30 best college quarterbacks of all-time

In 1990, his junior season, he completed 64.2 percent of his 562 pass attempts, and through for 5,188 yards and 41 touchdowns.

Over the course of his career, which spanned 1988 through 1991, he completed 62.6 percent of his 1,530 passing attempts and threw 121 touchdowns and 65 interceptions.

Detmer was a member of an elite club. He was one of a select number of quarterbacks to win multiple Davey O’Brien Awards, given to the nation’s top quarterback. He was the winner in 1990 and won it again in 1991. He also won the 1990 Heisman Trophy and was a finalist in both 1989 and 1991. He also won the 1990 Maxwell Award, which is awarded to the national player of the year.

Detmer was drafted in the ninth round of the 1992 draft by the Green Bay Packers and did some bouncing around from team to team as a backup quarterback, with his best success coming as a Philadelphia Eagles in 1996 and 1997. In those two years with the Eagles, he passed for almost 4,500 yards and 22 touchdowns in 21 games.

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Ty Detmer

Quarterback, BYU

The best quarterback in BYU Cougar history, Ty Detmer passed for the third most yards in NCAA Division I FBS history in his college career with a total of 15,031 yards.

In 1990, his junior season, he completed 64.2 percent of his 562 pass attempts, and through for 5,188 yards and 41 touchdowns.

Over the course of his career, which spanned 1988 through 1991, he completed 62.6 percent of his 1,530 passing attempts and threw 121 touchdowns and 65 interceptions.

Detmer was a member of an elite club. He was one of a select number of quarterbacks to win multiple Davey O’Brien Awards, given to the nation’s top quarterback. He was the winner in 1990 and won it again in 1991. He also won the 1990 Heisman Trophy and was a finalist in both 1989 and 1991. He also won the 1990 Maxwell Award, which is awarded to the national player of the year.

Detmer was drafted in the ninth round of the 1992 draft by the Green Bay Packers and did some bouncing around from team to team as a backup quarterback, with his best success coming as a Philadelphia Eagles in 1996 and 1997. In those two years with the Eagles, he passed for almost 4,500 yards and 22 touchdowns in 21 games.

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