Will Furrer

No. 2, 7, 10, 17

Position:

Quarterback

Personal information

Date of birth:

February 5, 1968

Place of birth:

Danville, Pennsylvania

Career information

College:

Virginia Tech

NFL draft:

1992 / Round: 4 / Pick: 107

Career history

Career highlights and awards

Second-team All-Big East (1991)
All-World League (1996)

Career NFL statistics

Passing yards:	572
TD-INT:	2-10
QB Rating:	31.4
Player stats at NFL.com

Player stats at PFR

William Mason Furrer (born February 5, 1968, Danville, Pennsylvania) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears, Phoenix Cardinals, Denver Broncos, Houston Oilers, St. Louis Rams, and Jacksonville Jaguars.

College career

As a quarterback with Virginia Tech, Furrer became one of the top quarterbacks in school history and he is currently ranked third on the list of all-time career passing leaders for Virginia Tech. Finishing with a career record of 16-18-1, Furrer is, as of 2013, the last full-time starting quarterback to have a losing record for Virginia Tech.

He was one of only eight people to be named a national recipient of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Scholar Athlete Award in 1991, his senior year.

Year	Comp	Att	Pct	Yds	Td
1988	128	279	45.9	1384	6
1989	45	88	51.1	589	3
1990	173	293	58.4	2122	19
1991	148	257	57.6	1820	15
Career	Comp	Att	Pct	Yds	TD
4 Years	494	920	53.7	5915	43

NFL Europa career

Year	Team	Comp	Att	Pct	Yds	YPA	Long	Td	Int	Rate	RYds	RAvg	RTd
1995	Amsterdam	51	85	60.0	542	6.38	38	4	2	84.5	32	2.3	1
1996	Amsterdam	206	369	56.0	2689	7.31	48	20	13	82.6	189	7.3	1
Career		Comp	Att	Pct	Yds	YPA	Long	TD	Int	Rate	RYds	RAvg	RTds
2 Years		257	454	58.0	3231	6.85	48	24	15	83.6	224	4.8	2

NFL career

Furrer was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the fourth round of the 1992 NFL Draft. When he was drafted he was quoted as saying "One of my biggest problems will be trying to figure out whether to call Mike Singletary mister or sir".^[1]

Year	Team	G	Comp	Att	Pct	Yds	YPA	Long	Td	Int	Rate	RYds	RAvg	RTd
1992	Chicago	2	9	25	36.0	89	3.6	16	0	3	7.3	0	0	0
1995	Houston	7	48	99	48.5	483	4.9	48	2	7	40.1	20	2.5	0
Career		G	Comp	Att	Pct	Yds	YPA	Long	TD	Int	Rate	RYds	RAvg	RTds
2 Years		9	57	124	42.3	572	4.3	48	2	10	23.7	20	2.5	0

After football

Furrer was a partner with Tony Boselli and Jeff Novak in Intra Focus Marketing & Advertising with offices in Georgetown, Texas and Jacksonville, Florida.^[2] Prior to founding IF marketing & advertising, he was Director of Web Technologies for S1 Corporation.

Will Furrer now serves as the Senior Vice President of Product for Q2, and is responsible for leading Q2's overall product, marketing, and branding efforts.

Will sits on the Fork Union Military Academy Board of Trustees and is President of the Georgetown Soccer Association Board. Will holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Virginia Tech where he serves on the Alumni Association Board of Directors, and has held positions on the Distinguished Alumni Board for English.^[3]

Awards

On June 15, 2006, Furrer was inducted into the Fork Union Military Academy Hall of Fame.^[4]

Pullman High School (Washington): All-league Honors, 1987
National Recipient of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Scholar Athlete Award, 1991
One of seven finalists for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, 1991
All-Big East Conference Second Team Selection, 1991

Records

Virginia Tech: Most Pass Completions - 494
Amsterdam Admirals: Most Passes Attempted in a Season - 368 in 1996

References

↑ Colston, Chris: Tales from the Virginia Tech Sideline, page 70, ISBN 1-58261-728-7, Sports Publishing 2003
↑ Florida Times-Union, October 2, 2009, "Briefs: Boselli marketing firm opens Jacksonville site"
↑ https://q2ebanking.com/about-q2/leadership-team/will-furrer
↑ , Hokie Sports website, June 13, 2006, "Will Furrer to Be Honored by Fork Union"

External links

Virginia Tech Hokies starting quarterbacks

Clinton Courtland (1892)
Sid Fraser (1893)
Joseph Massie (1894)
Doug Martin (1895–1896)
William F. Bell (1897–1898)
Kit DeCamps (1899–1901)
Charles Edgar Bear (1902–1903)
Edwin Harris (1904)
James Nutter (1905)
Eugene M. Wilson (1906)
Edgar Sheppard (1907)
Fred Connolly (1908)
John Hughes (1909–1910)
Charles Bernier (1911)
James Rogers (1912)
Vincent Dixon (1913)
Millard F. Peake (1914)
Joe Engleby (1915)
Edward Funkhouser (1916)
William Lybrook (1917; 1920)
Wesley Bonney (1918)
Hank Crisp (1919)
Rip Wallace (1921–1922)
Arthur Roberts (1923–1924)
Scotty MacArthur (1926–1928)
Bird Hooper (1929–1930)
Duncan Holsclaw (1933–1934)
Melvin Henry (1935–1937)
Ted Johnson (1945–1947)
Bruce Fisher (1948–1950)
Johnny Dean (1951–1953)
Jackie Williams (1953)
Billy Cranwell (1954–1955, 1957)
Jimmy Lugar (1956–1957)
Billy Holsclaw (1958)
Frank Eastman (1959)
Warren Price (1960–1961)
Pete Cartwright (1962)
Bob Schweickert (1962–1964)
Bobby Owens (1965)
Tommy Stafford (1966)
Al Kincaid (1967–1969)
Bob German (1969)
Gil Schwabe (1970)
Don Strock (1971–1972)
Rick Popp (1973)
Eddie Joyce (1973)
Bruce Arians (1974)
Phil Rogers (1975)
Mitcheal Barnes (1976)
David Lamie (1977–1978)
Steve Casey (1978–1981)
Jeff Bolton (1981)
Todd Greenwood (1982, 1984–1985)
Mark Cox (1982–1985)
Erik Chapman (1986–1987)
Will Furrer (1988–1991)
Cam Young (1989)
Rodd Wooten (1989–1991)
Maurice DeShazo (1992–1994)
Treg Koel (1992)
Jim Druckenmiller (1995–1996)
Al Clark (1997–1998)
Nick Sorensen (1997–1998)
Dave Meyer (1998–2000)
Michael Vick (1999–2000)
Grant Noel (2001–2002)
Bryan Randall (2002–2004)
Marcus Vick (2005)
Sean Glennon (2006–2008)
Tyrod Taylor (2007–2010)
Logan Thomas (2011–2013)
Michael Brewer (2014–2015)
Brenden Motley (2015)

Chicago Bears 1992 NFL draft selections

Alonzo Spellman Troy Auzenne Jeremy Lincoln Will Furrer Todd Harrison Mark Berry John Brown Mirko Jurkovic Nikki Fisher Louis Age Chris Wilson

Decatur Staleys / Chicago Staleys / Chicago Bears starting quarterbacks

Pard Pearce (1920–1921)
Chuck Dressen (1920)
Jimmy Conzelman (1920)
Joey Sternaman (1922–1925, 1927–1929)
Johnny Bryan (1923)
Milton Romney (1926)
Paddy Driscoll (1926–1929)
Edward Sternaman (1927)
Carl Brumbaugh (1930–1936)
Keith Molesworth (1932–1936)
Bernie Masterson (1935–1940)
Ray Buivid (1937–1938)
Gene Ronzani (1937–1938, 1944–1945)
Sid Luckman (1939–1949)
Charlie O'Rourke (1942)
Bob Snyder (1943)
Johnny Long (1944)
Al Grygo (1945)
Tom Farris (1946)
Noah Mullins (1946–1948)
Mike Jarmoluk (1947)
Mike Holovak (1947)
Ed Sprinkle (1948)
Dick Flanagan (1948)
Johnny Lujack (1949–1951)
George Blanda (1949, 1952–1954)
Bob Perina (1949)
Steve Romanik (1951–1952)
Bob Williams (1952)
Zeke Bratkowski (1954, 1957–1960)
Ed Brown (1955–1961)
Bill Wade (1961–1965)
Rudy Bukich (1964–1966)
Jack Concannon (1967–1971)
Larry Rakestraw (1967–1968)
Bobby Douglass (1969–1975)
Virgil Carter (1968–1969)
Kent Nix (1971)
Gary Huff (1973–1975)
Bob Avellini (1975–1979, 1982, 1984)
Mike Phipps (1978–1980)
Vince Evans (1979–1981, 1983)
Jim McMahon (1982–1988)
Steve Fuller (1984–1986)
Rusty Lisch (1984)
Greg Landry (1984)
Mike Tomczak (1986–1990)
Doug Flutie (1986)
Mike Hohensee (1987)
Steve Bradley (1987)
Jim Harbaugh (1988–1993)
Peter Tom Willis (1992–1993)
Will Furrer (1992)
Steve Walsh (1994)
Erik Kramer (1994–1998)
Dave Krieg (1996)
Rick Mirer (1997)
Steve Stenstrom (1998)
Moses Moreno (1998)
Shane Matthews (1999–2000)
Cade McNown (1999–2000)
Jim Miller (1999–2002)
Chris Chandler (2002–2003)
Henry Burris (2002)
Kordell Stewart (2003)
Rex Grossman (2003–2008)
Craig Krenzel (2004)
Chad Hutchinson (2004)
Jonathan Quinn (2004)
Kyle Orton (2005, 2007–2008)
Brian Griese (2007)
Jay Cutler (2009–present)
Todd Collins (2010)
Caleb Hanie (2011)
Josh McCown (2011, 2013)
Jason Campbell (2012)
Jimmy Clausen (2014–2015)

Amsterdam Admirals starting quarterbacks

Jamie Martin (1995)
Will Furrer (1995–1996)
John Sacca (1997)
Mike McCoy (1997)
Jay Fiedler (1997)
Kurt Warner (1998)
Jake Delhomme (1998)
Dan Gonzalez (1999)
Mike Cawley (1999)
Jim Kubiak (1999–2000)
Ron Powlus (2000)
Spergon Wynn (2001)
Kevin Daft (2002)
Shaun Hill (2003)
Clint Stoerner (2004)
Gibran Hamdan (2005–2006)
Kurt Kittner (2005)
Jared Allen (2006)
Drew Olson (2007)

Houston Oilers / Tennessee Oilers / Tennessee Titans starting quarterbacks

George Blanda (1960–1966)
Jacky Lee (1960–1961, 1963, 1967)
Don Trull (1964–1966, 1968–1969)
Buddy Humphrey (1966)
Pete Beathard (1967–1969)
Bob Davis (1967–1969)
Charley Johnson (1970–1971)
Jerry Rhome (1970)
Dan Pastorini (1971–1979)
Lynn Dickey (1971, 1973–1974)
Kent Nix (1972)
John Hadl (1976–1977)
Gifford Nielsen (1979, 1981–1983)
Ken Stabler (1980–1981)
John Reaves (1981)
Archie Manning (1982–1983)
Oliver Luck (1983, 1985–1986)
Warren Moon (1984–1993)
Brent Pease (1987)
Cody Carlson (1988, 1990, 1992–1994)
Billy Joe Tolliver (1994)
Bucky Richardson (1994)
Chris Chandler (1995–1996)
Steve McNair (1995–2005)
Will Furrer (1995)
Neil O'Donnell (1999–2001, 2003)
Billy Volek (2003–2005)
Matt Mauck (2005)
Vince Young (2006–2010)
Kerry Collins (2006–2010)
Rusty Smith (2010)
Matt Hasselbeck (2011–2012)
Jake Locker (2012–2014)
Ryan Fitzpatrick (2013)
Charlie Whitehurst (2014)
Zach Mettenberger (2014–present)
Marcus Mariota (2015)

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