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13 Facts About Chance Mock

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Chance Mock was born on December 10,1981 and is a former American football quarterback who played college football for the University of Texas and played professionally for the Austin Wranglers in the Arena Football League.

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Chance Mock attended The Woodlands High School in Houston, Texas, where he was a Parade All-American in 2000.

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Chance Mock ranked number 9 on the Austin American-Statesman's College Football Recruiting Fab 55 for 2000, committing to The University of Texas at Austin that year.

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Chance Mock redshirted his first year and then was a backup quarterback for two years behind Chris Simms and Major Applewhite and during that time threw only eight passes.

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Chance Mock entered spring practice in a battle for the starting job with redshirt freshman Vince Young, but after a spectacular spring game was named the starter.

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That included a loss, at home, against unranked Arkansas in which Chance Mock played arguably his best game, throwing for 264 yards and 3 touchdowns with no interceptions and one fumble, but it was not enough to overcome errors on special team and poor defensive play.

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Chance Mock alternated time with Young after that, providing a very accurate classic drop-back threat to complement Vince Young's scrambling abilities.

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Chance Mock played little in most of those games, but against Texas Tech, when the offense sputtered in the 4th quarter, he came off the bench with two minutes left to engineer an 86-yard game-winning touchdown drive.

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Chance Mock rallied the Longhorns to within one score and had them on Washington State's 11 yard line, when a blitz and sack turned into a fumble and Texas came up short.

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Chance Mock went undrafted and attempted to sign on with several National Football League teams.

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Chance Mock later became the announcer for the Wranglers until they folded in 2008.

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Chance Mock was a co-host of the Adams Show, a radio show on Austin's ESPN radio affiliate, from August 2011 to July 2012.

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Chance Mock is the founder of the community-based radio station WoodlandsHits.