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| Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||
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| Born: | October 19, 1968 Azusa, California, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 240 lb (109 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Azusa (CA) | ||||||||
| College: | Cal State Northridge | ||||||||
| Undrafted: | 1991 | ||||||||
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Sherdrick Deon "Sed" Bonner (born October 19, 1968) is a former American football quarterback who played fifteen seasons in the Arena Football League (AFL).
Bonner attended Azusa High School in Azusa, California and was a student and a letterman in football, basketball, baseball and track & field.
Bonner graduated from Cal State Northridge in 1991 with a Bachelor of Science degree in kinesiology and was a member of Sigma Pi fraternity. [1] While there, he started at quarterback and led the Matadors to the 1990 Western Football Conference co-championship and the program's only playoff appearance. He completed 319 of 637 passes for 3,533 yards and 18 touchdowns in 37 career games. He earned honorable mention All-Western Football Conference honors his senior year in 1991. Bonner also lettered in basketball, volleyball, and track and field. He played 23 games for the basketball team in the 1987-88 season, outside hitter for the men's volleyball team in the 1991 season, and took first place in the high jump three times. He was inducted into CSUN's Matador Hall of Fame on October 2, 1998.
In 1998, he was on the practice squad for the 1998 NFC Champion Atlanta Falcons. During the 1997 season, he was with the Arizona Cardinals and the San Diego Chargers. [2]
On March 25, 2002, Bonner re-signed with the Rattlers. [3]
On Friday, April 7, 2006, he got his 100th career win as his Arizona Rattlers won over the newly formed Utah Blaze 64-52 on the road.
On Saturday, April 28, 2007, in a 67-45 road loss to the New York Dragons, Bonner joined Clint Dolezel and Andy Kelly as the only quarterbacks to throw 800 career touchdown passes. [4]
On Saturday, October 27, 2007, the Rattlers released Bonner after 14 seasons. He signed a two-year contract with the Chicago Rush on October 30, 2007. [5] However, he was released in September 2008, after just one season with the Rush.
Throughout his AFL career, Bonner completed 3,350 passes for 42,246 yards, and 855 touchdowns. He is also the winningest quarterback in league history, with 134 regular season victories and 21 playoff wins (as of April 2, 2007). He is widely considered one of the greatest players in AFL history.
Bonner began the 2011 AFL season as the offensive coordinator of the Chicago Rush after playing for Chicago in 2008. He called the plays and worked with quarterback Russ Michna.
Bonner began his broadcasting career when he was approached by KAZT-TV in Phoenix to be an analyst for Thursday night high school football games. [6] After the Rush folded, he turned his attention to broadcasting serving as both color analyst and sideline reporter for AFL games on CBS Sports Network in 2013 and later ESPN starting in 2014. Bonner also calls college football games for the Mountain West Conference on AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain, where he received a regional Emmy Award in 2015.
Bonner is a 2012 inductee into the Arena Football League's Hall of Fame.
He was inducted into the Cal State Northridge Matadors Hall of Fame in 1998. [7]
Bonner is currently married with two children. He also runs a business where he coaches aspiring quarterbacks. [6]
| Year | Team | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||
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| Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | TD | ||
| 1993 | Arizona | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 57.08 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | Arizona | 208 | 363 | 57.3 | 2,685 | 46 | 12 | 98.56 | 18 | 27 | 3 |
| 1995 | Arizona | 54 | 90 | 60.0 | 574 | 11 | 3 | 95.32 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| 1996 | Arizona | 286 | 462 | 61.9 | 3,690 | 65 | 13 | 110.40 | 8 | -4 | 0 |
| 1997 | Arizona | 241 | 400 | 60.2 | 3,331 | 67 | 6 | 120.32 | 14 | 1 | 3 |
| 1998 | Arizona | 295 | 451 | 65.4 | 3,571 | 70 | 8 | 121.00 | 11 | 12 | 5 |
| 2000 | Arizona | 269 | 473 | 56.9 | 3,454 | 72 | 7 | 111.79 | 12 | -11 | 3 |
| 2001 | Arizona | 193 | 297 | 65.0 | 2,505 | 46 | 7 | 120.28 | 7 | -13 | 1 |
| 2002 | Arizona | 270 | 439 | 61.5 | 3,219 | 69 | 8 | 115.59 | 9 | 10 | 4 |
| 2003 | Arizona | 289 | 431 | 67.1 | 3,696 | 89 | 7 | 126.51 | 9 | 10 | 1 |
| 2004 | Arizona | 348 | 536 | 64.9 | 3,850 | 77 | 9 | 115.03 | 24 | 14 | 9 |
| 2005 | Arizona | 189 | 320 | 59.1 | 2,334 | 51 | 10 | 108.26 | 9 | -1 | 4 |
| 2006 | Arizona | 295 | 507 | 58.2 | 3,991 | 83 | 16 | 109.80 | 11 | 22 | 1 |
| 2007 | Arizona | 315 | 498 | 63.3 | 4,033 | 83 | 13 | 117.24 | 9 | 7 | 1 |
| 2008 | Chicago | 96 | 160 | 60.0 | 1,287 | 26 | 5 | 112.16 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Career | 3,350 | 5,432 | 61.7 | 42,246 | 855 | 124 | 115.72 | 148 | 74 | 36 | |
Stats from ArenaFan: [8]
The Arizona Rattlers are a professional indoor American football team based in the Phoenix metropolitan area. They are currently members of the Indoor Football League (IFL). The Rattlers were founded in 1992 as an expansion team in the Arena Football League and were the third oldest active franchise in the AFL until their departure in 2016. They play their home games at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale. They previously played at Footprint Center in downtown Phoenix.
The Chicago Rush are a professional arena football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Arena Football League. They are the second Chicago Rush team to play in the league. The original team played at the Allstate Arena from 2001 to 2013. They were a member of the Central Division of the National Conference of the AFL. Founded in 2001, the team qualified for the playoffs 11 out of 12 seasons and won one AFL championship, ArenaBowl XX in 2006. During their history, the Rush won five divisional titles and competed in the AFL Conference Championship six times, including four consecutive appearances from 2004 to 2007. They also had the largest market in the AFL.
Aaron Garcia is a former professional American football quarterback who played 19 seasons in the Arena Football League (AFL), from 1995 to 2014. He played college football at Washington State University before transferring to California State University, Sacramento. After retiring from the AFL, Garcia was named the head coach of the Las Vegas Outlaws in September 2014, and was formally introduced as the head coach of the Outlaws on October 11, 2014. Garcia is married to Bryn Garcia and has five children, Gigi, Bella, Anthony, Christian, and Jaxon.
Andy Kelly is a former American football quarterback in the Arena Football League (AFL). He played in the AFL for fifteen seasons for a total of eight different teams. He also played for two seasons for the Rhein Fire of the former World League of American Football (WLAF). He played college football at the University of Tennessee from 1988 to 1991.
ArenaBowl XVII was played on June 22, 2003 at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida before a sellout crowd of 20,496. The Tampa Bay Storm earned their AFL record fifth ArenaBowl title, by defeating the Arizona Rattlers, 43–29. The win was just months after the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers won Super Bowl XXXVII, making Tampa Bay the first metropolitan area to simultaneously hold both NFL and AFL championships.
ArenaBowl XVI was played between the San Jose SaberCats and Arizona Rattlers in San Jose, California on August 18, 2002. A game with considerable expectations given the teams' intense rivalry and respective success that year, the SaberCats surprised everyone by posting the most dominant victory in ArenaBowl history, holding the Rattlers scoreless until the final period, and winning the game by the lopsided score of 52–14 to earn their first Arena Football League title in franchise history. Arizona's 14 points are the second-lowest in ArenaBowl history, just above the Chicago Bruisers' 13 points in ArenaBowl II. With the SaberCats' victory, Darren Arbet also became the first African-American head coach to win a North American pro football championship.
MarTay Jenkins is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the Arizona Cardinals. He also was a member of the Arizona Rattlers in the Arena Football League (AFL) and the Calgary Stampeders in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at the University of Nebraska Omaha.
Willie "Satellite" Totten is an American football coach and former player. He is the quarterbacks coach at Southern University.
Siaha Burley is an American former arena football wide receiver and former head coach. He played college football at UCF and was also the head coach of the Jacksonville Sharks from 2017 to 2019 before returning to the team for 2022.
James Baron is a former arena football defensive lineman in the Arena Football League. He was the Arena Football League Players Association's (AFLPA) president as well.
Lang Campbell is a former American football quarterback who played in the Arena Football League (AFL). He was originally signed by the Cleveland Browns as an undrafted free agent in 2005. He played college football at William & Mary.
Matthew Louis D’Orazio is a former American football quarterback who played in the Arena Football League (AFL). He played college football at Otterbein College.
Joseph Berton Germaine is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) and the Arena Football League (AFL). He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes and was selected by the St. Louis Rams in the fourth round of the 1999 NFL draft.
Robert James McMillen, Jr. is a former arena football fullback/linebacker and head coach. He was most recently the head coach of the Los Angeles Kiss of the Arena Football League (AFL). He played his college football at Illinois-Benedictine, and was an AFL fullback/linebacker from 1995 to 2007. He began coaching the sport in 2010, first serving as an assistant for the Chicago Slaughter in 2010, as an assistant with the Rush in 2011, before being named head coach of the Rush in 2011. In 2013, McMillen was elected into the Arena Football Hall of Fame.
Russell Walter Michna is a former arena football quarterback. A two-time league champion of the United Football League (UFL), he has played several leagues, the National Football League (NFL), Canadian Football League (CFL), UFL and AFL. Michna also played in the Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL).
Bruce Lemmerman is a former professional American football player.
Christopher Sanders is a former American football quarterback. He played college football for SMU and Chattanooga. He signed with the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL) after going undrafted in the 2001 NFL Draft. He primarily played arena football.
Vicqual Renee "Vic" Hall is a former American football defensive back. He was signed by the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent in 2010. He played college football at Virginia, where he played multiple positions for the Cavaliers. He was the starting quarterback and also served as a kick returner and holder. In 2007 and 2008, he played as a cornerback.
Jeff Loots is a former American football quarterback who played eight seasons in the Arena Football League (AFL) with the Milwaukee Mustangs, Minnesota Fighting Pike, Albany Firebirds, Oklahoma Wranglers, Chicago Rush, Buffalo Destroyers and Grand Rapids Rampage. He played college football at Southwest Minnesota State.
Brad Lebo is a former American football quarterback who played three seasons in the Arena Football League (AFL) with the Arizona Rattlers, Memphis Pharaohs and Orlando Predators. He played college football at the University of Montana. He was also a member of the Cincinnati Bengals, New Orleans Saints and Amsterdam Admirals.