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 (Clifford)
Lynn Dickey threw for a total of
6,208 yards while at Kansas State University, a
school record that was not broken for 38 years.
His 19,000+ yards and 56.4 percent completion
average puts him third on the list of all-time
best Packer quarterbacks behind Brett Favre and
Bart Starr. |
 Joseph William Namath
became the first quarterback to pass for more
than 4,000 yards in one season in 1967. Despite
being plagued with knee injuries through much of
his career, he completed a total of 1,886 passes
for 27,663 yards and 173 touchdowns in 12 seasons
with the Jets. |
 Jim
Plunkett set NCAA records for most
yards total offense and most passing yards in his
three years at Stanford. As a professional
player, however, his record was inconsistent from
season to season. He began the 1980-81 season as
a third-stringer, but ended it as the Super Bowl
MVP. |
 (Robert) John Riggins
rushed for over 1,000 yards in five seasons, and
over 100 yards in 35 games, and was only the
second player in NFL history to rush for over 100
touchdowns. In Super Bowl XVII, he set a Super
Bowl record by rushing for 166 yards. |
 Gale Eugene Sayers
only played in 68 professional football games,
but gained a total of 9,435 years and scored a
total of 56 touchdowns in them. He also set seven
NFL records and 23 team marks during his short
career, and was named to the Pro Bowl in each of
his first five seasons. |
 Veryl
Switzer lettered in both football
and track at Kansas State University. He
subsequently spent two seasons with the Green Bay
Packers and three seasons in the Canadian
Football League. |
