Draft:Chad Jeffries
| No. 12 – Munich Ravens (ELF) | |
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| Position: | Quarterback |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | December 25, 1992 Glendora, California, U.S. |
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight: | 200 lb (91 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Glendora (Glendora, California) |
| College: | San Diego State (2011–2013) Azusa Pacific (2014–2016) |
| Undrafted: | 2017 |
| Career history | |
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Chad Jeffries (born December 25, 1992) is an American football quarterback for the Munich Ravens of the European League of Football (ELF). From 2018 to 2022, he played for the Danube Dragons in the Austrian Football League and won the Austrian Bowl with them in 2022.[1] He was signed by the Munich Ravens in the European League of Football for the 2023 season.[2]
College career
[edit]Jeffries was a four-year quarterback at Glendora High School.[3] Jeffries was at San Diego State from 2012 to 2013, but was not used.[4] From 2014 to 2016, he played for the Azusa Pacific Cougars.[5] The team won the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (NCAA Division II) title in a perfect season in 2016 and was named All-GNAC Honorable Mention. In 29 games for the Cougars, Jeffries made 272 throws for 3,862 yards on 482 attempts, including 27 for touchdowns. 11 throws were intercepted. He passed for 1,042 yards on 242 carries, including 10 touchdowns.[5]
Professional career
[edit]For the 2017 season, Jeffries was signed by the Marburg Mercenaries in the German Football League. He threw for 3,045 yards and 28 touchdowns in 11 games and also ran for 305 yards, including three touchdowns.
After the season, Jeffries moved to Vienna to the Danube Dragons in the Austrian Football League. He played there for four seasons (the 2020 season was omitted). In the 2018 season he was the second-best quarterback in passing yards statistics with 3,173,[6] and in 2019, he led the league in this statistic.[7]
In the 2022 season, he won the Austrian Bowl with the Dragons in a perfect season and was named league MVP himself.[1][8]
For the 2023 season, he was signed by the newly founded Munich Ravens in the European League of Football and ended the season as the second best quarterback in the league according to individual statistics. In November of the same year, he received a contract extension from the Ravens for the following season.[9]
Season statistics
[edit]| Year | Team | Games | Passing game | Running game | |||||||||
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| Cmp | Att | Rte | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | |||
 College Football
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| 2014 | Azusa Pacific Cougars | 11 | 126 | 205 | 61.5 | 1.606 | 12.7 | 11 | 4 | 135 | 676 | 5.0 | 6 |
| 2015 | Azusa Pacific Cougars | 8 | 101 | 190 | 53.2 | 1.473 | 14.6 | 7 | 6 | 86 | 300 | 3.5 | 4 |
| 2016 | Azusa Pacific Cougars | 10 | 45 | 87 | 51.7 | 783 | 17.4 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 66 | 3.1 | 0 |
| College Total | 29 | 272 | 482 | 56.4 | 3.862 | 14.2 | 27 | 11 | 242 | 1042 | 4.3 | 10 | |
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| 2017 | Marburg Mercenaries | 11 | 232 | 404 | 57.4 | 3.045 | 13.1 | 28 | 12 | 106 | 305 | 2.9 | 3 |
| GFL Total | 11 | 232 | 404 | 57.4 | 3.045 | 13.1 | 28 | 12 | 106 | 305 | 2.9 | 3 | |
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| 2018 | Danube Dragons | 12 | 226 | 363 | 62.3 | 3.173 | 14.8 | 24 | 6 | 86 | 464 | 5.4 | 3 |
| 2019 | Danube Dragons | 12 | 191 | 312 | 61.2 | 2.823 | 14.0 | 32 | 1 | 98 | 663 | 6.8 | 4 |
| 2020 | Danube Dragons | No games (COVID-19 pandemic) | |||||||||||
| 2021 | Danube Dragons | 12 | 114 | 211 | 54.0 | 1.612 | 14.1 | 18 | 7 | 34 | 175 | 5.1 | 0 |
| 2022 | Danube Dragons | 12 | 159 | 254 | 62.6 | 2.852 | 17.9 | 33 | 4 | 58 | 196 | 3.4 | 7 |
| AFL Total | 48 | 690 | 1.140 | 60.5 | 10.460 | 15.2 | 107 | 18 | 276 | 1.498 | 5.4 | 14 | |
 European League of Football
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| 2023 | Munich Ravens | 12 | 285 | 408 | 69.9 | 3.535 | 12.4 | 30 | 5 | 66 | 363 | 5.5 | 2 |
| ELF Total | 12 | 285 | 408 | 69.9 | 3.535 | 12.4 | 30 | 5 | 66 | 363 | 5.5 | 2 | |
| Sources: athletics.apu.edu, stats.gfl.info, archive.football.at, live.football.at | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Danube Dragons gewannen Austrian Bowl XXXVII" (in Austrian German). Retrieved 2022-11-25.
- ^ https://europeanleague.football/elf-news/munich-ravens-sign-chad-jeffries-as-their-first-quarterback-in-history
- ^ Redaktion (2018-01-19). "Dragons verpflichten Marburg Quarterback" (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-25.
- ^ "Chad Jeffries - Football". Retrieved 2022-11-25.
- ^ a b "Chad Jeffries - Football". Retrieved 2022-11-25.
- ^ Redaktion (2018-10-17). "Dragons verlängern mit Jeffries" (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-25.
- ^ Redaktion (2019-08-04). "Dragons verlängern mit Jeffries" (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-25.
- ^ "Das sind die MVPs der AFL-Saison 2022". AFBÖ (in Austrian German). 2022-07-19. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
- ^ "Chad Jeffries re-signed with the Munich Ravens | ELF". Retrieved 2023-11-11.