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الأربعاء، 29 أكتوبر 2014

Cody Fajardo place to join Colin Kaepernick in NCAA record books

Nevada senior quarterback Cody Fajardo is going to join an NCAA fraternity so exclusive that it just has one other member.

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As Well As another member is the San Francisco 49ers’ Colin Kaepernick, whom Fajardo succeeded as Nevada’s quarterback.

Fajardo (6-foot-2, 215 pounds) has 3,021 career rushing yards and is 25 yards shy of 9,000 career passing yards; the only quarterback in FBS history to have the 3,000/9,000 double is Kaepernick, who passed for 10,098 yards and rushed for 4,112 yards at Nevada from 200710.

الخميس، 2 أكتوبر 2014

Vernon Adams could be next in line of small-school NFL QBs

It’s well established that a quarterback doesn’t need to be from a major college program to find success in the NFL.

The list of QBs that rose from outside college football’s power conferences — or even Division I in some cases — within the past decade or so includes Joe Flacco (Delaware), Colin Kaepernick (Nevada), Ben Roethlisberger (Miami Ohio) and Tony Romo (Eastern Illinois). The latest signal-caller trying to follow their lead is New England Patriots rookie Jimmy Garoppolo (Eastern Illinois), a second-round pick earlier this year who threw his first career touchdown pass Monday night in relief of Tom Brady.

Who could be next in the pipeline from the less-heralded ranks?