Ty Hubert Detmer was born on October 30,1967 and is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League.
43 Facts About Ty Detmer
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Ty Detmer won the Heisman Trophy in 1990 while playing college football for the BYU Cougars.
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Ty Detmer broke numerous NCAA records with BYU, and was twice recognized as a consensus All-American.
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Ty Detmer was the offensive coordinator at BYU from 2015 to 2017.
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Ty Detmer is the older brother of former NFL quarterback Koy Detmer.
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Ty Detmer attended Hobby Middle School, Mount Sacred Heart Middle School, and United Middle School in Laredo, Texas, and Southwest High School in San Antonio, Texas.
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Ty Detmer earned letters in golf, football, basketball, baseball, and track.
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Ty Detmer won all-state honors in baseball and all-district accolades in basketball.
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Ty Detmer attended BYU, where he played for the BYU Cougars football team from 1987 to 1991.
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Ty Detmer redshirted for the Cougars during the 1987 season, and shared quarterback duties with Sean Covey as a redshirt freshman in 1988.
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Ty Detmer emerged as one of the top quarterbacks in the nation, passing for 4,560 yards and 32 touchdowns during the regular season.
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Ty Detmer led BYU to a Western Athletic Conference Championship, the team's first since 1985.
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Ty Detmer finished the season with a strong performance against Penn State in the 1989 Holiday Bowl, setting NCAA records for most passing yards and most yards of total offense in a single bowl game.
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Ty Detmer passed for 5,188 yards and 41 touchdowns in 12 regular-season games, and finished the year with 42 NCAA records.
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Ty Detmer was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American, having been named to the first teams of the Associated Press, UPI, Newspaper Enterprise Association, Football Writers Association of America, Walter Camp Foundation, Football News, Scripps Howard, and the Sporting News.
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Ty Detmer finished the game with 599 passing yards and six touchdowns, both career highs.
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Ty Detmer totaled 4,031 passing yards and 35 touchdowns in regular-season play during his senior year.
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Ty Detmer finished third in the Heisman Trophy voting, but won the Davey O'Brien Award again and earned the Sammy Baugh Trophy and Today's Top VI Award.
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Ty Detmer graduated with a bachelor's degree in recreation administration.
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In 2012, Ty Detmer was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
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Ty Detmer spent four seasons with the Packers, but appeared in only seven games while serving as back-up to starter Brett Favre.
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Ty Detmer found more playing time after signing a free-agent contract with the Philadelphia Eagles in 1996.
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Ty Detmer left Philadelphia in 1998 and joined the San Francisco 49ers as a backup to Steve Young.
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Ty Detmer was the primary holder on field goals and PAT attempts, throwing a touchdown off a botched field goal attempt during a loss to the Patriots.
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Ty Detmer was traded to the Cleveland Browns in 1999; the Browns wanted him to mentor rookie quarterback Tim Couch.
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Ty Detmer started the first game of the 1999 season, then served as backup until Couch sprained his foot in week 15.
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Ty Detmer started the final game of the 1999 season.
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Ty Detmer injured his right Achilles and was inactive the entire 2000 season.
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Ty Detmer spent three seasons with the Detroit Lions where he started four games during the 2001 season.
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Ty Detmer's first start was a disaster: he threw seven interceptions against the Browns, the second-highest single-game total in NFL history.
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Ty Detmer was eventually replaced as starter, but did start the final two games of the season.
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Ty Detmer set career highs for attempts and completions against the Chicago Bears, finishing with 303 passing yards.
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Ty Detmer closed out the season with 242 yards and 2 touchdowns against the Cowboys.
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Ty Detmer spent the 2004 and 2005 seasons with the Atlanta Falcons, but did not see any action as the third-string quarterback behind Michael Vick and Matt Schaub.
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In 14 total seasons in the NFL, Ty Detmer played in 54 games, totaling 6,351 yards passing with 34 touchdowns and 35 interceptions.
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Ty Detmer did not officially retire from football at the time of his release from Atlanta, but he has not played since then.
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In December 2015, Ty Detmer became the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at BYU, under new head coach Kalani Sitake.
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On November 27,2017, Ty Detmer was released from the coordinator position after just two seasons.
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Ty Detmer is currently the head football coach at American Leadership Academy-Queen Creek.
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Ty Detmer's brother Koy is a former NFL quarterback, and their father Sonny was a prominent San Antonio high school coach.
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Ty Detmer was a major investor in, and employed by, the Athlete Services Division at Triton Financial Corporation from 2007 to 2009.
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Ty Detmer, who was not implicated in the scandal, claims to have lost more money than anyone else.
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Overly trusting of Barton, whom he met at church, Ty Detmer became a victim of affinity fraud.