Neil Lomax

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Neil Lomax
Date of birth	February 17, 1959
Place of birth	Portland, Oregon
Position(s)	QB
College	Portland State
NFL Draft	1981 / Round 2
Pro Bowls	2
Statistics	DatabaseFootball
Team(s)
1981-1988	St. Louis/Phoenix Cardinals

Neil Lomax (born February 17, 1959 in Portland, Oregon) is a former American Football quarterback. Lomax was a standout college player at Portland State University, going from fifth-string freshman quarterback on partial scholarship to emergency starter to NCAA legend. By the end of his college career, Neil Lomax held 90 NCAA records, including one game where he threw for seven touchdown passes in a single quarter.

He was drafted fifth by the-then St. Louis Cardinals in the second round of the 1981 NFL Draft. Despite his college heroics, he had an up-and-down 9-year career for some very mediocre Cardinals teams, displaying brilliance in his two Pro Bowl years (1984 and 1987), but also occasionally playing poorly enough to be benched.

He was forced to retire before the 1990 season due to a nagging leg problem that was later diagnosed as a severely arthritic hip. In 1991, he underwent hip replacement surgery.

Today, Neil Lomax, a devout Christian, is an avid golfer, a father of four, and the president of ProMax Event Management. He is also the offensive coordinator and quarterback coach for the Tigard High School Tigers, a high school football team from Tigard, Oregon. His second son Jack plays quarterback for Lake Oswego High School and is expected to excel just like his father. Nick Lomax, another of his quarterback sons, is currently at Boise State University playing football for the Broncos.