Jeff Hostetler
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Position (s): Quarterback |
Jersey number (s): 15 |
| born on April 22, 1961 in Hollsopple , Pennsylvania | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 1984 - 1998 | |
| NFL Draft : 1984 / Round: 3 / Pick: 59 | |
| College : Pennsylvania State University , West Virginia University (WVU) | |
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| Career statistics | |
| TD : INT | 94:71 |
| achieved space gain | 16430 yards |
| Quarterback rating | 80.48 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
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William Jeffrey "Jeff" Hostetler (* 22. April 1961 in Hollsopple , Pennsylvania ) is a former American American football poker players at the position of quarterback . He played for the New York Giants in the National Football League (NFL), with whom he won two Super Bowls .
Youth / college
Hostetler's ancestors are Amish and descend from the Mennonite Jacob Hochstetler, who came from German-speaking Switzerland and who immigrated to the USA in 1738. The family originally came from Schwarzenburg . Jeff's family and himself have adapted to American culture, however.
Hostetler already played football in high school and first joined Pennsylvania State University in 1980 , but saw no perspective in their football team and moved to West Virginia University in Morgantown . In 1981 he was banned from doing so for a year and was therefore only able to play with the West Virginia Mountaineers in 1982. In 1982 they moved into the Gator Bowl and beat the Florida State University team with 31:12. 1983 succeeded in moving into the Hall of Fame Bowl , the game against the University of Kentucky was won with 20:16.
During his time in college , he won 18 out of 24 games. He got 26 touchdowns himself .
Professional time
In the 1984 NFL Draft , Hostetler was in the third round in 59th place by the New York Giants , who were coached by Bill Parcells , committed. In the next six and a half years he was only used as a substitute for Phil Simms at the Giants . In 1986 the Giants won Super Bowl XXI against the Denver Broncos with 39:20, but Hostetler was only on the sidelines as a substitute for Phil Simms.
In the 1990 season came Jeff Hostetler's big breakthrough. The Giants with coach Bill Parcells had won the NFC Championship Game against the San Francisco 49ers with 15:13 and then moved into the Super Bowl XXV against the Buffalo Bills with coach Marv Levy and quarterback Jim Kelly . Ironically, the Giants' regular quarterback Phil Simms was seriously injured against the Bills in the regular season and was replaced by Hostetler, who had previously only played two games as starting quarterback . The lack of game practice was not noticed by Hostetler, who was known as an aggressive and accurate quarterback. In the game he was able to make 20 of his 32 passes. A few seconds before the end, the Bills' kicker , Scott Norwood , missed a field goal and the Giants won 20:19. Hostetler had contributed a touchdown pass to the victory.
In the following two years, Hostetler had to share the position of starting quarterback with Phil Simms, who had recovered. The Giants could no longer move into the play-offs . In 1993 he moved to the Los Angeles later Oakland Raiders and moved with this team in the first year in the play-offs, where they were defeated by the Bills with 29:23. From 1994 to 1996, Hostetler's personal statistics with the Raiders were very good, but the team itself was only mediocre. A move into the play-offs was no longer successful. Despite having an excellent season in 1996, he was blamed for the team's failure and joined the Washington Redskins in 1997 . Numerous injuries plagued him there. In 1998, Hostetler, nickname : "Hoss", ended his active career after eight games with the Washington Redskins. A serious accident of his son, who had broken his neck and has since been paraplegic and with whom he wanted to spend more time, influenced his decision Has.
Hostetler achieved 94 touchdowns and 71 interceptions in 152 regular season games .
Honors
Hostetler played in 1994 in the Pro Bowl , the season final game of the best players of all teams. In 1993, he won the Quarterback Challenge before the season .
After the career
Hostetler lives in Morgantown, is married and has three sons. He owns a construction company and owned a company that produced and sold bagels . He also works as a basketball , baseball and football coach at his children's school . An offer from the Pittsburgh Steelers to accept a position as an assistant coach , he declined for family reasons.
Web links
- Jeff Hostetler with the New York Giants
- Jeff Hostetler with the Raiders ( Memento from November 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- Jeff Hostetler at college
- Statistics from college
Individual evidence
- 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 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hostetler, Jeff |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hostetler, William Jeffrey |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 22, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hollsopple , Pennsylvania |