Jeff Driskel....Did you know?

[BengalRed]

(01-23-2018, 02:16 PM)fredtoast Wrote: **BUMPED FROM JANUARY**


In 2010 Jeff Driskel was named the Maxwell Club's National High School Player of the Year.

In 2012 Jeff Driskel made his first start at the University of Florida lining up at WR.  He played the rest of the game at QB.

In 2012 Jeff Driskel broke the University of Florida single game rushing record for quarterbacks with 177 yards against Vanderbilt (passing Tim Tebow).

In 2013 Jeff Driskel was selected by the Boston Red Sox in the MLB draft.  He signed a contract but indicated that he would not pursue a career in professional baseball.

In 2015 Jeff Driskel set the New Orleans Bowl record for most passing yards (458) and longest td pass (71 yds)

In 2016 Jeff Driskel ran a 4.56 forty at the NFL combine.  According to combine records only three active NFL QBs had a faster time (Tyrod Taylor 4.51 in 2011, Marcus Mariota 4.52 in '15, Russell Wilson 4.55 in '12).  Also only 3 active QBs had a longer Broad Jump at the combine than Driskel's 10'2" (Cam Newton, Tyrod Taylor, Andrew Luck)

in '17 and '18 Driskel combined preseason numbers (through first preseason games of '18)… 24-36 304 yds 2 td 0 int 111.3 rating,  9 carries for 63 yds (7.0 avg) and one td

Jeff Driskel's wife, Tarin Moses, was the Captain of the University of Florida Cheerleading team.

I've mentioned this before but it seems to fit here since you're highlighting Driskel's career. In 2014 I went to the Swamp to watch the UK/UF game. (I'm a Wildcat fan). The Gators had beaten the Cats something like 27 games in a row at this point. It was a close game and went 3 OTs. In the third one Driskel and the Gators had the ball on I think about the 7 yard line on 3rd down. The play clock was winding down and I watched it hit .00 then looked and the center still had not snapped the ball. By the time Driskel got the snap the play clock had expired but it wasn't called. He threw a TD in the end zone and Florida won the game. A penalty would have moved the ball back 5 yards and who knows if he would have thrown a TD from there. Oh well. Home cooking I guess. Btw UK went down to the Swamp this year and broke the losing streak. Also the Swamp is awesome.