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The Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, representing the University of Delaware, has had 29 players drafted into the National Football League (NFL) since the league began holding drafts in 1936. [1] [A 1] This includes one player taken in the first round, Joe Flacco in the 2008 NFL draft. [1]
The program has produced six NFL quarterbacks: Rich Gannon, Joe Flacco, Jeff Komlo, Pat Devlin, Andy Hall, and Scott Brunner. The Blue Hens are recognized as a perennial power in FCS football [2] [3] [4] and Delaware was the only FCS program to average more than 20,000 fans per regular-season home game for each season from 1999 to 2010. [5]
Joseph Vincent Flacco (born January 16, 1985) is an American professional football quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers and the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens and was selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the first round of the 2008 NFL draft.
This is a list of seasons completed by the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). Since the team's creation in 1889, the Fightin' Blue Hens have participated in more than 1,100 officially sanctioned games.
On August 6, 2005, Gannon officially retired from football and joined CBS television as an NFL analyst. [43] He was inducted into the University of Delaware athletics hall of fame that same year. For his career accolades, Gannon was named the 28th greatest quarterback of the modern era by Football Nation. [50]
Elena Delle Donne (b. 1989), WNBA player with the Washington Mystics; played basketball and volleyball at Delaware; Pat Devlin (b. 1988), quarterback for the NFL Miami Dolphins; Anthony DiMarzo, lacrosse player; Leon Dombrowski (1938–1998), football player; Marc Egerson (b. 1986), basketball player; Jamin Elliott (b. 1979), football player
List of NFL starting quarterbacks [6] Team Quarterback College Since Arizona Cardinals Kyler Murray: Oklahoma: Week 10, 2023: Atlanta Falcons Michael Penix Jr. Washington: Week 16, 2024: Baltimore Ravens Lamar Jackson: Louisville: Week 1, 2024: Buffalo Bills Josh Allen: Wyoming: Week 12, 2018: Carolina Panthers Bryce Young: Alabama: Week 8, 2024
Year Round Pick Overall Player Team Position 1971 3 8 60 Steve Davis: Pittsburgh Steelers: RB 1976 12 18 337 Walter Tullis: Washington Redskins: DB 1983