Craig Nall
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| Free Agent — No. 16 | |
| Quarterback | |
| Date of birth: April 21, 1979 | |
| Place of birth: Alexandria, Louisiana | |
| Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | Weight: 230 lb (100 kg) |
| National Football League debut | |
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| 2003 for the Green Bay Packers | |
| Career history | |
| College: Northwestern State | |
| NFL Draft: 2002 / Round: 5 / Pick: 164 | |
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| Selected NFL statistics (through Week 17 of the 2007 NFL season) |
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| TD-INT | 5-0 |
| Passing yards | 402 |
| QB Rating | 123.8 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
Craig Matthew Nall (born April 21, 1979 in Alexandria, Louisiana) is an American football quarterback is a free agent of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Packers in the fifth round of the 2002 NFL Draft. He played college football at Northwestern State.
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[edit] Early life
Nall was born in Alexandria, Louisiana and he attended Alexandria Senior High School. There, he was quarterback for the football team and he threw for 5,038 yards and 38 touchdowns.
[edit] College career
Nall played college football at Louisiana State University. He was redshirted in 1997. In 1998, he was the #2 quarterback behind senior Herb Tyler. When Tyler suffered an injury late in the game at Notre Dame, Nall came off of the bench to lead LSU the length of the field in a furious comeback attempt. The comeback came up short as an LSU receiver dropped the potential game winning pass in the end zone on fourth down as time was winding down. Nall then started the next week in the last game of the season at #13 Arkansas. Nall was sacked six times and threw for 147 yards and was intercepted once.
- In 1999, Nall had to battle Josh Booty and Rohan Davey for the quarterback position. Nall was named the starter for the season opener but was benched at halftime with LSU leading. He was sacked once for 8 yards and he threw two interceptions in 15 attempts (completing 6 of 15 for 79 yards). Nall made only one other brief appearance at quarterback for LSU in 1999 as he got some late mopup duty the next week. Nall did not play quarterback for the rest of the season.
- In 2000, Nall only got two passing attempts in the season opener after a groin injury hampered him at the end of fall camp.
- In 2001, Nall transferred to Northwestern State University. There, he became the first quarterback in school history to surpass 2,000 yards passing in a season.
[edit] Professional career
[edit] Green Bay Packers
He was drafted out of NSU by the Green Bay Packers in the fifth round of the 2002 NFL Draft with the 164th choice overall. Nall also started for the Scottish Claymores of NFL Europe in 2003 and was the league's leading passer. In 2004 Nall played in 5 games as Brett Favre's backup at Green Bay. He completed 23 of 33 passes for 314 yards and 4 touchdowns, with no interceptions, and a passer rating of 139.4.
[edit] Buffalo Bills
In 2006, Craig Nall signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Buffalo Bills, where he competed for the starting quarterback position until a hamstring injury suffered on the second day of practice ended his involvement in the competition. In 2007 Nall fell on the Buffalo Bills depth chart behind J.P. Losman and Trent Edwards. On September 1st, 2007 Craig Nall was cut from the Buffalo Bills final roster[1]. On September 24, 2007 he was re-signed by the Bills. On October 19, 2007 the Bills released him.
[edit] Houston Texans
On October 29, 2007, Nall was signed by the Houston Texans as insurance when starter Matt Schaub was hurt against San Diego. Released by the Texans on November 21, 2007.
[edit] Green Bay Packers
He signed a 1-year deal with the Packers on December 1, 2007, after they released Marviel Underwood (because of the 53 maximum players rule in the NFL).
On May 5, 2008, NFL.com showed a list of free agents and which team they will be on in the 2008 season, and it shows that Nall is not on any team.[2]
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