Rich Campbell (American football)
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Position: | Quarterback |
Personal information | |
Date of birth: | December 21, 1958 |
Place of birth: | Miami, Florida |
Career information | |
College: | California |
NFL draft: | 1981 / Round: 1 / Pick: 6 |
Career history | |
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Career NFL statistics | |
TD-INT: | 3-9 |
Yards: | 386 |
QB Rating: | 38.8 |
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Richard Delano Campbell (born December 21, 1958 in Miami, Florida, United States) is a former National Football League quarterback who played for the Green Bay Packers (1981–1984). Campbell attended high school at Santa Teresa High School in San Jose, California. He was an All-American his senior season in 1980 at the University of California. During this season, he set an NCAA record with 43 completed passes in 53 attempts in a losing effort against the Florida Gators.
In 1985, the Packers traded Campbell to the Los Angeles Raiders, where he would never play a game. Campbell has since become a newspaper columnist at Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers.[1]
After Campbell's career ended, the Packers would not draft another quarterback in the first round until 2005, when Aaron Rodgers, also from the University of California, became a Packer.
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