Gene Swick

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Gene Swick
Position (s):
Quarterback
born on 1953/1954
Career information
Active : 1976
NFL Draft : 1976 / Round: 4 / Pick: 97
College : Toledo
Teams
Career statistics
Career highlights and awards

Gene Swick (born 1953 or 1954) is a former American American football poker players at the position of quarterback .

Career

Swick played college football at the University of Toledo for the Toledo Rockets from 1973 to 1975 . In 1973 he was the sixth best passport thrower in the NCAA. The following season he was the best quarterback in the NCAA with 2,441 yards and a completion rate of 62%. In the election for the Heisman Trophy , he ended up in tenth place, and he also won the Sammy Baugh Trophy . In all three seasons with the Rockets he was elected to the First Team All MAC . At the end of his college career, he was the record holder for Total Offense (pass and run) of the NCAA Division IA with 8,074 yards. He also held many Rockets' passing records, many of which were only broken by Bruce Gradkowski over 30 years later .

In the 1976 NFL Draft , the Cleveland Browns selected him in the fourth round. However, Swick played poorly in training camp due to a sore arm, which is why the Browns dismissed him in July 1976. After a later trial with the New York Giants , the Hamilton Tiger-Cats from the Canadian Football League (CFL) signed him with a two-year contract. However, he didn't play a game here either.

An anniversary team was elected for the 100th anniversary of the Rockets. Swick ended up being the third quarterback in tenth place.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Swick, Rookie Quarterback, Sweats Out a Giant Trial. Retrieved September 24, 2017 .
  2. ^ Conferences. September 9, 1974, accessed September 23, 2017 .
  3. ↑ confetences. Retrieved September 23, 2017 (English).
  4. ↑ a b Records at UT stood for 30 years. Retrieved September 23, 2017 (English).
  5. ↑ a b Re-setting drafting Browns' quarterbacks in the draft. Retrieved September 23, 2017 (English).
  6. ↑ Of Mouse and his men. Retrieved September 23, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Rockets to honor all-century team at halftime of Sept. 16 football game. Retrieved September 23, 2017 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Swick, Gene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football player (quarterback)
DATE OF BIRTH 1953 or 1954