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Quarterback, Stanford, 1979–82
John Elway
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John Elway played quarterback at Stanford (1979–82). He finished second in the 1982 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 1982. The Baltimore Colts took Elway first overall in the 1983 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2000.
At a glance
Honors
- Inducted 2000College Football Hall of Fame
- 1980, 1982Pac-12 Player of the Year
- 1980, 1982First-team All-Pac-10
- 1981Second-team All-Pac-10
- 1982Sammy Baugh Trophy
- 1982Consensus All‑American
- 1982National leader in passing touchdowns (24)
- 1982Second in the Heisman vote
All-America: consensus 1982; AP third team 1980; Sporting News 1980; NEA second team 1980
Regional honors: Pop Warner Trophy 1982
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Season by season, from Wikipedia
| Season | Team | Passing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | Int | Rtg | ||
| 1979 | 9 | 50 | 96 | 52.1 | 544 | 6 | 3 | 114.1 |
| 1980 | 11 | 248 | 379 | 65.4 | 2,889 | 27 | 11 | 147.2 |
| 1981 | 11 | 214 | 366 | 58.5 | 2,674 | 20 | 13 | 130.8 |
| 1982 | 11 | 262 | 405 | 64.7 | 3,242 | 24 | 12 | 145.6 |
| Career | 774 | 1,246 | 9,349 | 77 | 39 | |||
From the college statistics table in Elway’s Wikipedia article (John Elway, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).
The teams in those years
Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.
In the NFL
Pro Bowls: 9 (1986–87, 1989, 1991, 1993–94, 1996–98) · First-team All-Pro: 1987 · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 3 (1987, 1993, 1996)
All-Pro teams: AP second team 1987, 1993, 1996; Sporting News first team 1987; NEA first team 1987.
Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Films and books
On film
Films: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikipedia’s lists and categories (CC BY-SA). Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.
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