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Rick Mirer

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Rick Mirer
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Position:Quarterback
Personal information
Born: (1970-03-19) March 19, 1970 (age 54)
Goshen, Indiana, U.S.
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school:Goshen (IND)
College:Notre Dame
NFL draft:1993 / round: 1 / pick: 2
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Passing attempts:2,043
Passing completions:1,088
Completion percentage:53.3
TD–INT:50–76
Passing yards:11,969
Passer rating:63.5
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Richard Franklin Mirer (born March 19, 1970) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback for 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and was selected by the Seattle Seahawks with the second overall pick of the 1993 NFL draft.[1] In his first season, Mirer set the rookie records for passing yards, attempts, and completions. Unable to duplicate his success, however, Mirer was traded after four seasons to the Chicago Bears. He spent the remainder of his career with the New York Jets, San Francisco 49ers, Oakland Raiders, and Detroit Lions, mostly as a backup.

Early life

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Mirer was born in Goshen, Indiana. At age eight, he competed in the National Punt, Pass and Kick Competition. His father, Ken, was head coach at Goshen High School in Goshen, Indiana but retired before Mirer made the varsity team. Mirer posted 3,973 yards and 30 touchdowns in his senior year, 2nd most in national prep history, and eclipsing Jeff George's Indiana High School passing records. Earned Academy of Achievement Award as the top high school football player in the country in 1989, along with being the winner of the Atlanta Touchdown Club's Bobby Dodd Award as the nation's best high school quarterback.

College career

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Mirer attended the University of Notre Dame from 1989 to 1992, accumulating a 29–7–1 record as starter – including 3 bowl games. He began his tenure serving as backup to Tony Rice, then took the reins of the Notre Dame offense in 1990 and led the team to the Orange Bowl. In 1991, Mirer set the single season touchdown record with 18 and was named co-MVP with teammate Jerome Bettis leading Notre Dame past Florida in the 1992 Sugar Bowl. He finished his career at Notre Dame by leading them to victory in the 1993 Cotton Bowl Classic. Mirer accounted for more points running and throwing (350) than any other player in Notre Dame history. He left Notre Dame 1st in career touchdowns with 41, and 2nd all time for total offense, completions, and passing yards; he was invited to play in the East-West Shrine Bowl, and Hula Bowl. Entering the 1993 Draft, he was hyped as the next Joe Montana, who also played college football at Notre Dame and was similar in stature. In 2008, Mirer was inducted into the Indiana Football Hall of Fame.

College statistics

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Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Season Team Games Passing Rushing
GP GS Cmp Att Pct Yds Avg TD Int Rate Att Yds Avg TD
1989 Notre Dame 10 1 15 30 50.0 456 6.0 0 1 93.7 12 32 2.6 0
1990 Notre Dame 12 9 110 200 55.0 1,824 9.1 8 6 138.8 98 198 2.0 6
1991 Notre Dame 13 13 132 234 56.4 2,117 9.0 18 10 149.2 75 306 4.0 9
1992 Notre Dame 12 12 120 234 51.3 1,876 8.0 15 6 134.7 68 158 2.3 2
Career 47 35 377 698 54.0 5,997 8.6 41 23 139.0 253 694 2.7 17

Professional career

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Pre-draft measurables
Height Weight Arm length Hand span
6 ft 2 in
(1.88 m) 		216 lb
(98 kg) 		32+1⁄4 in
(0.82 m) 		9+1⁄4 in
(0.23 m)
All values from NFL Combine[2]

Mirer was selected with the second overall pick in the 1993 NFL Draft by the Seattle Seahawks.[3] He signed a five-year, $15 million contract. In his rookie year under head coach Tom Flores, he set NFL rookie records for attempts, completions, and yards. In 1993 Mirer became only the third rookie quarterback since 1970 to start all of his team's games. He finished his rookie season fifth in the AFC with 274 completions and 2833 yards. He finished second for offensive rookie of the year behind his former backfield teammate from Notre Dame, Jerome Bettis. Those rookie records were eventually broken by Andrew Luck.

On February 18, 1997, Mirer was traded with a fourth round pick in the 1997 NFL draft to the Chicago Bears for their first round draft pick, later packaged in a trade to the Atlanta Falcons to move up to 3rd overall that year to select Shawn Springs. Mirer signed a three-year, $11.4 million contract with the Bears, but played only seven games with three starts in the 1997 season.

Mirer requested to be released by the Bears in the beginning of the 1998 season and signed with the Green Bay Packers.[4] Mirer never played a down for Green Bay, which was led by Brett Favre, and was later traded to the New York Jets in 1999 where he replaced an injured Vinny Testaverde as the Jets starter. In 2000, he was signed by the San Francisco 49ers to compete with Jeff Garcia.[1] In 2002, Mirer became the a backup for the Oakland Raiders and became the starter for part of 2003. In 2004. Mirer was signed by the Detroit Lions, but saw no playing time. Mirer had a 63.5 passer rating, 11,969 passing yards, and 50 touchdown passes before he retired in 2004. Although playing for several teams that did make the playoffs during his career, Mirer never played a single down in the postseason.

NFL career statistics

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Year Team GP Passing Rushing
Att Comp Yds TD Int Att Yds Avg TD
1993 SEA 16 486 274 2,833 12 17 68 343 5.0 3
1994 SEA 13 381 195 2,151 11 7 34 153 4.5 0
1995 SEA 15 391 209 2,564 13 20 43 193 4.5 1
1996 SEA 11 265 136 1,546 5 12 33 191 5.8 2
1997 CHI 7 103 53 420 0 6 20 78 3.9 1
1998 GB 0 DNP
1999 NYJ 8 176 95 1,062 5 9 21 89 4.2 1
2000 SF 1 20 10 126 1 0 3 0 0.0 0
2001 SF 0 DNP
2002 OAK 0 DNP
2003 OAK 9 221 116 1,267 3 5 20 183 4.2 1
2004 DET 0 DNP
Career 80 2,043 1,088 11,969 50 76 242 1,130 4.7 9

Mirer posted a 24–44 record as regular season starter in 12 seasons in the NFL. He has career single game highs of 287 yards passing and three touchdowns.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Quarterback Mirer Goes to Raiders". New York Times. March 24, 2002. Retrieved August 23, 2010.
  2. ^ "Rick Mirer, Combine Results, QB - Notre Dame". nflcombineresults.com. Retrieved October 19, 2021.
  3. ^ "1993 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
  4. ^ "Quarterback Rick Mirer joining Packers". Associated Press. September 2, 1998. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved August 23, 2010.
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