Rick Mirer
Richard Franklin Mirer ( born March 19, 1970 in Goshen, in the U.S. state of Indiana ) is a former American professional American football player at the position of quarterback.
College
Mirers college was very successful. He played for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish from 1989 to 1992 at this time. Threw the most touchdown passes ( 41) in the school's history. That was more than three times Super Bowl MVP Joe Montana with the Fighting Irish managed. Only in 1996, this record was broken by Ron Powlus with 42 touchdowns.
In his college days, under successful coach Lou Holtz, the Fighting Irish have won three of four bowl games. In the national rankings to the Associated Press (AP), they were from 1989 to 1992 in the squares 1, 2, 6 and 13
Professionals
In 1993, Mirer in the National Football League ( NFL). He has been in the NFL Draft as the second player, behind Drew Bledsoe ( went to the New England Patriots ), selected by the Seattle Seahawks. He then played in all 16 games his first season and was voted Rookie of the Year in 1993.
In the second year, Rick Mirer was again slightly improve its performance in the NFL before the 1995 season came the crash. Due to the poor offensive line of the Seahawks threw Mirer - than right - even a few passes with links to relocate his blind side, and to prevent the dreaded bag of this page. In the 1996 season he only played in eleven games and was then released to the Chicago Bears before the 1997 season. However, he was also there which do not meet expectations and went as a backup by Brett Favre in 1998 to the Green Bay Packers. For the Bears threw Mirer, as hoped for savior of the club, not a touchdown pass.
Without use at the Packers he went to the 1999 season to the New York Jets, before he spent the season in 2000, 2001 and 2002 with the San Francisco 49ers as a backup Jeff Garcia. In the 2003 season was followed by a restart with the Oakland Raiders, where Rick Mirer again played eight games from the start due to injuries of the starting quarterback, Rich Gannon, and his backup, Marques Tuiasosopo. However, in these games, he could convince only temporarily.
2004 brought him the former coach of the 49ers, Steve Mariucci, as a backup to the Detroit Lions, his seventh professional team where he also finished his career.
- Football player (United States)
- Born in 1970
- Man