Quarterback, Toledo, to 2005

Bruce Gradkowski

Born: Jan 27, 1983

Bruce Gradkowski played quarterback at Toledo (to 2005). The Tampa Bay Buccaneers took Gradkowski in round 6, No. 194 overall in the 2006 NFL Draft.

Best season: 3,518; Passing yards, 2004 (Toledo, 9–⁠4)
Best game: 455 yards; Vs. Ball State, week 6, 2004: No. 1 passing game in FBS that week
Drafted: No. 194; Round 6, 2006 NFL Draft (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

455passing yards, best game on filevs. Ball State, 2004 6touchdown passes, best game on filevs. Ball State, 2004 2rushing touchdowns, best game on fileat Eastern Michigan, 2004

Honors

2005Mid-American Vern Smith Leadership Award

Team titles: MAC champions, 2004

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record

3,518

2,469

9–⁠49–⁠3

Season	Team	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	TD	Int
2004	Toledo	280	399	70.2	3,518	8.8	27	8
2005	Toledo	207	332	62.3	2,469	7.4	29	12
On file (2004–⁠05)		487	731	66.6	5,987	8.2	56	20

Rushing

Season	Team	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2004	Toledo	91	195	2.1	9	29
2005	Toledo	61	291	4.8	4	31
On file (2004–⁠05)		152	486	3.2	13	31

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here).

Game by game

2005 Toledo 11 games, 2,469 passing yards, 29 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 1	vs.Western Illinois	W 62–⁠14	9	17	134	2	0	15
Sep 10	vs.Western Michigan	W 56–⁠23	25	35	338	3	1	−2
Sep 17	atTemple	W 42–⁠17	20	29	182	4	1	14
Oct 8	vs.Eastern Michigan	W 30–⁠3	15	26	160	0	0	32
Oct 15	atBall State	W 34–⁠14	17	28	207	3	2	51
Oct 22	vs.Buffalo	W 38–⁠15	16	21	186	3	2	0
Oct 29	atCentral Michigan	L 17–⁠21	28	45	262	2	0	60
Nov 4	atOhio	W 30–⁠21	22	31	236	2	1	51
Nov 16	vs.Northern Illinois	L 17–⁠35	14	34	168	1	3	45
Nov 22	atBowling Green	W 44–⁠41	23	36	298	4	0	14
Dec 21 ✦	vs.UTEP	W 45–⁠13	18	30	298	5	2	11

2004 Toledo 13 games, 3,518 passing yards, 27 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 4	atMinnesota	L 21–⁠63	19	30	202	1	0	4
Sep 11	atKansas	L 14–⁠63	15	28	215	2	2	−26
Sep 18	atEastern Michigan	W 42–⁠32	22	27	338	3	0	34
Sep 25	vs.Temple	W 45–⁠17	22	27	276	2	0	5
Oct 2	vs.Ball State	W 52–⁠14	26	34	455	6	0	−3
Oct 9	atWestern Michigan	W 59–⁠33	23	27	286	3	0	32
Oct 16	vs.Ohio	W 31–⁠13	26	37	285	1	0	30
Oct 23	vs.Central Michigan	W 27–⁠22	28	41	329	1	1	46
Nov 2	atMiami (OH)	L 16–⁠23	23	36	203	1	1	0
Nov 9	atNorthern Illinois	W 31–⁠17	28	37	297	0	1	32
Nov 23	vs.Bowling Green	W 49–⁠41	24	39	338	3	2	31
Dec 2	vs.Miami (OH)	W 35–⁠27	18	24	251	4	1	11
Dec 27 ✦	vs.UConn	L 10–⁠39	6	12	43	0	0	−1

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2006
Height	6′1⅜″
Weight	217 lb
Arm length	30¼″
Hand size	9″
40-yard dash	4.61 s
10-yard split	1.63 s^W
Vertical jump	34″
Broad jump	8′11″
3-cone drill	7.12 s
20-yard shuttle	4.16 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

8 seasons, 37 games with a stat; latest team: Pittsburgh Steelers.

Season	Team	G	Tkl
2006	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	13	2
2007	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	4	–
2008	Cleveland Browns	2	–
2009	Oakland Raiders	7	–
2010	Oakland Raiders	6	1
2011	Cincinnati Bengals	2	–
2012	Cincinnati Bengals	2	–
2014	Pittsburgh Steelers	1	–
NFL career		37	3

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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At a glance

Career highs