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Line 2: {{Use American English\|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox NFL biography \| name = Danny Wuerffel \| image =~~File:~~ DWuerffel Headshot.png \| image_size = \|caption=Wuerffel in 2019▼ \| alt = ▲\| caption = Wuerffel in 2019 \| number = 7, 17 \| position = [[Quarterback]] \| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|1974\|5\|27\|mf=y}} \| birth_place = [[Fort Walton Beach, Florida]], U.S. \| death_date = ~~\|death_place =~~ \|~~height_ft~~ death_place = 6 \|~~height_in~~ height_ft = 16 \| height_in = 1 ~~\|weight_lbs = 212~~ \| weight_lb = 212 \| high_school = [[Fort Walton Beach High School\|Fort Walton Beach ~~(FL)~~]] \| college = [[Florida Gators football\|Florida]] (1993–1996) \| draftyear = 1997 \| draftround = 4 \| draftpick = 99 \| pastteams = * [[New Orleans Saints]] ({{NFL Year\|1997~~}}–{{NFL Year~~\|1999}}) * [[Rhein Fire (NFL Europe)\|Rhein Fire]] ({{RHE season\|2000}}) * [[Green Bay Packers]] ({{NFL Year\|2000}}) * [[Chicago Bears]] ({{NFL Year\|2001}}) * [[Houston Texans]] ({{NFL Year\|2002}})* * [[Washington Commanders\|Washington Redskins]] (~~{{NFL Year\|~~2002}}) \| highlights = ▼ ~~\|pastteamsnote=yes~~ * [[World Bowl]] ~~MVP~~champion ([[World Bowl 2000\|2000]])▼ ▲\|highlights = * [[~~Bowl~~College ~~Alliance\|Bowl Alliance~~football national championships in NCAA Division I FBS\|National champion]] ([[1997 Sugar Bowl\|1996]]) * [[Heisman Trophy]] (1996) * [[Maxwell Award]] (1996) * 2× [[Davey O'Brien Award]] (1995, 1996)▼ * [[Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award]] (1996) * [[Walter Camp Award]] (1996) * [[Draddy Trophy]] (1996)▼ * [[Sporting News College Football Player of the Year\|''Sporting News'' Player of the Year]] (1996)▼ ▲* 2× [[Davey O'Brien Award]] (1995, 1996) * [[Sammy Baugh Trophy]] (1995) ▲* [[Draddy Trophy]] (1996) * 2× [[Southeastern Conference football individual awards#Most Valuable Player\|SEC Player of the Year]] (1995, 1996)▼ ▲* [[Sporting News College Football Player of the Year\|''~~Sporting News~~SN'' Player of the Year]] (1996) * 2× First-team [[College Football All-America Team\|All-American]] ([[1995 College Football All-America Team\|1995]], [[1996 College Football All-America Team\|1996]])▼ ▲* 2× [[Southeastern Conference football individual awards#~~Most~~Player ~~Valuable~~of ~~Player~~the Year\|SEC Player of the Year]] (1995, 1996) ▲* ~~2× First-team~~Consensus [[College Football All-America Team\|All-American]] (~~[[1995 College Football All-America Team\|1995]],~~ [[1996 College Football All-America Team\|1996]]) * Second-team All-American ([[1995 College Football All-America Team\|1995]]) * 2× First-team All-[[Southeastern Conference\|SEC]] ([[1995 All-SEC football team\|1995]], [[1996 All-SEC football team\|1996]]) ▲* [[World Bowl]] MVP ([[World Bowl 2000\|2000]]) * [[Florida Gators football#Ring of Honor\|Florida Football Ring of Honor]] (2006) \| statlabel1 = ~~TD–INT~~Passing attempts▼ ~~\|statleague = NFL~~ \| statvalue1 = ~~12–22~~350▼ ▲\|statlabel1 = TD–INT \| statlabel2 = Passing ~~yards~~completions▼ ▲\|statvalue1 = 12–22 \| statvalue2 = ~~2,123~~184▼ ▲\|statlabel2 = Passing yards \| statlabel3 = Completion percentage▼ ▲\|statvalue2 = 2,123 \| statvalue3 = 52.6%▼ ▲\|statlabel3 = Completion percentage \| statlabel4 = [[Touchdown\|TD]]–[[Interception\|INT]] ▲\|statvalue3 = 52.6% \| statvalue4 = ~~56.4~~12–22▼ \|statlabel4 = Passer rating▼ \| statlabel5 = ~~Rushing~~Passing yards▼ ▲\|statvalue4 = 56.4 \| statvalue5 = ~~189~~2,123▼ ▲\|statlabel5 = Rushing yards ▲\|~~statlabel4~~ statlabel6 = [[Passer rating]] ▲\|statvalue5 = 189 \| statvalue6 = 156.4▼ ~~\|statlabel6 = Rushing touchdowns~~ \| nfl = danny-wuerffel ▲\|statvalue6 = 1 \| pfr = W/WuerDa00 ~~\|nfl=Danny-Wuerffel~~ \| CollegeHOF = 2355 }} '''Daniel Carl Wuerffel''' (born May 27, 1974) is an American former ~~professional~~ [[American football\|football]] ~~player who was a~~ [[quarterback]] who played in the [[National Football League]] (NFL). ~~Wuerffel~~He ~~attended the~~played [[~~University~~college ~~of Florida~~football]]~~, where he was a prolific passer~~ 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 ~~NCAA Division I-A football season\|1996]]~~, ~~Wuerffel~~he won the [[Heisman Trophy]] while leading the Gators to [[1996 Florida Gators football team\|their first national championship]]. HeIn 2013, he was inducted into the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] ~~in 2013~~. After graduating from the [[University of Florida]], ~~Wuerffel~~he was selected in the [[1997 NFL Draft]] by the [[New Orleans Saints]] . He spent six years in the league with four teams, including the [[Green Bay Packers]], the [[Chicago Bears]] and the [[Washington Commanders\|Washington Redskins]], though his playing time and on-field success in the NFL was limited. Wuerffel also played one season in [[NFL Europe]], where he led the [[Rhein Fire (NFL Europe)\|Rhein Fire]] to a league championship and was named MVP of [[World Bowl 2000]]. 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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