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{{Short description|American football player (born 1974)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Danny Wuerffel
| image = DWuerffel Headshot.png
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|5|27|mf=y}}▼
| birth_place = [[Fort Walton Beach, Florida]], U.S.▼
▲| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|5|27|mf=y}}
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▲| birth_place = [[Fort Walton Beach, Florida]], U.S.
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| high_school = [[Fort Walton Beach High School|Fort Walton Beach]]▼
| weight_lb = 212▼
| college = [[Florida Gators football|Florida]] (1993–1996)▼
▲| high_school = [[Fort Walton Beach High School|Fort Walton Beach]]
| draftyear = 1997
▲| college = [[Florida Gators football|Florida]] (1993–1996)
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| pastteams = ▼
| expansiondraftpick = 17
* [[New Orleans Saints]] ({{NFL Year|1997|1999}})
* [[Rhein Fire (NFL Europe)|Rhein Fire]] ({{RHE season|2000}})
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* [[Chicago Bears]] ({{NFL Year|2001}})
* [[Houston Texans]] ({{NFL Year|2002}})*
* [[Washington Commanders|Washington Redskins]] ({{NFL Year|2002}})
| highlights
* [[World Bowl]] champion ([[World Bowl 2000|2000]])
* [[College football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS|National champion]] ([[1997 Sugar Bowl|1996]])
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* [[Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award]] (1996)
* [[Walter Camp Award]] (1996)
* [[William V. Campbell Trophy]] (1996)
* [[Sammy Baugh Trophy]] (1995)
* [[Draddy Trophy]] (1996)
* [[Sporting News College Football Player of the Year|''SN'' Player of the Year]] (1996)
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* Consensus [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1996 College Football All-America Team|1996]])
* Second-team All-American ([[1995 College Football All-America Team|1995]])
* 2×
* 2× First-team [[List of All-SEC football teams|All-SEC]] ([[1995 All-SEC football team|1995]], [[1996 All-SEC football team|1996]])
* [[Southeastern Conference football individual awards#Freshman of the Year|SEC Freshman of the Year]] (1993)
* [[Florida Gators football#Ring of Honor|Florida Football Ring of Honor]] (2006)
| statlabel1 = Passing attempts
| statvalue1 = 350
| statlabel2 = Passing completions
| statvalue2 = 184
| statlabel3 = Completion percentage
| statvalue3 = 52.6%
| statlabel4 = [[Touchdown|TD]]–[[Interception|INT]]
| statvalue4 = 12–22
| statlabel5 = Passing yards
| statvalue5 = 2,123
| statlabel6 = [[Passer rating]]
| statvalue6 = 56.4
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'''Daniel Carl Wuerffel''' (born May 27, 1974) is an American former [[American football|football]] [[quarterback]] who played in the [[National Football League]] (NFL). He played [[college football]] for the [[Florida Gators football|Florida Gators]], where he was a prolific passer under head coach [[Steve Spurrier]]. Wuerffel led the NCAA in touchdown passes in 1995 and 1996 and set numerous school and conference records during his career. During his senior year in 1996, he won the [[Heisman Trophy]] while leading the Gators to [[1996 Florida Gators football team|their first national championship]]. In 2013, he was inducted into the [[College Football Hall of Fame]].
After graduating from the [[University of Florida]], he was selected in the [[1997 NFL
After retiring from professional football, Wuerffel returned to New Orleans to work with Desire Street Ministries, a [[nonprofit organization]] that seeks to help impoverished neighborhoods through spiritual and community development. Wuerffel had first become involved with the organization while playing for the Saints in the late 1990s, and as the organization attempted to recover from the aftermath of [[Hurricane Katrina]], he became its executive director.<ref name="heismancharity">{{cite web | url=http://heisman.com/news/2014/11/19/Weurffel_Desire_Ministries.aspx?path=general | title=Charity Spotlight: Danny Wuerffel and Desire Street Ministries | publisher=The Heisman Trust | access-date=February 27, 2016}}</ref> Under Wuerffel, Desire Street Ministries moved its headquarters to Atlanta and expanded its programs to other inner cities in the American South.<ref name="desiredocumentary">{{cite news | url=http://www.nola.com/katrina/index.ssf/2015/08/danny_wuerffel_desire_academy.html | title=ESPN to premiere Desire Street Academy documentary 'Wuerffel's Way' | work=New Orleans Times-Picayune | date=August 19, 2015 | access-date=February 27, 2016 | author=Walker, Dave}}</ref>
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==College career==
===1993–1994===
Wuerffel accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the [[University of Florida]] in Gainesville, Florida, where he played quarterback for head coach Steve Spurrier's
The
===1995–1996===
[[File:Danny Wuerffel University of Florida Heisman Quarterback 01.jpg|thumb|Wuerffel playing for the
Wuerffel had split playing time with fellow quarterback [[Terry Dean]] for much of the 1993 and 1994 seasons. With Dean graduated, Wuerffel was the clear starter coming into the 1995 season, and he made the most of his opportunity. The Gators went through the regular season undefeated, and Wuerffel set several [[Southeastern Conference]] (SEC) and NCAA records for passing, including the SEC season record for touchdown passes and the NCAA record for [[passing efficiency]] .<ref>[
He led the Gators to the [[Bowl Alliance]] National Championship game following the 1995 season, but ultimately lost 62–24 to the [[1995 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team|Nebraska Cornhuskers]] in the [[1996 Fiesta Bowl|Fiesta Bowl]]. Wuerffel won the 1996 Heisman Trophy,<ref>Sports-Reference.com, College Football, [https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/awards/heisman-1996.html 1996 Heisman Trophy Voting]. Retrieved April 26, 2012.</ref> as the outstanding college football player in America, while quarterbacking the Gators into their second consecutive Bowl Alliance national championship game with help from teammates [[Fred Taylor (American football)|Fred Taylor]] at running back; [[Reidel Anthony]], [[Ike Hilliard]], and [[Jacquez Green]] at wide receiver; and [[Jeff Mitchell]] on the offensive line. Wuerffel and the Gators won the 1996 national championship in decisive fashion by defeating the [[1996 Florida State Seminoles football team|Florida State Seminoles]] 52–20 in the [[1997 Sugar Bowl|Sugar Bowl]].<ref name=ufmediaguide/>
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==Professional career==
{{NFL predraft
Wuerffel was consodered a "marginal" prospect for the [[1997 NFL Draft]].<ref>https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1997/04/21/ditka-ordains-wuerffel-a-saint/</ref> As such, the [[New Orleans Saints]] selected Wuerffel in the fourth round of the [[1997 NFL Draft]] as the third quarterback selected in the draft.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1997 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1997/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-30 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He was selected to potentially serve as the number three quarterback, as the team already had [[Heath Shuler]] and [[Jim Everett]] on the roster under new head coach [[Mike Ditka]]. He played for the Saints for three seasons from {{NFL Year|1997}} to {{NFL Year|1999}}.<ref name=nflprofile>National Football League, Historical Players, [http://www.nfl.com/players/dannywuerffel/profile?id=WUE563610 Danny Wuerffel]. Retrieved April 7, 2011.</ref> Wuerffel spent the offseason before the [[2000 NFL season]] with the [[Rhein Fire (NFL Europe)|Rhein Fire]] in [[NFL Europa]], where he led the team to a league championship and was named [[Most Valuable Player|MVP]] of [[World Bowl 2000]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.footballdb.com/teams/nfle/rhein-fire/stats/2000 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111120142440/http://footballdb.com/teams/nfle/rhein-fire/stats/2000 |archive-date=2011-11-20 |title=2000 Rhein Fire Stats - The Football Database}}</ref> He spent single seasons as a backup with the [[Green Bay Packers]] and [[Chicago Bears]] in 2000 and 2001. Wuerffel was drafted by the [[Houston Texans]] in the [[2002 NFL Expansion Draft]], only to be traded to the [[Washington Redskins]] a week later, reuniting him with college coach Steve Spurrier.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://a.espncdn.com/nfl/columns/pasquarelli_len/1340816.html|title=Texans deal Wuerffel to 'Skins in first-ever trade|author=Len Pasquarelli|author-link=Len Pasquarelli|work=[[ESPN]]|access-date=September 20, 2016|date=February 26, 2002}}</ref> Wuerffel started several games that season, alternating with fellow Florida Gator alumnus [[Shane Matthews]], but was released by the team before the 2003 season, much to the chagrin of Spurrier.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Low|first=Chris|date=December 11, 2012|title=Why did Steve Spurrier fail in NFL?|work=ESPN|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/8735835/college-football-unhealthy-culture-contributed-steve-spurrier-failure-nfl|access-date=December 16, 2020}}</ref>▼
| height ft = 6
| height in = 1 3/4
| dash = 4.90
| ten split = 1.68
| twenty split = 2.85
| shuttle = 4.42
| vertical = 28.0
| arm span = 31 1/2
| hand span = 9 1/2
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▲Wuerffel was
After not being signed by another team in 2003, Wuerffel decided to retire from professional football in February 2004.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54670-2004Feb19.html?sections=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/sports|title=Wuerffel Announces Retirement From NFL|agency=[[Associated Press]]|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=September 21, 2016|date=February 19, 2004}}</ref>
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Wuerffel is currently a motivational speaker, executive director of Desire Street Ministries and maintains a personal website at [https://Dannywuerffel.com dannywuerffel.com] .
Before the [[Pickleball]] craze hit the
==See also==
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* [[List of Chicago Bears players]]
* [[List of Florida Gators football All-Americans]]
* [[List of Florida Gators in the NFL
* [[List of Green Bay Packers players]]
* [[List of Heisman Trophy winners]]
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==External links==
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* {{Official website|http://www.DannyWuerffel.com/}}
* {{College Football HoF|2355}}
* {{Heisman|danny-wuerffel}}
* {{Footballstats |nfl=danny-wuerffel |espn=1264 |cbs= |yahoo= |si= |pfr=W/WuerDa00
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