Jeff Hostetler
- New York Giants (1984-1992)
- Los Angeles / Oakland Raiders (1993-1996)
- Washington Redskins (1997-1998)
- Bowl Pro-Choice (1994 )
- 2x Super Bowl winner (Super Bowl XXI, Super Bowl XXV)
- Quarterback Challenge 1993 winners
William Jeffrey " Jeff" Hostetler ( born April 22, 1961 in Hollsopple, Pennsylvania) is an American former American football player at the position of quarterback. He has played with the New York Giants in the National Football League ( NFL), with whom he won two Super Bowls.
Youth / College
Hostetlers ancestors are Amish and come from a native of the German-speaking Switzerland Mennonite Jacob Hochstetler from, who had immigrated in 1738 to the USA. Originally the family came from Schwarzburg. Jeff's family and he himself have, however, adapted to the American culture.
Hostetler was playing on the high school football and graduated in 1980, first at Pennsylvania State University, but did not see any perspective in their football team and moved to West Virginia University Morgantown. In 1981 he was suspended for one year and it could therefore accrue until 1982 with the West Virginia Mountaineers. 1982 we moved into the Gator Bowl and beat the team of Florida State University with 31:12. 1983 succeeded the way into the Hall of Fame Bowl, the game against the University of Kentucky was won with 20:16.
During his time at college he won 18 of 24 games. He even reach this 26 touchdowns.
Professional time
In the 1984 NFL Draft in the third round Hostetler was obliged to 59th place by the New York Giants. Over the next six and a half years, he came with the Giants only as a replacement for Phil Simms used. 1986 Giants won the Super Bowl XXI against the Denver Broncos at 39:20, Hostetler, however, was merely as a substitute of Phil Simms on the sidelines.
Then in 1991 came the big breakthrough of Jeff Hostetler. The Giants Coach Bill Parcells with had won the NFC Championship Game against the San Francisco 49ers 15:13 and were then fed into the Super Bowl XXV against the Buffalo Bills coach Marv Levy and with quarterback Jim Kelly. Ironically, against the Bills, the tribe quarterback Phil Simms, the Giants during the regular season was seriously injured and was replaced by Hostetler, who had previously denied only two games as a starting quarterback from the beginning. The lack of match practice you could see Hostetler, who was known as an aggressive and accurate quarterback, not to. In the game, he was 20 of his 32 passes attach. A few seconds before the end of the kicker missed the Bills, Scott Norwood, a field goal, the Giants won with 20:19. Hostetler had contributed a touchdown pass for the win.
In the following two years, Hostetler had to share the position of the Startin quarterbacks again and again with the fit-again Phil Simms. The Giants could not move into the play-offs. In 1993 he moved to the Los Angeles Raiders and Oakland later moved with this team in the first year in the play-offs, where they lost to the Bills at 29:23. In the years 1994-1996 Hostetlers personal statistics when the Raiders were very good, but the team itself was only average. A move into the play-offs were no longer able. Although he had an excellent 1996 season, he was blamed for the failure of the team and in 1997 to the Washington Redskins. There he was plagued by numerous injuries. 1998 ended Hostetler, Nick Name: " Hoss " in eight games with the Washington Redskins his active career, with a serious accident of his son, the case 's neck had been broken and is paraplegic and with whom he wanted to spend more time, influenced his decision has.
Honors
Hostetler played in the 1994 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. At school his children he also works as a basketball, baseball and football coach. A Service of the Pittsburgh Steelers to accept a position as assistant coach, he declined for family reasons.