Billy Dicken

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Billy Dicken
Biographical details
Born (1974-12-28) December 28, 1974 (age 48)
Bloomington, Illinois
Alma mater Purdue University
Playing career
1993–1997 Purdue
1998 Hamilton Tiger-Cats
1999 Nashville Kats
2000 Quad City Steamwheelers
2000 Hamilton Tiger-Cats
2001–2003 Chicago Rush
2004 Detroit Fury
2005 New Orleans VooDoo
2006 Columbus Destroyers
Position(s) Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2002–2008 Illinois Wesleyan (assistant)
2007 Alabama Steeldogs (OC)
2009 Eastern New Mexico (WR)
2010–2013 Illinois Wesleyan (OC/QB)
2014–2015 Illinois State (WR)
2016–2017Illinois State (co-OC/QB)
2018–2019 North Carolina St (defense QC)

Billy Charles Dicken (born December 28, 1974) is a former arena football quarterback who is currently the defensive quality coach for the NC State Football team. Dicken played in the Arena Football League from 2001 to 2006 for the Chicago Rush, Detroit Fury, New Orleans VooDoo and the Columbus Destroyers. He played college football at Purdue University from 1994 to 1997.

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Early life

Dicken attended Bloomington High School in Bloomington, Illinois. Dicken played for the Raiders football, basketball and baseball teams, earning all-state honors as a quarterback his senior season. [1]

College career

Dicken continued his baseball and football careers at Purdue University in 1993. Dicken took a redshirt season in 1993. He was a backup quarterback to Rick Trefzger in 1994, but still managed to tie Trefzger for the Purdue passing touchdowns lead with 3. In the 1994 Old Oaken Bucket Game, Dicken suffered an injury that kept him out the entire 1995 season. [2] In 1996, Dicken returned to the quarterback position, once again splitting time with Trefzger, and this time John Reeves as well. The Boilermakers finished 3-8 in what became Jim Colletto's 6th and final season at Purdue. In 1997, with Trefzger and Reeves gone with graduation, Dicken was poised to become Purdue's full-time starting quarterback for the first time in his career. With new head coach Joe Tiller, Purdue changed its offensive game plan to a pass-heavy air raid spread, a move Dicken liked. [3] Dicken thrived his senior season, leading the Big Ten Conference in pass attempts, completions, passing yards and passing touchdowns on his way to being named a First Team All-Big Ten selection by the coaches. [4]

Statistics

Source: [5]

PassingRushingReceiving
SeasonTeamRatingAttCompPctYdsTDINTAttYdsTDRecYdsTD
1993 Purdue --00--000000000
1994 Purdue119.2824453.759333311361000
1995 Purdue--00--000000000
1996 Purdue97.3814049.45181420-400000
1997 Purdue128.940722455.03,13621169735162210
Totals123.057030854.04,247252314844772210

Professional career

Pre-draft

Despite a successful senior season at Purdue, Dicken's small height compared to other prospects made him unappealing to National Football League teams for the upcoming 1998 NFL Draft. [6]

Early professional career

Dicken was signed by the Canadian Football League's Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 1998, but he was released before training camp in June. [7] Dicken then joined the Arena Football League's Nashville Kats, where he spent the season as the 3rd string quarterback, never appearing in a game. [8] While in Nashville, then assistant coach Frank Haege noticed Dicken during a pregame warm-up. When Haege was named the head coach for af2's Quad City Steamwheelers, he signed Dicken to be his quarterback. [8]

Hamilton Tiger-cats

Dicken's play in the af2 helped him earn a roster spot with the Tiger-cats in 2000. Dicken was the backup to Danny McManus, and was thrust into action when McManus left a game with an injury. [9]

Chicago Rush

Dicken's play in the af2 also helped him earn a roster spot with the Chicago Rush in 2001.

Coaching career

On January 17, 2014, Dicken was hired as the wide receivers coach for the Illinois State Redbirds football team.

As of 2021 Dicken works as a Sales Development Representative for ServiceTrade based out of Apex, North Carolina [10]

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