Will Furrer

Will Furrer

No. 2, 7, 10, 17
Quarterback
Personal information
Date of birth: (1968-02-05) February 5, 1968
Place of birth: Danville, Pennsylvania
Career information
College: Virginia Tech
NFL Draft: 1992 / Round: 4 / Pick: 107
Debuted in 1992 for the Chicago Bears
Last played in 1996 for the Amsterdam Admirals
Career history
Chicago Bears (1992) Phoenix Cardinals (1993) Denver Broncos (1994) Amsterdam Admirals (1995) Houston Oilers (1995) Amsterdam Admirals (1996) St. Louis Rams (1997) Jacksonville Jaguars (1998)
Career highlights and awards
Second-team All-Big East (1991) All-World League (1996)
Career NFL statistics
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Stats at DatabaseFootball.com

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 2010, 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".

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 is a partner with Tony Boselli and Jeff Novak in a firm called Intra Focus Marketing & Advertising with offices in Georgetown, Texas and Jacksonville, Florida. He also sits on the Fork Union Military Academy Board of Trustees and is President of the Georgetown Soccer Association Board.

Awards

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

• 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

External links

• IF marketing & advertising
• Fork Union Military Academy Hall of Fame
• Background on Passion Bucket