Walter Church (American football)
Appearance
Personal information | |||||||||||
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Born: | Ypsilanti, Michigan, U.S. | July 23, 1978||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 230 lb (104 kg) | ||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||
High school: | Ypsilanti (MI) | ||||||||||
College: | Eastern Michigan | ||||||||||
Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||
Undrafted: | 2001 | ||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||
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Career Arena statistics | |||||||||||
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Player stats at ArenaFan.com |
Walter Church (born July 23, 1978) is a former American football quarterback for the New York Dragons and Dallas Desperados of the Arena Football League (AFL). He played college football at Eastern Michigan.
Early life
[edit]Church attended Ypsilanti High School in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
College career
[edit]Church continued his football career at Eastern Michigan. Church still holds school records for most passing yards and total yards in a career.
College statistics
[edit]Church's statistics are as follows:[1]
Eastern Michigan Eagles
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Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||
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Comp | Att | Yards | Pct. | TD | Int | QB Rating | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | ||||
1996 | 10 | 178 | 355 | 2,151 | 50.1 | 11 | 14 | 103.4 | 71 | -251 | -3.5 | 0 | ||
1997 | Injured | |||||||||||||
1998 | 9 | 213 | 355 | 2,650 | 60.0 | 13 | 12 | 125.0 | 51 | -95 | -1.9 | 1 | ||
1999 | 10 | 178 | 332 | 2,015 | 53.6 | 8 | 12 | 105.3 | 67 | -78 | -1.2 | 2 | ||
2000 | 11 | 238 | 399 | 2,326 | 59.6 | 11 | 9 | 113.7 | 27 | -90 | -3.3 | 0 | ||
NCAA Career Totals | 40 | 807 | 1,441 | 9,142 | 56.0 | 43 | 46 | 112.8 | 216 | -514 | -2.4 | 3 |
Professional career
[edit]Pre-draft
[edit]Church was rated the 27th best quarterback in the 2001 NFL draft by NFLDraftScout.com.[2]
Height | Weight | 40-yard dash | Wonderlic | |||||||||
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6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
218 lb (99 kg) |
5.10 s | 32 [3] | |||||||||
All values from Eastern Michigan Pro Day[2] |
New York Dragons
[edit]He played for the New York Dragons of the Arena Football League in 2003.
Dallas Desperados
[edit]Church served as a backup in 2004 with the Dallas Desperados.
AFL statistics
[edit]Year | Team | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||
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Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | TD | ||
2003 | New York | 12 | 24 | 50.0 | 203 | 4 | 3 | 78.99 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
2004 | Dallas | 43 | 75 | 57.3 | 563 | 8 | 4 | 85.58 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
Career | 55 | 99 | 55.6 | 766 | 12 | 7 | 81.46 | 4 | -3 | 1 |
Stats from ArenaFan:[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Walter Church". www.sports-reference.com. USA TODAY Sports Digital Properties. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
- ^ a b "Walter Church". nfldraftscout.com. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
- ^ "Historical NFL Wonderlic Scores". wonderlictestsample.com. Archived from the original on September 2, 2016. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
- ^ "Walter Church". arenafan.com. Retrieved July 16, 2017.