the first since Pat White in 2006) to rush and pass for more than 200 yards in a single game.^[53]^[54] His rushing total also ranks as the all-time best in a road game by any Michigan player, regardless of position.^[55]

After the game, Brandon Graham, who played with Robinson at Michigan in 2009 and now plays with Michael Vick on the Philadelphia Eagles told reporters that Robinson is even quicker than Vick: "Both of them are pretty fast, I just think Vick's older; he's not really that fast like how Shoelace is. I think Shoelace is more quick than Vick, but Vick, he gets away. He's pretty fast still. I think Shoelace might have got him by a couple steps."^[56]

Robinson's performance drew praise from the national media. The Wall Street Journal called Robinson "the breakout star of the young 2010 season" and drew attention to his "absurd rushing totals."^[57] Columnist Mitch Albom wrote: "Denard Robinson redefined the term 'offensive weapon' on Saturday against Notre Dame."^[58] ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit noted the "confident aura" around Robinson:

"The body language he exudes is, 'I'm a winner.' He's small in stature, but his heart you can almost see it pounding through his jersey. And then he has, like all the great ones, he plays with a swagger like, 'You can't stop me.'"^[7]

Gregg Doyel, national columnist for CBSSports.com, proclaimed Robinson the front-runner for the Heisman Trophy: "Denard Robinson has earned the right to pole position in the Heisman race. It's not close. And if he stays healthy, I fully expect him to walk across a stage in New York City in December and take that trophy home."^[59]

For his performance against Notre Dame, Robinson was selected for the second consecutive week as the Walter Camp Football Foundation National Offensive Player of the Week,^[55] the AT&T ESPN All-America Player of the Week,^[60] the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week,^[61] and the CBSSports.com Player of the Day.^[62] He is the first player to earn the Walter Camp honor two weeks in a row,^[63] and the fourth to do so twice in a season.^[64] He was also named the Capital One Cup Impact Performance of the Week.^[65] CBS Sports' Verne Lundquist joked: "He might become the first guy to win both the Davey O'Brien and the Doak Walker."^[66]

Robinson totaled 455 rushing yards and 885 yards of total offense in the first two games of the 2010 season, which led Division I FBS.^[67]^[68] Through the first two weeks of the season, Robinson had by himself outgained 87 of the 120 FBS teams in total offense.^[69]

Indiana: 494 yards of total offense [link]

Playing against Indiana in the fifth game of the season, Robinson totaled 494 yards of total offense, the second-highest single-game total in Michigan history. He completed 10 of 16 passes for 277 yards and three touchdowns, and he gained 217 rushing yards on 19 carries for an average of 11.4 yards per carry.^[70] On Michigan's second play from scrimmage, Robinson ran 72 yards for a touchdown.^[71] On the second play of the second half, Robinson threw a 70-yard touchdown pass to Junior Hemingway, the longest of his career, to give Michigan a 28-21 lead.^[71] On Michigan's next drive, Robinson aggravated the knee injury sustained the prior week against Bowling Green and came out of the game for the remainder of the drive. He returned to the game and led Michigan on a game-winning, 65-yard touchdown drive in the final minute of the game. With 21 seconds remaining, Robinson completed a 32-yard pass to the 4-yard line. On the next play, Robinson scored on a 4-yard touchdown run with 17 seconds remaining.^[70]^[71]

With his performance against Indiana, Robinson became the first player in Division I FBS history to have two regular season games with 200 yards rushing and 200 yards passing.^[72] Seven others have accomplished the feat (including Pat White, Vince Young, and Antwaan Randle El), but none have done so more than once in the regular season. Vince Young accomplished this feat once in the regular season and once in the Rose Bowl.^[72]

After the Indiana game, Dari Nowkhah wrote in ESPN's "Heisman Watch" column that Robinson was "running away with the Heisman Trophy" and compared him to 1988 Heisman Trophy winner Barry Sanders:

"We haven't seen this type of college football playmaker since ... Barry Sanders? I'm not saying Robinson reminds me of Sanders. (How could a quarterback remind me of a running back?) But there is a shocking resemblance between the diminutive playmakers in their speed, elusiveness and quickness. So is the effect the two have on my sense of what is right and wrong. Being that dominant on a football field somehow feels wrong. It's unfair."^[73]

On October 4, 2010, Robinson was named the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week (for the third time in five weeks),^[74] and also received the Davey O'Brien Quarterback of the Week award (for the second time in four weeks).^[75] After five games, Robinson remained the nation's leading rusher in both total yards (905) and yards per game (181).^[76] He also ranked fourth in the country with a quarterback rating of 180.^[77]

Three consecutive mid-season losses [link]

After leading Michigan to a 5–0 record and breaking the school's total offense records, Robinson was the front-runner for the Heisman Trophy. His Heisman prospects suffered after three consecutive losses to Michigan State, Iowa and Penn State.

In a 34–17 loss to Michigan State in the Paul Bunyan Trophy game, Robinson completed 17 of 29 passes for 215 passing yards but threw three interceptions.^[78] He was also limited to 86 rushing yards on 21 carries. Despite a "lackluster" performance against the Spartans, Sports Illustrated selected Robinson for its "September Heisman" following the Michigan State game.^[78] He was also selected by Mark Schlabach as the Offensive MVP in ESPN.com's Mid-Season Awards.^[79]

One week after the loss to Michigan State, the Wolverines lost to Iowa, 38–28. Robinson was limited to 96 passing yards and 105 rushing yards and threw his fifth interception of the season. In the third quarter, Robinson suffered a shoulder injury and did not return to the game.^[80]^[81]

Michigan's record dropped to 5–3 with a 41–31 loss to Penn State. Despite the loss, Robinson's offensive output rebounded against the Nittany Lions. He rushed for 191 yards on 27 carries (an average of 7.1 yards per carry) and passed for another 190 yards, including a 60-yard touchdown pass to Kevin Koger.^[82] With 191 rushing yards against Penn State, Robinson's season rushing total reached 1,287 yards, breaking Antwaan Randle El's Big Ten record of 1,270 rushing yards by a quarterback.^[83]

Offensive free-for-all against Illinois [link]

In his ninth start, Robinson passed for a career-high 302 yards and ran for 62 yards against Illinois. On the first play from scrimmage, Robinson threw a 75-yard touchdown pass to Roy Roundtree.^[84] In the second quarter, Robinson also threw a 33-yard touchdown pass to Roundtree and another 75-yard pass to Roundtree to set up Michigan's third touchdown. Robinson set a school single-half record with 262 passing yards in the first half.^[85] Robinson came out of the game at the end of the third quarter after reporting concusion-like symptoms, including dizziness and headaches.^[86] Michigan went on to win the game 67–65.^[84] Robinson and substitute Tate Forcier combined to break Michigan's all-time, single-game record with 419 passing yards, surpassing the prior record of 396 yards by Tom Brady and Drew Henson against Michigan State in 1999.^[87] The following week, Robinson, was named as one of sixteen Maxwell Award semifinalists.^[88]

Consecutive losses to Wisconsin and Ohio State [link]

Robinson's shot at the Heisman Trophy was lost with a disappointing performance against Purdue and consecutive blowout losses to Wisconsin and Ohio State.

In the Purdue game, Robinson turned the ball over four times (two interceptions and two lost fumbles) in heavy rain and gusting wind.^[89] Robinson was also held to a season-low 68 rushing yards against Purdue.

One week later, Michigan suffered a 48–28 loss to Wisconsin. Robinson passed for 239 yards and two touchdowns, rushed for 121 yards and two touchdowns, set the Division I FBS record for rushing yards by a quarterback and become the first NCAA player with 1,500 rushing yards and 2,000 passing yards in the same season.^[90] However, Robinson's individual performance was overshadowed by the 20-point loss to the Badgers.

In the final game of the regular season, Michigan lost by a 30-point margin (37–7) against Ohio State in The Game. Robinson failed to register a passing or rushing touchdown for the first time in 2010. Although he rushed for 105 yards on 18 carries, he was limited to 87 passing yards. After sustaining two dislocated fingers on his non-throwing hand, Robinson was replaced in the second half by Tate Forcier.^[91]

2011 Gator Bowl [link]

Michigan finished its 2010 season with a 52–14 loss to Mississippi State in the 2011 Gator Bowl, the worst defeat ever suffered by Michigan in a bowl game.^[92] Robinson completed 27 of 41 passes for 254 yards, two touchdowns and one interception. He added 59 rushing yards on 11 carries for 313 yards of total offense, enough to break Drew Brees' Big Ten single-season total offense record of 4,189 yards.^[93]

2010 season statistics and awards [link]

Robinson finished the 2010 season with 1,702 rushing yards (130.9 yards per game). He also passed for 2,570 yards and compiled 4,272 yards of total offense (328.6 yards per game).^[94]^[95] In the 10th game of the season against Purdue, Robinson passed John Navarre's Michigan single-season total offense record of 3,240 yards set in 2003. Against Wisconsin one week later, he broke the Division I FBS single-season quarterback rushing record of 1,494 yards previously held by Beau Morgan of Air Force.^[96] He also became the first person in NCAA (all divisions) history to record 1,500 yards rushing and passing in the same season.^[97]

At the end of the regular season, Robinson received the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy as the Most Valuable Player in the Big Ten Conference.^[98] He was also named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year by the Big Ten coaches and media and by the College Football News.^[99]^[100] Robinson was also selected as a first-team All-American by the Football Writers Association of America as a running back,^[101] a third-team All-American by the Associated Press as an all-purpose player,^[102] and an honorable mention quarterback selection by Sports Illustrated and College Football News.^[103]^[104] He finished sixth in the 2010 Heisman Trophy voting,^[105] and was selected as a first-team All-Big Ten quarterback by both the Big Ten media and College Football News.^[106]^[107]

With 313 yards of total offense in the 2011 Gator Bowl, Robinson broke Drew Brees' Big Ten single-season total offense record of 4,189 yards.^[93] He fell 116 yards short of Tim Biakabutuka's Michigan school record of 1,818 rushing yards. However, he led the conference in both total offense and rushing yards per game.^[94]

2011 football season [link]

Robinson in June 2011

Decision to stay after coaching change [link]

Following Michigan's season-ending loss in the 2011 Gator Bowl, head coach Rich Rodriguez was fired and replaced by Brady Hoke. As Robinson had thrived in Rodriguez's spread offense, the coaching change led to speculation that Robinson may transfer. On January 17, 2011, Robinson ended the speculation when he issued a statement confirming that he would stay at Michigan.^[108]^[109] In the video statement released by the University of Michigan, Robinson said he seriously considered transferring and noted that Rodriguez was one of the few coaches willing to give him the chance to play quarterback at the next level.^[109] Robinson explained his decision to stay at Michigan: "This is my family. This is my home now. ... I couldn't let it go."^[109] He also noted that he talked to his teammates and told them, "'You know, I can't just leave you out there.' I've been around these guys two years and we've bonded and it's like a family here. There's nothing like this."^[108]

Preseason focus on adaptability to new offense [link]

Robinson entered the 2011 season on watchlists for the Maxwell Award,^[110] the Davey O'Brien Award, the Walter Camp Award,^[111] the Paul Hornung Award,^[112] and the Manning Award.^[113] In the weeks leading up to the 2011 season, the media focused on questions surrounding Robinson's ability to adapt to the pro-style offense being implemented by new offensive coordinator, Al Borges, and also on Borges' willingness to adjust his game plan to take advantage of Robinson's running capability.^[114]^[115]^[116] Robinson noted that the running game would remain an option even in passing situations, adding, "If nobody's open, the broken play is probably the hardest play to stop in college football -- in any football."^[117]

Regular season [link]

Robinson running the offense against the 2011 Ohio State Buckeyes

In Michigan's 2011 season opener against Western Michigan, Robinson completed 9 of 13 passes for 98 yards and had 46 rushing yards on eight carries. The game was ended with 1:27 left in the third quarter due to inclement weather.^[118]

In Michigan's next game against Notre Dame, Robinson completed 11 of 24 passes for 338 yards with four touchdowns and had 108 yards rushing on 16 carries with a touchdown on a recovered fumble near the goal line. He threw the game-winning touchdown pass to Roy Roundtree with two seconds left in the fourth quarter to defeat the Irish 35–31.^[119] The performance moved Robinson into third place in Big Ten history for rushing yards by a quarterback.^[120] In recognition of his performance during the game, the Big Ten named Denard Robinson its Offensive Player of the Week, while the Davey O'Brien Award named him its Quarterback of the Week. He was also named Rivals.com's Big Ten and National Player of the Week and was nominated for the Capital One Cup Impact Performance of the Week,^[121]^[122] which he won by fan vote.^[123]

In Michigan's third game, against Eastern Michigan, Robinson posted 198 rushing yards giving him five of the top ten quarterback single-game rushing outputs in conference history.^[124]^[125] His 2,405 career rushing yards remained 152 behind Juice Williams' second all-time Big Ten career total of 2,557.^[125]

In Michigan's fourth game, against San Diego State, Robinson tallied three touchdowns in the first half on his way to a 200-yard rushing effort. The effort moved him past Williams into second place in Big Ten history on the career rushing yardage list with a total of 2,605, behind only Antwaan Randle El (3,895).^[126] He also earned Big Ten Conference Co-Offensive Player of the Week recognition.^[127]

On October 8, against Northwestern Robinson posted a total of 454 yards of total offense with 337 yards passing and 117 rushing. He scored two rushing touchdowns and had two passing.^[128]

During Michigan's November 19 victory over Nebraska, Robinson posted 180 yards passing and 83 rushing with two rushing touchdowns and two passing touchdowns to earn Co-Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week honors from the conference. He also won the Rivals.com Big Ten Player of the Week and was a nominee for the Capital One Cup Impact Performances of the Week.^[129]^[130]

On November 26, in the victory over Ohio State, Fitzgerald Toussaint joined Robinson with 1000 yards for the season, marking the first time since the 1975 team that Michigan had two 1000-yard rushers.^[131]^[132] Robinson posted a five-touchdown performance (3 passing and 2 rushing) and became the fourth player in NCAA history to gain 2,000 yards passing and 1,000 yards rushing in a season twice in his career. Robinson totalled 170 yards rushing and earned a share of his fourth Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week recognition for the season.^[133] He also repeated as the Rivals.com Big Ten Player of the Week and was a College Football Performance Awards honorable mention as the National Quarterback of the Week.^[134]

Following the 2011 Big Ten Conference football season, he earned second team All-Conference recognition from the media.^[135]^[136] He was voted team MVP for the second year in a row.^[137] He was a Sports Illustrated All-American honorable mention selectee.^[138]

Statistics at Michigan [link]

Career statistics [link]

			Passing							Rushing
Season	Team	GP	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yards	Yards/Att	TD	INT	Att	Yards	Ave	TD
2009	Michigan	10	31	14	45.2	188	6.1	2	4	69	409	5.1	5
2010	Michigan	13	291	182	62.5	2570	8.8	18	11	256	1702	6.6	14
2011	Michigan	13	258	142	55.0	2173	8.4	20	15	221	1176	5.3	16
Career		36	580	338	58.3	4931	8.5	40	30	546	3229	5.9	35

Michigan's all-time total offense leaders [link]

Single game [link]

Currently, as Michigan's starting quarterback, Robinson has the six top single-game performances in total yards in Michigan history, and eight of the top ten, as reflected in the following list of the all-time, single-game leaders.

Rank	Player	Year	Opponent	Passing yards^[139]	Rushing yards^[139]	Total offense
1	Denard Robinson	2010	Notre Dame	244	258	502
2	Denard Robinson	2010	Indiana	277	217	494
3	Denard Robinson	2011	Northwestern	337	117	454
4	Denard Robinson	2011	Notre Dame	338	108	446
5	Denard Robinson	2010	Connecticut	186	197	383
6	Denard Robinson	2010	Penn State	190	191	381
7	John Navarre	2003	Iowa	389	(21)^{[n 1]}	368
8	Denard Robinson	2010	Illinois	305	62	367
9	Denard Robinson	2010	Wisconsin	239	121	360
10	Scott Dreisbach	1995	Virginia	372	(14)	358

Single season [link]

Michigan's top five single-season performances in total offense are set forth below. Robinson holds the single-season record for total yards with 4272, set in 2010.

Rank	Player	Year	Passing yards^[139]	Rushing yards^[139]	Total offense
1	Denard Robinson	2010	2570	1702	4272
2	Denard Robinson	2011	2173	1176	3348
3	John Navarre	2003	3331	(91)	3240
4	John Navarre	2002	2905	(16)	2889
5	Jim Harbaugh	1986	2729	118	2847

Big Ten single-game quarterback rushing yards leaders [link]

Rank	Player	Date	Team	Opponent	Rushing yards^[125]
1	Denard Robinson	9/11/2010	Michigan	Notre Dame	258
2	Mike Kafka	11/1/2008	Northwestern	Minnesota	217
2	Denard Robinson	10/2/2010	Michigan	Indiana	217
4	Gary Danielson	9/23/1972	Purdue	Washington	213
5	Antwaan Randle El	10/21/2000	Indiana	Minnesota	210
6	Antwaan Randle El	11/4/2000	Indiana	Illinois	209
7	Denard Robinson	9/24/2011	Michigan	San Diego State	200
8	Kellen Lewis	9/15/2007	Indiana	Akron	199
9	Denard Robinson	9/17/2011	Michigan	Eastern Michigan	198
10	Denard Robinson	9/4/2010	Michigan	Connecticut	197

Notes [link]

^ The rushing totals in parenthesis represent negative net yardage.

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Michigan Wolverines starting quarterbacks

Barmore (1880)
Horton (1881)
Beach (1882)
McNeil (1883–1885)
Morrow (1886)
Farrand (1887)
Smith (1888)
Abbott (1889)
Holden (1890)
Sherman (1891)
Sanderson (1892)
Greenleaf (1893–1894)
Baird (1893–1895)
Richards (1895–1897)
Drumheller (1896)
Felver (1896–1897)
Talcott (1898)
Street (1899)
McGinnis (1900)
Weeks (1901–1902)
James (1903)
Norcross (1904–1905)
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Steve Spurrier

Sport(s)	Football
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	South Carolina
Conference	SEC
Record	55–35 (.611)
Annual salary	$3,300,000
Biographical details
Born	(1945-04-20) April 20, 1945 (age 67) Miami Beach, Florida
Playing career
1963–1966 1967–1975 1976	Florida San Francisco 49ers Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Position(s)	Quarterback, Punter^[1]
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1978 1979 1980–1982 1983–1985 1987–1989 1990–2001 2002–2003 2005–present	Florida (QB) Georgia Tech (QB) Duke (OC) Tampa Bay Bandits Duke Florida Washington Redskins South Carolina
Head coaching record
Overall	197–75–2 (.723) (NCAA) 12–20 (.375) (NFL) 35–21 (.625) (USFL)
Bowls	8–10 (.444)
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships Bowl Alliance National Championship (1996) ACC Championship (1989) SEC Championships (1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000) SEC Eastern Division Championships (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2010)
Awards As a coach ACC Coach of the Year (1988, 1989) SEC Coach of the Year (1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2005, 2010) As a player First-team All-American (1965, 1966) Heisman Trophy (1966) UPI Player of the Year (1966) SEC Player of the Year (1966) Florida–Georgia Hall of Fame University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame

College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1986 (profile)

Stephen Orr Spurrier (born April 20, 1945) is an American college football coach and player. Spurrier is the current head coach of the University of South Carolina's Gamecocks football team. He is also a former professional player and coach. Spurrier is a native of Florida, graduated from high school in Tennessee, and is an alumnus of the University of Florida, where he played college football for the Florida Gators. He was a two-time All-American quarterback, and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player. Spurrier played professional football for the San Francisco 49ers and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL) for ten seasons in the 1960s and 1970s. He is best known for winning the Heisman Trophy in 1966, and for coaching the Florida Gators football team to six Southeastern Conference (SEC) championships and a consensus national championship in 1996.

1 Playing career
2 Coaching career
3 Personal
4 Head coaching record
5 See also
6 References
7 Bibliography
8 External links

Playing career [link]

Steve Spurrier (11), two-time All-American and Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback of the University of Florida

High school [link]

Spurrier attended Science Hill High School in Johnson City, Tennessee,^[2] where he was a three-sport letterman starring in high school football, basketball and baseball for the Science Hill Hilltoppers.^[3] In three years as the starting pitcher for Science Hill, he never lost a game and led his team to two consecutive state baseball championships.^[3] He was an all-state selection in football, basketball and baseball, and a high school All-American quarterback.^[3]

College [link]

After graduating from Science Hill, Spurrier received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, and played quarterback for coach Ray Graves' Florida Gators football team from 1964 to 1966.^[4] In addition to being a stellar passer, he gained notoriety by waving off the starting place-kicker and booting a forty-yard field goal to defeat Auburn 30–27 in a key game during his senior season in 1966.^[5] Spurrier finished his three-year, thirty-one-game career as Florida's starting quarterback having completed 392 of 692 attempts, with 4,848 passing yards, thirty-seven touchdowns and 442 yards rushing.^[6] In addition to winning the Heisman Trophy as a senior,^[6]^[7] he was selected as a Football Writers Association first-team All-American as junior in 1965 and a unanimous first-team All-American in 1966.^[4]^[8] He was also the recipient of the Gators' Fergie Ferguson Award, recognizing the "senior football player who displays outstanding leadership, character and courage."^[4]

National Football League [link]

The San Francisco 49ers selected Spurrier in the first round (third pick overall) of the 1967 NFL Draft.^[9] Spurrier played for the 49ers for nine seasons, mostly as a punter and backup quarterback to John Brodie, before being traded to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers expansion team for his final NFL season in 1976.^[10] He played his best game as an NFL quarterback against the Minnesota Vikings in 1973, when he completed 31 of 48 pass attempts for 320 yards.^[6] During his 10-year NFL career, Spurrier played in 106 games, completing 597 passes in 1,151 attempts, for a total of 6,878 yards and forty touchdowns.^[11]

Coaching career [link]

Early career [link]

After retiring from the NFL, Spurrier began his coaching career as the quarterbacks coach at the University of Florida under head coach Doug Dickey in 1978, but he was not retained by the new Gators head coach, Charley Pell, when Pell took control of the program the following season.^[12] In 1979, he coached the quarterbacks at Georgia Tech under Pepper Rodgers, and worked as an assistant coach and the offensive coordinator at Duke University from 1980 to 1982.^[12]

In 1983, Spurrier became the youngest head coach in professional football (37)^[13] when he was hired to lead the Tampa Bay Bandits of the new United States Football League (USFL). His Bandits teams were regularly among the league leaders in offense and compiled an overall record of 35–21 over three seasons before the USFL dissolved.^[12]

In 1987, Spurrier accepted the head coaching position for the Duke Blue Devils of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).^[12] Before he arrived in Durham, Duke had become the perennial cellar-dweller of the ACC. Spurrier proceeded to lead his Blue Devils to levels of success the team had not known in over twenty-five years, including Duke's first bowl game appearance since the 1960 Cotton Bowl, and a tie for the 1989 ACC championship, Duke's first since 1962.^[14] After back-to-back winning seasons, Spurrier was named the ACC Coach of the Year in 1988 and 1989.^[15]

Florida Gators [link]

On December 31, 1989, the University of Florida announced that Spurrier had accepted the offer to be the head football coach of the Florida Gators.^[16]^[17] He inherited a team under NCAA investigation for the second time in five years,^[18] and a football program that had never won an officially recognized Southeastern Conference (SEC) football championship in 57 seasons of SEC play.^[19] Spurrier successfully steered the program away from the previous scandals and captured the Gators' first officially recognized SEC title in 1991.^[3]^[20] Under Spurrier, the Gators won the SEC title in four of the next five years, and represented the SEC East in the first five SEC Championship Games.^[3] The 1996 team captured the Gators' first-ever National Championship with a 52–20 win over Florida State in the Sugar Bowl,^[21] avenging the Gators' sole regular season loss in which Florida State upset Florida 24–21 in Tallahassee.^[3]

Steve Spurrier on Fan Day, 1999

Spurrier's finest moment as a coach may have been the Gators' 1997 game against the previously undefeated and national title game-bound Florida State Seminoles.^[22] Spurrier used a two-quarterback offense, rotating quarterbacks Doug Johnson and Noah Brindise in and out of the game, confusing the Florida State defense and its veteran coordinator, Mickey Andrews, and giving Spurrier more time to counsel his quarterbacks on the sidelines without having to use time-outs.^[22] Florida upset the heavily-favored Seminoles 32–29.^[22]

Significantly, Spurrier is credited with changing the way the SEC played football. Spurrier employed a pass-oriented offense (known in the sports media as the "Fun 'n' Gun")^[23] in contrast to the ball-control, rush-oriented offenses that were traditionally played in the SEC. His innovative offensive schemes forced many coaches in the SEC to change their offensive and defensive play-calling.

Spurrier and his Gators accomplished a number of memorable feats during his twelve seasons in Gainesville (1990–2001), including:

Won one national championship (1996), and played for another (1995).^[3]
Won six SEC championships (1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000).^[3]
Named SEC Coach of the Year five times (1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996).^[3]
First Heisman Trophy-winner to coach a Heisman Trophy-winner (Danny Wuerffel).^[3]
Won at least nine games in each of his twelve seasons, one of only three coaches in major college history to do so.^[3]
Averaged more than ten wins per season.^[3]
Ranked in the final top fifteen in each of his twelve seasons, including nine top-ten finishes, five final top-five rankings, and an average end-of-season ranking of 6.8.^[3]
Appeared among the top twenty-five teams in the weekly polls 202 of a possible 203 weeks, including each of his last 202 consecutive weeks. The Gators were ranked number one in the polls twenty-nine times, appeared among the top five team for 117 weeks, and among the nation's top ten teams for 179 weeks.^[3]
Appeared in a bowl game in each of his last eleven seasons, one of only five schools to do so during the same time period.^[3]
Only coach in major college history to win as many as 120 games in his first twelve seasons at one school (an overall record of 122–27–1, with a winning percentage of .8167).^[3]
One of only two coaches in major college history to win ten or more games in six consecutive seasons (1993–1998).^[3]
Only college football team to score at least 500 points, including bowl games, for four consecutive years (1993–1996) since the NCAA began keeping statistics in 1937.^[3]

Spurrier is also credited with creating the nickname "The Swamp" for Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, the Gators' home field. In the early 1990s, he said, ". . . a swamp is where Gators live. We feel comfortable there, but we hope our opponents feel tentative. A swamp is hot and sticky and can be dangerous. Only Gators get out alive."^[24] Soon after becoming head coach, he insisted that the artificial turf then in use at the stadium be replaced with natural grass, and the "Swamp" remains a natural surface field today.^[16] During Spurrier's tenure, the Gators built up one of the most formidable home field advantages in the nation; they only suffered three home losses to conference opponents during his 12-year run.

Spurrier was known for his gamesmanship while coaching Florida, doing such things as giving much-derided Georgia coach Ray Goff the nickname of "Ray Goof."^[25]^[26] His rivalry with the Tennessee Volunteers and their coach Phillip Fulmer became highly publicized, as Spurrier would gig the Volunteers after the Gators' wins over Tennessee, saying that "you can't spell 'Citrus' without 'UT,'" a reference to the Citrus Bowl, which has the contractual right to select the second-place SEC football team. He also said of Peyton Manning, Tennessee's quarterback, "I know why Peyton came back for his senior year: he wanted to be a three-time Citrus Bowl MVP!"^[25]

Other memorable one-liners from Steve Spurrier included nicknaming rival Florida State University, "Free Shoes University," for the Seminoles' NCAA troubles with recruiting violations.^[25]

On January 4, 2002, Spurrier abruptly resigned as head coach, stating, "I simply believe that twelve years as head coach at a major university in the SEC is long enough."^[27]

Before Spurrier returned to coach his Gamecocks against the Gators in 2006 and 2008, his most recent visits to Gainesville were on September 2, 2006, to take part in the Gators' celebration of the 10-year anniversary of their 1996 championship season,^[28] and on September 30, 2006, when he was one of the first four inductees into the Gator Football Ring of Honor, alongside Danny Wuerffel, Emmitt Smith, and Jack Youngblood.^[29] At both appearances, Spurrier received standing ovations from the crowd.^[29]

Spurrier is known to hold a deep loyalty for his alma mater, and sometimes still accidentally says "we" when referring to the University of Florida.^[30] When he was inducted into the Gators' "Ring of Honor," Spurrier humbly announced to the sell-out crowd at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium: "I'd just like to thank coach Ray Graves for bringing the skinny kid from Tennessee to the University of Florida."^[31]

Spurrier has not let his affection for the University of Florida get in the way of a budding Florida-South Carolina rivalry, however. In 2005, his Gamecocks upset the Gators 30–22 in Columbia, costing the Gators a shot at the SEC championship.^[32] And in November 2010, he coached South Carolina to a 36–14 victory in Gainesville (their first ever on Florida Field) in a game that decided the SEC Eastern Division title.^[33]

Washington Redskins [link]

Ten days after Spurrier resigned his position at the University of Florida, he became head coach of the NFL's Washington Redskins.^[34] Spurrier's five-year, $25 million contract with the Redskins was the most lucrative coaching contract in the history of the NFL at the time.^[34]

In his first NFL coaching season (2002), Spurrier's Redskins finished with a 7–9 record. The defense created a modest amount of pressure and number of interceptions, but gave up 4.4 yards a carry.

Spurrier's offensive line troubles resulted in starting quarterback Patrick Ramsey being one of the most sacked and hurried quarterbacks in the league. Spurrier would often bench him mid-game during a bad performance in favor of Danny Wuerffel or Shane Matthews, who both played for Spurrier at the University of Florida.

In Spurrier's last three games as the Redskins head coach, opponents outscored them 85–31. He resigned on December 30, 2003.

South Carolina Gamecocks [link]

Spurrier stands on the sidelines during the Gamecocks' November 15, 2008 game against Florida.

Throughout the 2004 football season, various sources openly speculated about Spurrier coaching for a college team somewhere in the Southeast.^[35] The University of Florida had announced that they would be looking for a new coach when Spurrier's successor at Florida, Ron Zook, was fired after three seasons.^[36] Spurrier initially said that he wanted to be considered for his old job, but later removed his name from consideration stating that "12 years at Florida was probably long enough."^[37] Rumors began circulating that Spurrier was considering the University of South Carolina. On November 22, South Carolina coach Lou Holtz announced his retirement, and hinted that Spurrier might replace him.^[38] The next day, months of rumors were put to rest as Spurrier was introduced as South Carolina's new head coach, signing a seven-year deal that paid him $1.25 million per year.^[39]

In 2005, his first season as the Gamecocks' new head coach, Spurrier led his South Carolina Gamecocks with newfound humility.^[40] The Gamecocks, who were not expected to have a winning season by most pundits, rattled off a five-game SEC winning streak for the first time in their fourteen-year SEC history.^[41] Included among those victories were historic wins at Tennessee (16–15)^[42] — the program's first win in Knoxville^[42] — and against then 12th-ranked Florida (30–22),^[43] who South Carolina had not beaten since 1939.^[43] The Associated Press named Spurrier the SEC Coach of the Year,^[12] and the Gamecocks finished the 2005 season with a 7–5 record and a trip to the Independence Bowl.^[41]

Two days prior to South Carolina's 2006 season opener, Spurrier announced that he would kick off the athletics department's capital campaign with a $250,000 donation over five years.^[44] Spurrier's Gamecocks opened the 2006 season with a 15–0 win over Mississippi State in Starkville,^[45] where he was 0–2 while coaching the Florida Gators.^[46] With the victory, he reached 150 wins for his college coaching career.^[47] On September 30, Spurrier was inducted into the Gator Football Ring of Honor in a pre-game ceremony in Gainesville.^[48] Later in the season on November 11, Spurrier returned to "The Swamp" to face off against his former Gators team, which was then ranked sixth in the BCS rankings.^[49] Trailing 17–16, the Gamecocks had a chance to win with a 48-yard field goal attempt on the last play of the game.^[49] However, Ryan Succop's kick was blocked as time expired in a repeat of an earlier blocked extra-point attempt.^[49]

In the final game of the 2006 regular season, Spurrier led the Gamecocks to victory over in-state rival Clemson at Death Valley.^[50] Trailing 28–14 in the third quarter, South Carolina scored seventeen unanswered points to lead 31–28.^[51] With only seconds remaining, Clemson's field goal attempt missed wide left and USC celebrated its first victory over Clemson in five years.^[50]^[52]

On December 2, 2006, amid speculation he was a candidate for head coaching jobs at Miami and Alabama, Spurrier received a contract extension through 2012 and a raise from $1.25 million to $1.75 million annually.^[53] Spurrier and the Gamecocks went on to defeat the Houston Cougars in the Liberty Bowl on December 29, and finished the season 8–5.^[45] All five of the Gamecocks' 2006 losses were to ranked opponents.^[54] Spurrier became the first coach in Gamecock football history to take a South Carolina team to a bowl game in both of his first two seasons as head coach.^[55]

The 2007 football season, got off to a quick start winning at SEC rival Georgia early in the season as well as UL-Lafayette and South Carolina State, and climbed into the top 10 in the national rankings. South Carolina stumbled down the stretch dropping the final five games, including a home loss in the season finale to arch-rival Clemson. The 6-6 (3-5 SEC) season record marks the first non-winning season for Spurrier since his first season at Duke in 1987.^[56]^[57]

Spurrier won his 100th SEC game on October 11, 2008, coaching the Gamecocks to a 24–17 victory over Kentucky.^[58] In his seven seasons as the Gamecocks' head coach, Spurrier has beaten each of South Carolina's SEC Eastern Division rivals at least three times.^[55] Against their annual SEC Eastern Division opponents, his seven teams have posted a 6–1 record against Kentucky, 5–2 against Vanderbilt, 4–3 against Tennessee, 3–4 against Georgia, and 3–4 against Florida.^[55] They have a 2–5 record against their annual SEC Western Division opponent, Arkansas.^[55] Against South Carolina's major in-state rival, Clemson, Spurrier's Gamecocks have gone 4–3.^[55] While Spurrier's teams at USC have shown flashes of his old "Fun 'n' Gun" offense, they have mostly relied on stout defense to win upsets. The Gamecocks have been bowl eligible every year Spurrier has been their head coach, a feat no other Carolina coach has accomplished. Also, the Gamecocks have been ranked in the AP Poll Top 25 at some point during the season in six out of Spurrier's seven years at USC.

Spurrier's Gamecocks won the SEC Eastern Division championship for the first time in school history in 2010, clinching the title with a convincing 36–14 victory at "The Swamp" over the Florida Gators. It was a season of firsts for South Carolina, including their first win at Florida, first win over a No. 1 ranked team (Alabama), and first time sweeping the November "Orange Crush" portion of their schedule with wins over Tennessee, Florida and Clemson. Following a 9–3 regular season and an appearance in the SEC championship game, Spurrier was named SEC Coach of the Year by his fellow coaches in the conference.^[59] The Gamecocks had another strong season in 2011, beating every opponent in the division. However, a loss to Arkansas cost them a return appearance in the SEC title game. With a 34-13 rout of Clemson, the Gamecocks won 10 games for only the second time in their 119-year football history. In the 2012 Capital One Bowl, the Gamecocks dispatched Nebraska 30-13 to win their school-record 11th game. They also finished eighth in the AP Poll and ninth in the Coaches' Poll--their first top-ten finishes in a major media poll in school history.

The Ladies Clinic [link]

A popular tradition, started during the Sparky Woods era at USC, occurs on the last Saturday of July when the University of South Carolina athletics department hosts the annual "Steve Spurrier Ladies Football Clinic." Only female fans are invited to attend the clinic where USC football coaches and players discuss the X's and O's with fans who want to understand the game better. All attendees get a tour of the USC football facilities, and finish the day running onto the football field at Williams-Brice Stadium through the players' tunnel into the artificial smoke and theme music Also sprach Zarathustra, the same way the team does during the season. The event is hosted by Spurrier and his wife Jerri.

Personal [link]

Spurrier was born on April 20, 1945, in Miami Beach, Florida.^[60] He is the son of a Presbyterian minister, J. Graham Spurrier, and his wife Marjorie.^[3] Spurrier's father moved the family repeatedly, and only stayed in Miami Beach for about a year after Steve was born, moving first to Charlotte, North Carolina, then Athens, Newport and Johnson City, Tennessee.^[61] The Spurrier family moved to Johnson City when Steve was twelve years old, and his father coached the Little League baseball team for which Steve played.^[61]

While he was a University of Florida student, Spurrier was a member of Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity (Alpha Omega chapter), and was inducted into the University of Florida Hall of Fame, the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame, and Florida Blue Key leadership honorary.

Spurrier married his college sweetheart, the former Jerri Starr, on September 14, 1966, during his senior year at the University of Florida.^[3] They have been married for forty-five years, and have four children together—Amy, Lisa, Steve, Jr., and Scott, as well as seven grandchildren.^[6] Spurrier's younger son, Scott, played wide receiver for the Gamecocks through the 2009 season,^[62] and his older son, Steve, Jr., is currently the Gamecocks' receivers coach.^[63]

Head coaching record [link]

USFL [link]

Team	Year	Regular Season					Postseason
Team	Year	Won	Lost	Ties	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Win %
Tampa Bay Bandits	1983	11	7	0	.611	3rd in Central Div.	-	-	-
Tampa Bay Bandits	1984	14	4	0	.778	2nd in Southern Div.	0	1	.000
Tampa Bay Bandits	1985	10	8	0	.556	5th in Eastern Con.	0	1	.000
Total		35	19	0	.648

College [link]

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches^#	AP^°
Duke Blue Devils (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1987–1989)
1987	Duke	5–6	2–5	7th
1988	Duke	7–3–1	3–3–1	6th
1989	Duke	8–4	6–1	T–1st	L All-American
Duke:		20–13–1	11–9–1
Florida Gators (Southeastern Conference) (1990–2001)
1990	Florida	9–2	6–1	1st ‡	‡	‡	13
1991	Florida	10–2	7–0	1st	L Sugar	8	7
1992	Florida	9–4	6–2	T–1st (East)	W Gator	11	10
1993	Florida	11–2	7–1	1st (East)	W Sugar	4	5
1994	Florida	10–2–1	7–1	1st (East)	L Sugar	7	7
1995	Florida	12–1	8–0	1st (East)	L Fiesta	3	2
1996	Florida	12–1	8–0	1st (East)	W Sugar	1	1
1997	Florida	10–2	6–2	T–2nd (East)	W Citrus	6	4
1998	Florida	10–2	7–1	2nd (East)	W Orange^†	6	5
1999	Florida	9–4	7–1	1st (East)	L Citrus	14	12
2000	Florida	10–3	7–1	1st (East)	L Sugar^†	11	10
2001	Florida	10–2	6–2	2nd (East)	W Orange^†	3	3
Florida:		122–27–1	87–12	‡ Ineligible for SEC title, bowl game and Coaches' Poll
South Carolina Gamecocks (Southeastern Conference) (2005–present)
2005	South Carolina	7–5	5–3	T–2nd (East)	L Independence
2006	South Carolina	8–5	3–5	5th (East)	W Liberty
2007	South Carolina	6–6	3–5	T–4th (East)
2008	South Carolina	7–6	4–4	T–3rd (East)	L Outback
2009	South Carolina	7–6	3–5	T–4th (East)	L PapaJohns.com
2010	South Carolina	9–5	5–3	1st (East)	L Chick-Fil-A	22	22
2011	South Carolina	11–2	6–2	2nd (East)	W Capital One	8	9
2012	South Carolina	0–0	0–0	(East)
South Carolina:		55–35	29–27
Total:		197–75–2
National championship Conference title Conference division title
^†Indicates BCS bowl game. ^#Rankings from final Coaches' Poll. ^°Rankings from final AP Poll.

National Football League [link]

Team	Year	Regular Season					Postseason
Team	Year	Won	Lost	Ties	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Win %	Result
WAS	2002	7	9	0	.438	3rd in NFC East	-	-	-	-
WAS	2003	5	11	0	.313	3rd in NFC East	-	-	-	-
WAS Total		12	20	0	.375		-	-	-
Total		12	20	0	.375

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^ Jeff Browne, "His goal for UF: to be best in the state," Gainesville Sun, pp. 1A & 6A (January 1, 1990). Retrieved September 5, 2009.
^ The Gators won the 1984 SEC championship, but were forced to vacate the title by a vote of the SEC university presidents in the spring of 1985 because of fifty-nine documented violations of NCAA rules by the previous coaching staff. The Gators also had the best record in the SEC in 1985 and 1990, but were ineligible for the SEC championship because of NCAA probation.
^ S.L. Price, "'96: For The Love Of Gator Nation," Sports Illustrated (October 3, 2007). Retrieved April 8, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c Matthew Zemek, "Urban Meyer, Meet 1997," Gator Country (October 18, 2005). Retrieved July 26, 2009.
^ "Offensive Revolution: The Steve Spurrier Fun 'n' Gun," Sports Illustrated (August 8, 2005). Retrieved July 26, 2009.
^ Gatorzone.com, Facilities, Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field. Retrieved July 26, 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c Dave Kindred, "Spurrier dares to imagine always," The Sporting News (January 28, 2002). Retrieved July 26, 2009.
^ Ray Goff responded publicly: "He's a good coach, but I'd like to run into him some night down a dark alley." Jack Hairston, "Spurrier Has Built a Sugar Bowl Legacy," Times-Picayune (January 8, 2008). Retrieved July 26, 2009.
^ Associated Press, "Spurrier resigns as Gators coach," ESPN (January 4, 2002). Retrieved July 25, 2009. See also American Rhetoric, Online Speech Bank, Steve Spurrier: Resignation Speech (University of Florida). Retrieved August 30, 2009.
^ SECSports.com, Football, SEC Football Roundup - Saturday, September 2nd. Retrieved July 26, 2009.
^ ^a ^b SECSports.com, Football, SEC Football Roundup - Saturday, September 30th. Retrieved July 26, 2009.
^ Andy Staples, "At Florida, loyalty still runs deep for the Head Ball Coach," Sports Illustrated (November 14, 2008). Retrieved September 10, 2009.
^ Antonya English, "Gators start Ring of Honor with four former greats," St. Petersburg Times (October 1, 2009). Retrieved July 26, 2009.
^ College Football Data Warehouse, All-Time Coaching Records, Urban Meyer Records by Year: 2005. Retrieved July 26, 2009.
^ Spurrier, No. 22 Gamecocks clinch SEC East title
^ ^a ^b "Schottenheimer out, Spurrier in for Redskins," ESPN News Services. Retrieved July 26, 2009.
^ See, e.g., Mark Maske, "Spurrier Considering Options in Florida," NFL Insider, The Washington Post (October 29, 2004). Retrieved July 26, 2009.
^ "With Zook out, will Spurrier get a call?," ESPN News Services (October 26, 2004). Retrieved July 26, 2009.
^ David Jones, "Spurrier withdraws name from Florida coaching search," USA Today (November 4, 2004). Retrieved April 8, 2010.
^ Mark Schlabach, "Teams in Fight To Skip Bowls," Washington Post, p. D1 (November 23, 2004). Retrieved September 5, 2009.
^ Viv Bernstein, "With Less Swagger, Spurrier Returns to SEC," The New York Times (November 24, 2004). Retrieved September 5, 2009.
^ Karl Taro Greenfeld, "Meet Mr. Humble," Sports Illustrated (August 22, 2005). Retrieved April 8, 2010.
^ ^a ^b College Football Data Warehouse, All-Time Coaching Records, Steve Spurrier Records by Year: 2005. Retrieved July 26, 2009.
^ ^a ^b College Football Data Warehouse, South Carolina Opponents, South Carolina Record by Team, South Carolina vs. Tennessee. Retrieved July 26, 2009.
^ ^a ^b College Football Data Warehouse, South Carolina Opponents, South Carolina Record by Team, South Carolina vs. Florida. Retrieved July 26, 2009.
^ Ben Crane, "Coach Gives funds to USC: Spurrier's gift seeks to aid renovations of athletic facilities," Daily Gamecock (September 6, 2006). Retrieved July 26, 2009.
^ ^a ^b College Football Data Warehouse, All-Time Coaching Records, Steve Spurrier: 2006. Retrieved August 26, 2009.
^ College Football Data Warehouse, Florida vs. Mississippi St. Retrieved September 4, 2009. Spurrier's Gators lost to Mississippi State in Starkville in 1992 and 2000.
^ College Football Data Warehouse, All-Time Coaching Records, Steve Spurrier Records by Year. Retrieved July 26, 2009.
^ Antonya English, "Gators start Ring of Honor with four former greats," St. Petersburg Times (October 1, 2006). Retrieved July 26, 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c Alex Riley, "Spurrier's past still outshines his future: Battle with best of SEC leaves Carolina, Florida fans pondering legacy," Daily Gamecok (November 13, 2006). Retrieved August 26, 2009.
^ ^a ^b Michael Aguilar, "Defense uses 'bend don't break' mantra for win: Stops on Tiger offense allow gutsy Gamecocks to wrangle seventh win," Daily Gamecock (November 27, 2006). Retrieved August 26, 2009.
^ Jonathan Hillyard, "Victory over rival will spark turnaround for USC: Spurrier says Clemson win could get Carolina ready for future success seasons," Daily Gamecock (November 27, 2006). Retrieved August 26, 2009.
^ College Football Data Warehouse, South Carolina vs. Clemson (SC). Retrieved August 26, 2009.
^ Associated Press, "Suitors beware, SC gives Spurrier $500K raise," ESPN (December 2, 2006). Retrieved July 25, 2009.
^ AP Poll Archive, 2006 Final AP Football Poll. Retrieved August 26, 2009. In the final AP Poll, the five teams that defeated South Carolina finished as follows: Florida 1st, Auburn 10th, Arkansas 15th, Georgia 23rd, and Tennessee 25th.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e College Football Data Warehouse, South Carolina Yearly Results: 2005–2009. Retrieved August 26, 2009.
^ College Football Data Warehouse, South Carolina Coaching Records, Steve Spurrier Records by Year. Retrieved July 26, 2009.
^ Pete Iacobelli, "Spurrier holds down Gamecocks expectations," USA Today (August 25, 2008). Retrieved September 11, 2009.
^ College Football Data Warehouse, All-Time Coaching Records, Steve Spurrier: 2008. Retrieved September 3, 2009.
^ GamecoocksOnline.com, Football, "Spurrier, Lattimore Earn SEC Superlatives," (December 8, 2010). Retrieved December 10, 2010.
^ Pro-Football-Reference.com, Players, Steve Spurrier. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b S.L. Price, "Steve Superior," Sports Illustrated (October 23, 1995). Retrieved September 15, 2009.
^ Gamecocks Online, Football, Scott Spurrier Profile. Retrieved July 26, 2009.
^ Gamecocks Online, Football, Steve Spurrier, Jr. Profile. Retrieved July 26, 2009.

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South Carolina Gamecocks head football coaches

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v t e Current head football coaches of the Southeastern Conference

Eastern Division	Will Muschamp (Florida) Mark Richt (Georgia) Joker Phillips (Kentucky) Gary Pinkel (Missouri) Steve Spurrier (South Carolina) Derek Dooley (Tennessee) James Franklin (Vanderbilt)

Western Division	Nick Saban (Alabama) John L. Smith (Arkansas) Gene Chizik (Auburn) Les Miles (LSU) Dan Mullen (Mississippi State) Hugh Freeze (Ole Miss) Kevin Sumlin (Texas A&M)

Steve Spurrier – championships, awards and honors navigational boxes

v t e 1966 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense	B Nick Eddy B Mel Farr B Clint Jones B Steve Spurrier E Jack Clancy E Ray Perkins OT Cecil Dowdy OT Ron Yary G Laverne Allers G Tom Regner C Jim Breland

Defense	DL Tom Greenlee DL John LaGrone DL Wayne Meylan DL Alan Page DL Loyd Phillips DL Bubba Smith LB Jim Lynch LB Paul Naumoff DB Tom Beier DB Nate Shaw DB George Webster

v t e Heisman Trophy winners

1935: Berwanger 1936: Kelley 1937: Frank 1938: O'Brien 1939: Kinnick 1940: Harmon 1941: B. Smith 1942: Sinkwich 1943: Bertelli 1944: Horvath 1945: Blanchard 1946: G. Davis 1947: Lujack 1948: D. Walker 1949: Hart 1950: Janowicz 1951: Kazmaier 1952: Vessels 1953: Lattner 1954: Ameche 1955: Cassady 1956: Hornung 1957: Crow 1958: Dawkins 1959: Cannon 1960: Bellino 1961: E. Davis 1962: Baker 1963: Staubach 1964: Huarte 1965: Garrett 1966: Spurrier 1967: Beban 1968: Simpson 1969: Owens 1970: Plunkett 1971: Sullivan 1972: Rodgers 1973: Cappelletti 1974: Griffin 1975: Griffin 1976: Dorsett 1977: Campbell 1978: Sims 1979: C. White 1980: Rogers 1981: Allen 1982: H. Walker 1983: Rozier 1984: Flutie 1985: Jackson 1986: Testaverde 1987: Brown 1988: Sanders 1989: Ware 1990: Detmer 1991: Howard 1992: Torretta 1993: Ward 1994: Salaam 1995: George 1996: Wuerffel 1997: Woodson 1998: Williams 1999: Dayne 2000: Weinke 2001: Crouch 2002: Palmer 2003: J. White 2004: Leinart 2005: vacated * 2006: T. Smith 2007: Tebow 2008: Bradford 2009: Ingram 2010: Newton 2011: Griffin III

*Note: The 2005 Heisman Trophy was originally awarded to Reggie Bush, but Bush forfeited the award in 2010. The Heisman Trust subsequently decided to leave the 2005 award vacated.

Chic Harley Award winners

1955: Cassady
1956: Hornung
1957: Crow
1958: Cannon
1959: Cannon
1960: Bellino
1961: E. Davis
1962: Baker
1963: Staubach
1964: Timberlake
1965: Garrett
1966: Spurrier
1967: Beban
1968: Simpson
1969: Owens
1970: Plunkett
1971: Sullivan
1972: Rodgers
1973: Cappelletti
1974: Griffin
1975: Griffin
1976: Dorsett
1977: Campbell
1978: Sims
1979: C. White
1980: Rogers
1981: Allen
1982: H. Walker
1983: Rozier
1984: Flutie
1985: Jackson
1986: Harbaugh
1987: Spielman
1988: Sanders
1989: Thompson
1990: Lewis
1991: Howard
1992: Torretta
1993: Ward
1994: Salaam
1995: George
1996: Davis
1997: Woodson
1998: Williams
1999: Dayne
2000: Heupel
2001: Dorsey
2002: Dorsey
2003: Fitzgerald
2004: Bush
2005: Bush
2006: T. Smith
2007: Tebow
2008: Bradford
2009: McCoy
2010: Newton
2011: Griffin III

Sporting News College Football Player of the Year winners

1942: Sinkwich
1943: Bertelli
1944: Horvath
1945: Blanchard
1946: G. Davis
1947: Lujack
1948: D. Walker
1949: Hart
1950: Janowicz
1951: Kazmaier
1952: Vessels
1953: Lattner
1954: Cassady
1955: Cassady
1956: McDonald
1957: Crow
1958: Cannon
1959: Cannon
1960: Bellino
1961: Ferguson
1962: Baker
1963: Staubach
1964: Butkus
1965: Anderson & Grabowski
1966: Spurrier
1967: Beban
1968: Simpson
1969: Owens
1970: Plunkett
1971: Sullivan & Marinaro
1972: B. Jones
1973: Hicks
1974: Griffin
1975: Griffin
1976: Dorsett
1977: Campbell
1978: Sims
1979: C. White
1980: Green
1981: Allen
1982: H. Walker
1983: Rozier
1984: Flutie
1985: Jackson
1986: Testaverde
1987: Brown
1988: Sanders
1989: Hagen
1990: Ismail
1991: Howard
1992: M. Jones
1993: Ward
1994: Salaam
1995: Frazier
1996: Wuerffel
1997: Woodson
1998: Williams
1999: Dayne
2000: Weinke
2001: Crouch
2002: Palmer
2003: J. White
2004: A. Smith
2005: Bush
2006: T. Smith
2007: Tebow
2008: Harrell, Bradford & McCoy
2009: Ingram
2010: Newton
2011: Griffin III

UPI College Football Player of the Year winners

1950: Janowicz
1951: Kazmaier
1952: Vessels
1953: Giel
1954: Ameche
1955: Cassady
1956: Majors
1957: Crow
1958: Cannon
1959: Cannon
1960: Bellino
1961: Ferguson
1962: Baker
1963: Staubach
1964: Huarte
1965: Garrett
1966: Spurrier
1967: Simpson
1968: Simpson
1969: Owens
1970: Plunkett
1971: Marinaro
1972: Rogers
1973: Cappelletti
1974: Griffin
1975: Griffin
1976: Dorsett
1977: Campbell
1978: Sims
1979: C. White
1980: Green
1981: Allen
1982: H. Walker
1983: Rozier
1984: Flutie
1985: Jackson
1986: Testaverde
1987: Brown
1988: Sanders
1989: Ware
1990: Detmer
1991: Howard

v t e Florida Sports Hall of Fame

A–C	1972 Miami Dolphins Ruth Alexander Michelle Akers Bobby Allison Donnie Allison Ottis Anderson Dave Andreychuk Don Aronow Paul Azinger Catie Ball Walter Lanier "Red" Barber Rick Barry Andy Bean Deane Beman Patty Berg Fred Biletnikoff Otis Birdsong Otis Boggs Wade Boggs Nick Bollettieri Tommy Bolt Pat Borders Julius Boros Tony Boselli Don Bosseler Bobby Bowden Scot Brantley Pat Bradley Derrick Brooks Jerome Brown Bill Buchalter Nick Buoniconti Lew Burdette Norm Carlson Steve Carlton Harold Carmichael JoAnne Carner Jimmy Carnes Don Carter Gary Carter Rick Casares Charles Casey Tracy Caulkins Wes Chandler Chandra Cheeseborough Dean Chenoweth Torchy Clark Jerry Collins Cris Collinsworth Pete Cooper Lee Corso Jim Courier Dave Cowens Gene Cox Larry Csonka Hugh Culverhouse Fran Curci

D–I	Darryl Dawkins Andre Dawson Gene Deckerhoff Jim Dooley Herb Dudley Angelo Dundee Hugh Durham James Everett Chris Evert J. Rex Farrior Forrest K. "Fergie" Ferguson Joe Fields Sam Finley Don Fleming Raymond Floyd Eddie Flynn Bill France, Sr. Bill France, Jr. Betty Skelton Frankman Erde Ron Fraser Shirley Fry Rowdy Gaines Jake Gaither Willie Galimore Don Garlits Steve Garvey Ben Geraghty Althea Gibson Artis Gilmore Lafayette G. Golden Mary Ann Gonzalez Curt Gowdy Ray Graves Hubert Green Peter Gregg Bob Griese Andy Gustafson Jack Hairston Nicole Haislett Jack Harding Doris Hart Bill Hartack "Bullet" Bob Hayes Hurley Haywood Ted Hendricks Nash Higgins Hulk Hogan Nancy Hogshead Dick Howser Marcelino Huerta Wayne Huizenga Fred Hutchinson Michael Irvin

J–Q	Julian Jackson Davey Johnson Jimmy Johnson Deacon Jones Joe Justice Jim Kelly Bernie Kosar Nick Kotys Al Lang Floyd E. Lay Bernie Little Larry Little Pop Lloyd Al Lopez Greg Louganis Dan Marino Mike Martin Tino Martinez Bob Masterson Walter "Tiger" Mayberry Dick Mayer Jack "Cy" McClairen Tim McDowell Tom McEwen Bill McGrotha Hal McRae Steve Melnyk George Mira Hubert Mizell Nat Moore Earl Morrall Perry Moss Gardnar Mulloy Bob Murphy Robert Allan Murphy Needles Jack Nelson Jack Nicklaus Greg Norman Tom Nugent Stephen C. O'Connell George R. Olsen Buck O'Neil Charles Owens Dick Pace Arnold Palmer John Pennel Newt Perry Bill Peterson Lou Piniella Dick Pope, Jr. Dick Pope, Sr. Edwin Pope Boog Powell Paul Quinn

R–Z	Tim Raines Jim Rathmann Dot Richardson Rick Rhoden Bobby Riggs Ken Riley Joe Robbie Glenn "Fireball" Roberts Robin Roberts Chi Chi Rodriguez Tony Romeo Al Rosen Pete Sampras Deion Sanders Doug Sanders Gene Sarazen Herb Score Howard Schnellenberger Pancho Segura Earnie Seiler Monica Seles Ron Sellers Lee Roy Selmon Rip Sewell Frank Shorter Don Shula Hal Smeltzy Emmitt Smith Freddie Solomon Steve Spurrier George Steinbrenner Payne Stewart Lyn St. James Roger Strickland Pat Summerall Don Sutton Mark Swiconek Charlie Tate Zack Taylor Vinny Testaverde Gino Toretta James Van Fleet Dale Van Sickel Don Veller Dick Vitale Don Wallen Paul Waner Paul Warfield Glenn Wilkes Ted Williams Mary Wise Danny Wuerffel Early Wynn Garo Yepremian Jack Youngblood Babe Zaharias

v t e San Francisco 49ers first-round draft picks

Nomellini Tittle McElhenny Babcock Stolhandske Faloney Moegle Morrall Brodie Pace Krueger Baker James Stickles Johnson Casey Kilmer Alworth Alexander Parks Willard Donnelly Hindman Spurrier Banaszek Blue Kwalick G. Washington Hardman Taylor Anderson Beasley Holmes Jackson Sandifer Webb MacAfee Bunz Cooper Stuckey Lott Shell Rice Barton Flagler DeLong D. Carter T. Washington Hall Stubblefield Kelly Young Floyd Stokes Druckenmiller McQuarters McGrew Peterson Plummer A. Carter Rumph Harris Woods Alex Smith V. Davis Lawson Willis Staley Balmer Crabtree A. Davis Iupati Aldon Smith Jenkins

AFC East BUF MIA NE NYJ North BAL CIN CLE PIT South HOU IND JAC TEN West DEN KC OAK SD NFC East DAL NYG PHI WAS North CHI DET GB MIN South ATL CAR NO TB West ARI STL SF SEA

San Francisco 49ers starting quarterbacks

Frankie Albert (1946–1952)
Y. A. Tittle (1951–1960)
Jim Powers (1953)
Earl Morrall (1956)
John Brodie (1957–1973)
Lamar McHan (1963)
Bob Waters (1963)
George Mira (1964–1967)
Steve Spurrier (1967–1975)
Joe Reed (1973–1974)
Tom Owen (1974–1975)
Dennis Morrison (1974)
Norm Snead (1974–1975)
Jim Plunkett (1976–1977)
Scott Bull (1976–1978)
Steve DeBerg (1978–1980)
Joe Montana (1979–1990)
Matt Cavanaugh (1984–1985)
Jeff Kemp (1986)
Mike Moroski (1986)
Steve Young (1987–1999)
Bob Gagliano (1987)
Steve Bono (1991)
Elvis Grbac (1995–1996)
Jim Druckenmiller (1997)
Ty Detmer (1998)
Steve Stenstrom (1999)
Jeff Garcia (1999–2003)
Tim Rattay (2003–2005)
Ken Dorsey (2004–2005)
Alex Smith (2005–present)
Cody Pickett (2005)
Trent Dilfer (2007)
Shaun Hill (2007–2009)
Chris Weinke (2007)
J. T. O'Sullivan (2008)
Troy Smith (2010)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers starting quarterbacks

Steve Spurrier (1976)
Parnell Dickinson (1976)
Terry Hanratty (1976)
Gary Huff (1977)
Randy Hedberg (1977)
Jeb Blount (1977)
Doug Williams (1978–1982)
Mike Rae (1978)
Mike Boryla (1978)
Jack Thompson (1983–1984)
Jerry Golsteyn (1983)
Steve DeBerg (1984–1993)
Steve Young (1985–1986)
Vinny Testaverde (1987–1992)
John Reaves (1987)
Jim Zorn (1987)
Joe Ferguson (1988–1989)
Chris Chandler (1990–1991)
Jeff Carlson (1991)
Craig Erickson (1993–1994)
Trent Dilfer (1994–1999)
Shaun King (1999–2002)
Eric Zeier (1999)
Brad Johnson (2001–2004)
Rob Johnson (2002)
Brian Griese (2004–2008)
Chris Simms (2004–2006)
Bruce Gradkowski (2006)
Tim Rattay (2006)
Jeff Garcia (2007–2008)
Luke McCown (2007)
Byron Leftwich (2009)
Josh Johnson (2009–2011)
Josh Freeman (2009–present)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1976 Inaugural Season Roster

Florida Gators starting quarterbacks

Angus Williams (1949)
Haywood Sullivan (1950–1951)
Rick Casares (1952)
Doug Dickey (1952–1953)
Dick Allen (1954)
Bobby Lance (1955)
Jimmy Dunn (1956–1958)
Dick Allen (1959)
Larry Libertore (1960–1962)
Tom Batten (1961)
Tom Shannon (1962–1964)
Steve Spurrier (1964–1966)
Jack Eckdahl (1967)
Larry Rentz (1967–1968)
John Reaves (1969–1971)
Chan Gailey (1972)
David Bowden (1972–1973)
Don Gaffney (1973–1975)
Jimmy Fisher (1975–1976)
Terry LeCount (1977)
Tim Groves (1978–1979)
John Brantley, III (1978)
Tyrone Young (1979)
Johnell Brown (1979)
Larry Ochab (1979–1980)
Bob Hewko (1980–1982)
Wayne Peace (1980–1983)
Kerwin Bell (1984–1987)
Kyle Morris (1988–1989)
Herbert Perry (1988)
Donald Douglas (1989)
Shane Matthews (1990–1992)
Terry Dean (1993–1994)
Danny Wuerffel (1993–1996)
Eric Kresser (1995)
Doug Johnson (1997–1999)
Noah Brindise (1997)
Jesse Palmer (1998–2000)
Rex Grossman (2000–2002)
Brock Berlin (2001)
Ingle Martin (2003)
Chris Leak (2003–2006)
Tim Tebow (2007–2009)
John Brantley, IV (2010–2011)
Jacoby Brissett (2011– )

Florida Gators quarterbacks are listed in the order of their first appearance as a starter. Overlapping years indicate seasons when more than one player started at quarterback.

Florida Gators football 1996 Consensus National Champions

v t e Gator Football Ring of Honor

7 Danny Wuerffel 11 Steve Spurrier 22 Emmitt Smith 74 Jack Youngblood 88 Wilber Marshall

University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame

Gator Greats: Baseball

Bobby Barnes • Cecil Beck • Harry Coe • Doug Corbett • David Eckstein • Perry McGriff • Tom Moore • Bernie Parrish • Lou Pesce • Bob Pitman • Q. I. Roberts • Rudy Simpson • Haywood Sullivan • Burt Touchberry • Brad Wilkerson • Dale Willis

Gator Greats: Basketball

Men's basketball Ben Clemons • Dan Cross • Curt Cunkle • Bob Emrick • Udonis Haslem • Brooks Henderson • Gary Keller • Tony Miller • Ark Newton • Andy Owens • LaMar Sarra • Hans Tanzler • Neal Walk • Chip Williams • Ronnie Williams Women's basketball Quientella Bonner • Tammy Jackson • DeLisha Milton-Jones • Murriel Page • Sophia Witherspoon

Gator Greats: Boxing

Johnny Joca • Phillip O'Connell • Carlos Proctor

Gator Greats: Football

Football: A–C
Fred Abbott • Carlos Alvarez • Neal Anderson • Reidel Anthony • Trace Armstrong • John Barrow • Jim Beaver • Jack Beckwith • Doug Belden • Kerwin Bell • Bruce Bennett • Red Bethea • Goof Bowyer • Scot Brantley • Alex Brown • Lomas Brown • Carl Brumbaugh • Glenn Cameron • Kevin Carter • Bill Carr • Rick Casares • Charley Casey • Rainey Cawthon • Don Chandler • Wes Chandler • Billy Chase • Hagood Clarke • Cris Collinsworth • Bill Corry • Clyde Crabtree • Brad Culpepper

Football: D–J
Joe D'Agostino • Judd Davis • Steve DeLaTorre • Frank Dempsey • Guy Dennis • Dwayne Dixon • Chris Doering • Jimmy DuBose • Larry Dupree • Tommy Durrance • Rex Farrior • Fergie Ferguson. • Don Fleming • Bobby Forbes • Larry Gagner • David Galloway • Max Goldstein • Bobby Joe Green • Sammy Green • Papa Hall • Mal Hammack • Vel Heckman • Ike Hilliard • Tiger Holmes • Marcelino Huerta • Chuck Hunsinger • Randy Jackson • Willie Jackson • John James • Alonzo Johnson • Ellis Johnson • Edgar Jones • James Jones

Football: K–P
Jimmy Kynes • Bill Kynes • Charlie LaPradd • Burton Lawless • Larry Libertore • David Little • Buford Long • Wilber Marshall • Lynn Matthews • Shane Matthews • Tiger Mayberry • Lee McGriff • Perry McGriff • Graham McKeel • Vic Miranda • Fred Montsdeoca • Nat Moore • Dennis Murphy • Ricky Nattiel • Ark Newton • Jason Odom • Louis Oliver • Ralph Ortega • Dick Pace • Bernie Parrish • Pat Patchen • Wayne Peace • Tootie Perry • Mike Peterson

Football: Q–Z
Rammy Ramsdell • John Reaves • Errict Rhett • Huey Richardson • Jim Rountree • Barry Russo • Tom Shannon • Jackie Simpson • Emmitt Smith • Larry Smith • Steve Spurrier • Mac Steen • Haywood Sullivan • John Symank • Steve Tannen • Dummy Taylor • Fred Taylor • Allen Trammell • Richard Trapp • Dale Van Sickel • Ion Walker • David Williams • Jarvis Williams • John L. Williams • Lawrence Wright • Danny Wuerffel • Jim Yarbrough • Jack Youngblood

Gator Greats: Golf

Men's golf Tommy Aaron • Andy Bean • Frank Beard • Chris DiMarco • Brian Gay • Phil Hancock • Dudley Hart • Gary Koch • Steve Melnyk • Bob Murphy • Andy North • Dave Ragan • Doug Sanders • Dan Sikes Women's golf Karen Davies • Page Dunlap • Donna White • Cheryl Morley • Deb Richard

Gator Greats: Gymnastics

Kristin Guise • Lynn McDonnell • Melissa Miller • Elfi Schlegel • Ann Woods

Gator Greats: Soccer

Erin Baxter • Danielle Fotopoulos • Abby Wambach

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Jordan Kovacs
Career history
crouching on defense (far left) vs. 2010 Connecticut Huskies
Michigan Wolverines — No. 32
Defensive back	Junior
Date of birth: (1990-06-12) June 12, 1990 (age 22)
Place of birth: Curtice, Ohio
Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Weight: 195 lb (88 kg)
High school: Clay High School
College(s): University of Michigan (2009–present)
Bowl games
2011 Gator Bowl 2012 Sugar Bowl
Career highlights and awards
2009 Freshman All-America (CFN 2nd team) 2009 Freshman All-Big Ten (TSN) 2009 Rudy Award candidate 2010 All-Big Ten Conference honorable mention 2010 Burlsworth Trophy nominee 2011 Lott Trophy quarterfinalist 2011 Burlsworth Trophy semifinalist 2011 All-Big Ten Conference honorable mention
Stats at ESPN.com

Jordan David Kovacs (born June 12, 1990) is an American football safety who has completed his redshirt junior season in 2011 for the Michigan Wolverines football team. He was a walk-on who earned 2009 CollegeFootballNews.com Freshman All-America second team recognition and 2009 Sporting News Freshman All-Big Ten honors for the 2009 Wolverines while being the second-leading tackler on the team. Granted a scholarship by the 2010 team for his second year, he was the second-leading tackler in the Big Ten Conference and was selected as a 2010 All-Conference honorable mention. He was also a 2011 All-Big Ten honorable mention.

1 Background
2 College career
3 Personal
4 Notes
5 External links

Background [link]

Kovacs attended Clay High School, which was the rival high school of current Wolverine teammate Kevin Koger.^[1] In high school, he earned varsity letters in basketball as a sophomore and junior. He also earned All-City recognition in track and field three times (first team as a senior, second team as a junior and honorable mention as a sophomore) and was a four-year letterman. He qualified for the Ohio State championships in the 4x400 meter relay. He was a three-year letterman in football, where he earned All-Ohio academic honors and All-district honors as both a wide receiver and defensive back.^[2]

He was not recruited by any Division I schools as a high school football player, but he was recruited by some Division II schools.^[1] Kovacs only had two campus visits: Division II Hillsdale and Toledo (a school 13 miles from his high school).^[3] By the time he completed his college applications, even Hillsdale had lost interest in him.^[3] His father placed a call to Michigan Director of Football Operations Brad Labadie after Jordan was wait listed and got him to agree to review a homemade highlight reel.^[3] As his graduation neared, Kovacs shook hands with Andy Boyd, a Toledo coach, on a preferred walk-on spot.^[3] That same afternoon in June 2008, Labadie called to confirm that Kovacs had been admitted from the wait list.^[3] The admission came without an athletic scholarship.^[4] Labadie encouraged Jordan to attend walk-on tryouts.^[3]

College career [link]

Redshirt (2008)[link]

Kovacs initially passed the walk-on tryouts, but he had to pass the physical with Paul "Schmidty" Schmidt, who had been a trainer since Jordan's father Lou had played and been on the coaching staff at Michigan.^[3] He had had surgery to repair cartilage damage in high school, but that did not alleviate his problems.^[4] When Jordan responded yes to a question about whether he had had any surgeries in the prior 12 months, it triggered a line of questioning about his senior season meniscus surgery.^[3] He did not make the 2008 Wolverines due to a knee problem, but was advised to try out again after his knee healed.^[5] After discovering a torn meniscus, he had a second knee surgery, which was successful.^[1] He attended every game that season in his family's season ticket section.^[3]

Freshman (2009)[link]

In 2009, he was one of the most highly regarded walk-ons in the nation,^[6] and emerged from a group of Michigan football players who referred to themselves as "The Walk-On Nation".^[7] His debut on September 5 against the Western Michigan was on special teams.^[2] The following week he registered 31 plays against Notre Dame after starting safety Michael Williams suffered leg cramps.^[4] He made his first start on September 26 against Indiana.^[2] On October 3 of that season, he had 17 tackles against Michigan State in the annual Paul Bunyan Trophy.^[8] He posted ten tackles and made his first career interception on November 14 against Wisconsin.^[2] That season he played free safety before being switched to strong safety.^[1] He started one game at free safety and seven at strong safety over the course of the season.^[9] He finished the season as the second leading tackler for the 2009 Wolverines.^[6] He earned 2009 CollegeFootballNews.com Freshman All-America second team recognition and 2009 Sporting News Freshman All-Big Ten honors.^[2] He was also a Rudy Award candidate.^[2]

Sophomore (2010)[link]

Kovacs earned a scholarship at the beginning of the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season.^[10] In the second game of the season on September 11 against Notre Dame in the Michigan – Notre Dame football rivalry game, Kovacs recorded his first interception of the season and second of his career as part of a 10-tackle effort.^[11]^[12] On October 16 he recorded 2.5 tackles for a loss against Iowa.^[2] After eight games in the 2010 season he ranked second in the Big Ten Conference in tackles.^[13] On November 18, he was nominated for the Burlsworth Trophy, which was a newly created award for the most outstanding player to have begun his career as a walk on.^[14] On November 20, he posted his first career quarterback sack during a season-high twelve tackle performance against Wisconsin.^[12] With one week remaining on the conference schedule, the performance tied Kovacs for third-overall in the Big Ten, gave Kovacs a wide lead among Big Ten underclassman (8.64 vs. 7.55 per game over the next highest performer) and extended his lead among Big Ten defensive backs (8.64 vs 8.27).^[15] In the final game of the regular season on November 27 against Ohio State in the annual Michigan – Ohio State football rivalry game, Kovacs recorded his second interception of the season and third of his career as part of a 17-tackle effort.^[12] He collected a career-best 41 return yards following the interception.^[16] In the game, Kovacs tied a career-high with 17 total tackles including a new career-high 9 solo tackles.^[12] Kovacs ended the 2010 Big Ten Conference football season ranked second in the conference to teammate Jonas Mouton in total tackles.^[17]^[18] However, he led the team in solo tackles.^[18]^[19] Following the Big Ten Conference season, he was selected as an honorable mention All-Conference selection by the media.^[20]^[21]^[22]

Junior (2011)[link]

When Brady Hoke took over as Michigan head coach for the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season, Kovacs impressed him quickly.^[23] Kovacs was one of the first five players named as a starter for the 2011 team.^[24] In the September 3, 2011 season opener against Western Michigan at Michigan Stadium, Kovacs forced a fumble that was recovered and advanced for a touchdown.^[25] Although the game was ended by mutual agreement in the third quarter due to inclement weather,^[26] Kovacs recorded 10 tackles, including two sacks.^[12]^[27]^[28] He was named the Lott Trophy impact player of the week.^[29]^[30] At first, the stats for the game were considered official by the Big Ten Conference and the University of Michigan, but the NCAA has vacated the statistics for this game because three quarters were not completed.^[31] However, at the conclusion of the regular season, the NCAA reversed course and ruled that since the game is counting for win-loss record, the statistics will be counted by the NCAA.^[32] On September 10, against Notre Dame, during the first night game ever played at Michigan Stadium, he talied an interception,^[33] and eight tackles. When it became evident that the defense had improved markedly from the prior season, he and fellow safety Thomas Gordon were credited as being the "leaders of the defense".^[34] On October 8, against Northwestern, Kovacs posted two solo tackles for a loss,^[35] both on fourth down.^[36] Kovacs suffered a knee injury that sidelined him for the October 29 game against Purdue. Kovacs had been one of twenty quarterfinalists for the Lott impact player of the year.^[37] Kovacs was named as one of 10 semifinalists for the 2011 Burlsworth Trophy on November 22.^[38] Following the 2011 Big Ten Conference football season, he earned All-Big Ten Conference honorable mention recognition from the media and was selected as the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award recipient for the Michigan program.^[39]^[40] Kovacs earned 2011 Fall Academic All-Big Ten recognition along with 10 teammates.^[41] In the January 3, 2012 Sugar Bowl 23–20 overtime victory against Virginia Tech, he led the team with 11 tackles.^[42] Kovacs finished among the conference leaders in several statistics: sacks/game (.33, 17th), tackles/game (6.2, 30th) and fumbles forced/game (.17, t-9th).^[43]

Personal [link]

His father Louis, who was a walk-on for Michigan coach Bo Schembechler,^[44] lettered for the 1982 Michigan Wolverines football team.^[2] He subsequently served two seasons as a graduate assistant for Schembechler.^[3] Lou is married to Susan Kovacs.^[3] Jordan wears #32, the reverse of his father's #23.^[7] Kovacs has three siblings, and his older brother Aaron played his freshman season for the 2007 Toledo Rockets.^[3] His family regularly brought him to watch Michigan home games when he was growing up. The family regularly sat in Section 27 of Michigan Stadium, on the north side of the press box. Today the family sits underneath the scoreboard, since they have a son on the team.^[44] The first Michigan game Kovacs watched was Lloyd Carr's first game as coach of Michigan Wolverines football for the 1995 Wolverines, which was a memorable 18-point comeback against Virginia.^[3]

Notes [link]

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "32 Jordan Kovacs". CBS Interactive. http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/kovacs_jordan00.html. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Jennings, Chantel (2011-09-15). "Former walk-on walks tall for U-M: Safety Jordan Kovacs has had more on-field success than he could have imagined". ESPN. http://espn.go.com/colleges/michigan/football/story/_/id/6973560/jordan-kovacs-walk-success-michigan-wolverines. Retrieved 2011-10-02.
^ ^a ^b ^c Howard, Leah (2009-09-17). "Walk-On Wonder: Jordan Kovacs Relishes His Rags-to-Riches Tale". CBS Interactive. http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/091709aab.html. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
^ Evans, Thayer (2009-09-13). "Playing Time for a Walk-On". The New York Times. http://thequad.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/playing-time-for-a-walk-on/?scp=2&sq=%22Jordan+Kovacs%22&st=nyt. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
^ ^a ^b "Walk-ons Go From No Stars To Shining Stars". Rivals.com. 2010-02-10. http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1050279. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
^ ^a ^b Chengelis, Angelique S. (2011-09-09). "U-M's starting safety Jordan Kovacs never lost walk-on edge". The Detroit News. http://www.detnews.com/article/20110909/SPORTS0201/109090368/1031/U-M-s-starting-safety-Jordan-Kovacs-never-lost-walk-on-edge. Retrieved 2011-09-09. ^{[dead link]}
^ "Jordan Kovacs #32 S (2009 game log)". ESPN. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/player/gamelog?playerId=384589&year=2009. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
^ "2009 Football Team". The Regents of the University of Michigan /Bentley Historical Library. 2010-03-26. http://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/football/fbteam/2009fbt.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-19.
^ Arnold, Jeff (2010-09-22). "Michigan safety Jordan Kovacs is more comfortable, sees defensive improvements coming". AnnArbor.com. http://www.annarbor.com/sports/michigan-safety-jordan-kovacs-is-more-comfortable-sees-defensive-improvements-coming/. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
^ "Michigan 28 (2-0, 1-0 away); Notre Dame 24 (1-1, 1-1 home)". ESPN. 2010-09-11. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=302540087. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Team: Michigan - Year: 2011 Thru 09/03/11 - Player: Jordan Kovacs - Uniform #: 32 Position: DB Class: JR". National Collegiate Athletic Association. http://web1.ncaa.org/mfb/playerDetail.jsp?yr=2011&org=418&player=32. Retrieved 2010-11-21.
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^ "Michigan 7 (7-5, 3-5 Big Ten); (8) Ohio St 37 (11-1, 7-1 Big Ten)". ESPN. 2010-11-27. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=303310194. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
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Name	Spurrier, Steve
Alternative names	Spurrier, Stephen Orr; Spurrier, Stephen O.; Spurrier, Stephen
Short description	All-American college football player, professional football player, college football coach, professional football coach, Heisman Trophy winner, College Football Hall of Fame member
Date of birth	April 20, 1945
Place of birth	Miami Beach, Florida, United States
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Place of death

Persondata
Name	Kovacs, Jordan
Alternative names
Short description	Player of American football
Date of birth	June 12, 1990
Place of birth	Curtice, Ohio
Date of death
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