Boomer Esiason

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Boomer Esiason
Boomer Esiason at Super Bowl XLI pre-game show in Miami.jpg
Boomer Esiason, 2007
Position (s):
Quarterback
Jersey number (s):
7
born on April 17, 1961 in West Islip , Long Island , New York
Career information
Active : 1984 - 1997
NFL Draft : 1984 / Round: 2 / Pick: 38
College : Maryland
Teams
Career statistics
TD - INT     247-184
Thrown yards     37,920
QB rating     81.1
Stats at NFL.com
Career highlights and awards

Norman Julius Esiason (* 17th April 1961 in West Islip , Long Iceland , New York ) is a former American American football poker players. He played quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals in the National Football League (NFL).

Childhood / college

Esiason grew up in East Islip and attended high school there . As a student at the University of Maryland , he played college football on their Maryland Terrapins football team . He won with them the title in the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1983 and qualified with his team for the Florida Citrus Bowl , which they lost to the University of Tennessee with 30:23. He received his nickname : "Boomer" in the womb, because he made himself very clearly noticeable there. The nickname quickly replaced the first name.

Professional time

Esiason was signed by the Cincinnati Bengals in 1984 in 37th place in the second round of the NFL Draft . In his first year as a professional, the left-hander received only a little working time. His first game, which he played for quarterback Ken Anderson from the start , he won 13: 3 against the Houston Oilers . Esiason was the starting quarterback in the sophomore year , replaced Anderson and scored 27 touchdowns . With the wide receivers Cris Collinsworth , Eddie Brown and Tim Mcgee , he had very good passport catchers . In 1988 the Bengals were able to win twelve of 16 games in the regular season and qualify for the play-offs with this performance . After a 21-13 win in the Divisional Play-off game against the Seattle Seahawks , Esiason's team managed a 21-10 win in the AFC Championship Game against the Buffalo Bills . With this victory, Esiason and his team moved into Super Bowl XXIII against the San Francisco 49ers , who competed with quarterback Joe Montana and wide receiver Jerry Rice . The game was lost for the Bengals with 16:20.

From 1993 to 1995 Esiason played for the New York Jets . After a year with the Arizona Cardinals , Esiason ended his career with the Bengals in 1997.

In 14 professional years Esiason achieved 37,920 yards of space in the regular season with his passes. His 247 touchdown passes and eight touchdowns by running play are compared to 184 interceptions .

Honors

In 1988 Esiason was named the NFL MVP and the AFC MVP of the season. Esiason also played in four Pro Bowls and was voted All Star twice . In 1995 he received the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award . His former college accepted him into the university's hall of fame in 2003 .

further activities

In 1993 Esiason's son was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis . Esiason set up a foundation to raise money for the fight against his son's illness. Later he founded a food company, the profit of which was also used to fight the disease. His son Gunnar also plays football and is therefore very active despite his illness.

After the career

Esiason is married and works as a presenter for television and radio . Among other things, he comments on NFL football games on the US broadcaster CBS and has his own television show.

Web links

source

  • Jens Plassmann: NFL - American Football. The game, the stars, the stories (= Rororo 9445 rororo Sport ). Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-499-19445-7 .

Individual evidence

  1. Annual statistics of the Cincinnati Bengals 1988
  2. Statistics AFC divisional play-off game Seahawks against Bengals in 1988
  3. Statistics AFC Championship Game 1988
  4. Statistics Super Bowl XXIII
  5. Boomer Esiason Foundation
  6. Gunnar Esiason
  7. Boomer Esiason at CBS ( Memento from December 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive )