Quarterback, USC, 1985–88
Rodney Peete
Lettered 1985–88 (school media guide)
- Born
- Mar 16, 1966, in Mesa, Arizona
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Rodney Peete played quarterback at USC (1985–88). He won the 1988 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award. He finished second in the 1988 Heisman vote. The Detroit Lions took Peete in round 6, No. 141 overall in the 1989 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
- 1987Second-team All-Pac-10
- 1988Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award
- 1988Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year
- 1988First-team All-Pac-10
- 1988Second in the Heisman vote
Team titles: Pac-10 champions, 1987 and 1988
All-America: AFCA 1988; AP second team 1988; Gannett News Service 1988; Scripps-Howard 1988
Regional honors: Pop Warner Trophy 1988
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 | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | TD | |
| 1985 | 50 | 85 | 58.8 | 566 | 5 | 3 | 127.1 | 49 | 78 | 1 |
| 1986 | 160 | 305 | 52.5 | 2,138 | 10 | 15 | 112.3 | 103 | 124 | 3 |
| 1987 | 197 | 332 | 59.3 | 2,709 | 21 | 12 | 141.5 | 70 | 145 | 3 |
| 1988 | 223 | 359 | 62.1 | 2,812 | 18 | 12 | 137.8 | 68 | 68 | 5 |
| Career | 630 | 1,081 | 8,225 | 54 | 42 | 290 | 415 | 12 | ||
From the college statistics table in Peete’s Wikipedia article (Rodney Peete, 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.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 1989 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′0½″ |
| Weight | 195 lb |
| 40-yard dash | 4.72 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.60 s |
| Vertical jump | 29″ |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.53 s |
Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Books
Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.
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