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Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||
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Born: | Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania | March 14, 1976||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||||
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High school: | West Lawn (PA) Wilson | ||||||||||
College: | Connecticut | ||||||||||
Undrafted: | 1999 | ||||||||||
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Player stats at ArenaFan.com |
Shane Stafford (born March 14, 1976) is a former arena football quarterback and coach. He was signed by the Tallahassee Thunder as a street free agent in 2000. He played college football at Connecticut.
Prior to signing with Orlando, he played with the Tampa Bay Storm for five seasons. Stafford holds Storm single-season records for completions (408), passing yards (4,793) and touchdown passes (86) and career marks for completions (1,357), passing yards (15,667) and touchdown passes (289). Stafford also played for the Tallahassee Thunder of af2, and the Scottish Claymores in NFL Europe. He was the offensive coordinator for the Atlantic City Blackjacks of the Arena Football League (AFL) in 2019.
Stafford attended Wilson High School in West Lawn, Pennsylvania, where he starred in both football and basketball. In 2005 he was inducted into the Wilson High School Athletic Hall of Fame for his accomplishments.
At the University of Connecticut, Stafford finished his college career as the second in career passing yards (8,975), attempts (1,026), completions (563) and total offense (8,829) in school history. He is also tied as the school's all-time touchdown passing leader with 73, had a passer rating of 143.4 which is the best in school history.
Season | Comp | Att | Comp% | Yards | TD | INT | Rating |
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2001 Tampa Bay Storm season | 63 | 98 | 64.3 | 770 | 14 | 2 | 115.6 |
2002 Tampa Bay Storm season | 203 | 323 | 62.8 | 2164 | 39 | 7 | 103.5 |
2004 Tampa Bay Storm season | 282 | 442 | 63.8 | 3421 | 67 | 13 | 113.1 |
2005 Tampa Bay Storm season | 405 | 634 | 63.9 | 4522 | 83 | 14 | 108.5 |
2006 Tampa Bay Storm season | 408 | 650 | 62.8 | 4795 | 86 | 18 | 106.6 |
2007 Orlando Predators season | 368 | 571 | 64.4 | 4317 | 76 | 10 | 113.2 |
2008 Orlando Predators season | 353 | 528 | 66.9 | 4162 | 81 | 15 | 117.2 |
2010 Dallas Vigilantes season | 31 | 47 | 66.0 | 374 | 5 | 0 | 116.8 |
Career statistics | 2113 | 3293 | 64.2 | 24525 | 451 | 79 | 110.8 |
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