Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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]
Kehoe began attending the University of Delaware in 2015, and spent his first season as the third-string quarterback, not seeing any playing time. [2] [4] He remained in the position for the 2016 and 2017 seasons, making his debut in the latter year, when he played several snaps against Albany but attempted no passes.
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]
Marker plays QB for Delaware, ranked No. 7 nationally in FCS
Marcus Yarns has 5 TDs for Blue Hens
Raised in Somerville, New Jersey, Carty played high school football at Somerville High School. [1]Carty played as a quarterback at Delaware from 2002 to 2006. He was a backup quarterback for the entirety of his career, including when Delaware won the NCAA Division I-AA national championship in 2003. [2]
The selection made Flacco the highest drafted player ever from the University of Delaware. [18] He was also the first Division I-FCS (formerly I-AA) quarterback selected in the first round of the draft since Steve McNair went third overall to the Houston Oilers in the 1995 NFL draft. Draft commentators initially criticized the pick as a "reach ...
Gannon attended the University of Delaware where he was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon. In football, he was coached by Tubby Raymond and played within Raymond's wing T offense. [2] [3] With the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team, Gannon first played as a punter before switching to quarterback in his sophomore year. Gannon set 21 school ...