Here’s what has happened since an Arizona QB last passed in the NFL
Friday, September 7th, 2012
Is one pass from Nick Foles on Sunday too much to ask? Photo by Howard Smith-US PRESSWIRE
It was a near freezing afternoon, Nov. 11, 1973, when the New York Jets played the New England Patriots in Shea Stadium.
At some point in the fourth quarter, quarterback Bill Demory, a 22-year-old undrafted rookie from Arizona, helping to sub for an injured Joe Namath, threw a pass for the Jets.
Demory never threw another pass in the NFL.
And neither has any other quarterback from the University of Arizona.
“Really?” said first-year Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez.
“Wow,” added quarterbacks coach Rod Smith. “That is shocking. It is. That’s very shocking.”
Yes, it is an incredible, thoroughly unimaginable, drought.
