Colorado Quarterbacks In The NFL ft Darian Hagan

CU Quarterbacks in the NFL include:

Darian Hagan

Hagan was drafted by the San Fransisco 49ers in the 1992 NFL Draft in the ninth round. He did not play for the team but went to play in the CFL for 5 seasons.

The former American and Canadian footballer was born on 1 February 1970. He went on to attend Colorado University and played from 1988 to 1991 as an option quarterback for the team. 

In the whole of his collegiate career, the QB passed for 3,801 yards and rushed for 2,007 yards. After his professional football career, he began his coaching journey with the University of Colorado from 2005 to 2022. 

After Deion Sanders became the head coach of the team, his role was cut and the former player was named “Executive Director, Community Engagement & Outreach/Football Ambassador.” 

Kordell Stewart

Stewart was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1995 NFL Draft who played eight seasons with the team and remaining 3 with others. 

After receiving a scholarship from the CU, Kordell went to play for the Buffaloes under the head coach Bill McCartney. In his four years of college football, the quarterback passed for 6,481 yards, 33 touchdowns and 19 interceptions. 

The player also rushed for 1,725 yards and scored 15 rushing touchdowns. After being selected by the Steelers, his first two regular seasons in the NFL did not see much score. In 1995 and 1996 combined, he passed for 160 yards and had 60 TDs. 

The year 1997, brought him the starting role in the team and hence contributed massively to his total score in passing yards, touchdowns, and interceptions. 

The footballer played for the team until 2002 and signed with the Chicago Bears for the 2003 season and threw for 1,418 yards, seven touchdowns, and 12 interceptions. 

For the final two years of their professional football career, he chose to stay with the Baltimore Ravens but did not score any numbers and appeared only in three games. 

Stewart’s professional career stats read a total of 14,746 passing yards, 77 touchdowns, and 84 interceptions. The player also rushed for 2,874 and got 38 rushing TDs including 658 receiving yards and 5 receiving touchdowns. 

Koy Detmer

Detmer was born on 5 July 1973 and attended  Mission High School in Texas. During his high school football, he maintained a school record by passing 4,829 yards. 

The former QB went to play his college football at the University of Colorado in 1992 and stayed with the team for years. During his association with the Buffaloes until 1996, the player passed for 5,390 yards with 40 touchdowns and 25 interceptions. 

The footballer was picked by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1997 NFL Draft as the seventh-round pick after which he spent his entire 8 years of the professional career with the Eagles. 

Though he played exceptionally well in his high school as well as college level, his NFL statistics don’t count much. He played in 108 games in a total of eight years but scored in only eight games. 

Throughout the professional career, Koy threw for 1,944 with ten touchdowns and 14 interceptions and rushed only for 30 yards. Among the 354 passes attempted he succeeded in 184. His career passer rating was numbered 61.2. 

The player was highly acclaimed for his role in the place-kicks which extended his career to 11 years although he appeared in the QB position for eight seasons only. 

Best Colorado football QBs are Kordell Stewart, Darian Hagan, Koy Detmer, Sal Aunese, Joel Klatt, Bob Anderson, and John Hessler. 

While Stewart and Detmer were considered pro footballers in their college days and later went to participate in the competitive NFL as well, Aunese football was limited to the college level only. 

In 1986, the player was named starting quarterback for the team and led the squad to maintain a 7-4 record the same year. In the 1988 regular season, the team’s record read 8-3. He died of stomach cancer in 1989. 

Similarly, Klatt who was also a Buffaloes’ player currently serves as the color commentator for Fox Sports. Klatt came to CU in 2002 but did not score in a total of three games played that season. 

The player appeared in 39 games throughout his college football career and threw for 7,708 yards, 46 touchdowns, and 33 interceptions which is an impressive gain. In 1128 passing attempts, he completed 690 passes with a 61.2% pass completion percentage.

Likewise, Anderson played for the CU Buffaloes in the running quarterback position from 1967 to 1969. He was named first-team All-American and led the team in both passing and rushing. 

John Hessler came to play college football at CU in 1994 and remained till 1997. During his career, he threw for a total of 4,788 yards and 34 touchdowns. Most of the TDs he got were from the 1995 season where he went for 20 touchdowns.

The first quarterback of the University of Colorado Buffaloes team was Pat Carney who was in his freshman year in the 1890 season and played until 1893. 

Has Any CU Quarterback Won A Super Bowl?

No Colorado QB has won a Super Bowl trophy till the 2023 season. There are several players from CU in other positions who have won the title. 

Some of these winners are Nick Kasa, Tyler Polumbus, Nate Solder, Jimmy Smith, Brad Jones, Mason Crosby, Mitch Berger, Christian Fauria, Daniel Graham, Ben Kelly, Ted Johnson, Charles E. Johnson, and Tom Ashworth. 

Shedeur Sanders draft profile is ranked in the 4th position per CBS Sports after the player led an impressive overtime game win on Week 3.

Until 10 September 2023, Sanders was in the third number in the prospect rank of the quarterback position. 

The ratings indicated 88% in the game passing, 99% in both long and medium passing, and 63% in rush/scramble. Out of 100, the overall rating of the player was 92.1. 

He is projected to finish either from first to fifth in the draft of the 2024 class. ESPN has rated the player as a four-star recruit giving him 86 overall out of hundred. 

Similarly, 247sports has also kept Sanders under a four-start recruit list and has marked 91 overall out of 100. Likewise, rivals.com has named him a three-star recruit rating him 5.6 out of 10. 

Coming to the end of Week 3, the QB has completed 38 passes out of 47 passing attempts for 348 yards, four touchdowns, and one interception in the team’s last match against Colorado State which they won by 43-35 score. 

In a total of three games played till now, Shedeur has completed 78.7% passes which is the fourth most in the country. The most important strength of the year is considered to be his poise.

His other strengths incorporate accurate passes (one of the most accurate in college football) and unmatchable play-making skills. If he is to be drafted now, for instance, he will surely make himself in the top 10 picks.   

Many analysts have projected him to finish a number one pick in the 2024 NFL Draft as he is just below three top players in the same position including #1 Caleb Williams of USC, #2 Drake Maye of North Carolina, and #3 J.J. McCarthy of Michigan. 

Sanders College Statistics

The QB attended Trinity Christian School before coming to Jackson State University to play college football. As a high school senior, the player passed for an impressive 3,702 yards and 43 touchdowns. 

He came to play his college football at Jackson State in 2021 and remained with the team until 2022. During his two years with the team, the pro player threw for 6,963 yards, 70 touchdowns, and 14 interceptions. 

Shedeur joined the Colorado Buffaloes for the 2023 season and just played in three games total but has already passed for 1,251 yards, 10 touchdowns, and 15 interceptions. In a total of 136 pass-completion attempts in three games, he has succeeded in 107.