Damon Huard
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| Kansas City Chiefs — No. 11 | |
| Quarterback | |
| Date of birth: July 9, 1973 | |
| Place of birth: Yakima, Washington | |
| Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | Weight: 218 lb (99 kg) |
| National Football League debut | |
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| 1998 for the Miami Dolphins | |
| Career history | |
| College: Washington | |
| Undrafted in 1996 | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Selected NFL statistics (through Week 17 of the 2007 NFL season) |
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| TD-INT | 31-22 |
| Passing yards | 5,826 |
| QB Rating | 82.0 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
Damon Paul Huard (born July 9, 1973 in Yakima, Washington) is an American football quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League.[1] Huard spent four seasons with the Miami Dolphins from 1997-2000, three seasons with the New England Patriots from 2001-2003, and then was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs in 2004 where he replaced an injured Trent Green for games 2-9 in the 2006 NFL season. Huard attended the University of Washington and is the older brother of NFL player Brock Huard. In 1998 Huard led the NFL Europe's Frankfurt Galaxy to the World Bowl, but did not play due to injury. Former Dolphins coach Dave Wannstedt chose Jay Fiedler as the starter in 2000 despite Dan Marino's persistent lobbying for Huard to serve as his successor.
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[edit] High school years
Huard attended Puyallup High School in Puyallup, Washington and was a letterman in football and basketball. In football, as a senior, he was named the Gatorade State Player of the Year and won All-America honors.
[edit] Pro career
While a backup for the Patriots in 2003, Huard helped the Patriots beat Peyton Manning and the Colts by emulating Peyton Manning during practice. He used all of Manning's check-downs, audibles, and other nuances in order to accomplish this. The players noted and joked that he even looked and sounded like Peyton at times.[2]
In the 2006 season for the Kansas City Chiefs, Huard replaced starting starting quarterback Trent Green who suffered a concussion. In his first game in 3 years, Huard completed his first nine passes of the game and was 11 of 12 in the first half, for a completion percentage of .917.[3]
For the rest of the season, Huard played in 10 games throwing 11 touchdown passes and only 1 interception for a quarterback rating of 98.0. The Chiefs went 5-3 in games with Huard starting. In a controversial move [4], Herman Edwards, head coach of the Chiefs, chose to bench Huard when Green returned from injury. Green failed to match the level of play Huard had been displaying [5], leading many to criticize this move.
On February 27, 2007, Huard signed with the Chiefs for a 3-year, $7.5 million contract.[6][7][8]
On August 25, 2007, Huard was named the starter of the Chiefs for their regular season opener September 9th against the Houston Texans.[1] However, following an unproductive first half of the season, due in part to the Chiefs' weakness at offensive line, Brodie Croyle was named the starter on November 12. Huard was injured in a game the previous day against the Denver Broncos, and Croyle filled in for the remainder of the game.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Huard named starting quarterback Kansas City Star, 25 August 2007.
- ^ America's Game Episode: 2003 Patriots
- ^ Kansas City Chiefs - Chiefs-Broncos - Postgame Notes
- ^ Don’t swap while team clicking Kansas City Star, 8 November 2006.
- ^ ESPN - Trent Green Stats, News, Photos - Miami Dolphins - NFL Football
- ^ Chiefs agree to terms of a three-year contract with QB Damon Huard KCChiefs.com, 27 February 2007.
- ^ Glazer, Jay.Chiefs agree to deal with Huard FOXSports.com, 27 February 2007.
- ^ Teicher, Adam. Chiefs sign Huard; Green's status in doubt
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| Preceded by Mark Brunell |
Washington Huskies Starting Quarterback 1993-95 |
Succeeded by Brock Huard |
| Preceded by Trent Green |
Kansas City Chiefs Starting Quarterback 2007 |
Succeeded by Brodie Croyle |
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