Chad Jeffries

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Chad Jeffries
No. 12 – Rhein Fire (ELF)
Position: Quarterback
Personal information
Born: (1992-12-25) December 25, 1992 (age 32)
Glendora, California, U.S.
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school: Glendora (Glendora, California)
College: San Diego State (2011–2013)
Azusa Pacific (2014–2016)
Undrafted: 2017
Career history

Chad Jeffries (born December 25, 1992) is an American football quarterback for the Rhein Fire of the European League of Football (ELF). From 2018 to 2022, he played for the Danube Dragons in the Austrian Football League and won the Austrian Bowl with them in 2022. [1] He was signed by the Munich Ravens in the European League of Football for the 2023 season. [2]

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College career

Jeffries was a four-year quarterback at Glendora High School. [3] Jeffries was at San Diego State from 2012 to 2013, but was not used. [4] From 2014 to 2016, he played for the Azusa Pacific Cougars. [5] The team won the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (NCAA Division II) title in a perfect season in 2016 and was named All-GNAC Honorable Mention. In 29 games for the Cougars, Jeffries made 272 throws for 3,862 yards on 482 attempts, including 27 for touchdowns. 11 throws were intercepted. He passed for 1,042 yards on 242 carries, including 10 touchdowns. [5]

Professional career

For the 2017 season, Jeffries was signed by the Marburg Mercenaries in the German Football League. He threw for 3,045 yards and 28 touchdowns in 11 games and also ran for 305 yards, including three touchdowns.

After the season, Jeffries moved to Vienna to the Danube Dragons in the Austrian Football League. He played there for four seasons (the 2020 season was omitted). In the 2018 season he was the second-best quarterback in passing yards statistics with 3,173, [6] and in 2019, he led the league in this statistic. [7]

In the 2022 season, he won the Austrian Bowl with the Dragons in a perfect season and was named league MVP himself. [1] [8]

For the 2023 season, he was signed by the newly founded Munich Ravens in the European League of Football and ended the season as the second best quarterback in the league according to individual statistics. In November of the same year, he received a contract extension from the Ravens for the following season. [9]

On December 1, 2024, Jeffries signed to play for the Rhein Fire. [10]

Season statistics

YearTeamGamesPassing gameRunning game
CmpAttRteYdsAvgTDIntAttYdsAvgTD
NCAA logo.svg College Football
2014Azusa Pacific Cougars1112620561.51,60612.71141356765.06
2015Azusa Pacific Cougars810119053.21,47314.676863003.54
2016Azusa Pacific Cougars10458751.778317.49121663.10
College Total2927248256.43,86214.2271124210424.310
German Football League
2017Marburg Mercenaries1123240457.43,04513.128121063052.93
GFL Total1123240457.43,04513.128121063052.93
Austrian Football League
2018Danube Dragons1222636362.33,17314.8246864645.43
2019Danube Dragons1219131261.22,82314.0321986636.84
2020Danube DragonsNo games (COVID-19 pandemic)
2021Danube Dragons1211421154.01,61214.1187341755.10
2022Danube Dragons1215925462.62,85217.9334581963.47
AFL Total486901.14060.510,46015.2107182761.4985.414
ELF-Logo-WhiteOutline.svg European League of Football
2023Munich Ravens1228540869.93,53512.4305663635.52
2024Munich Ravens1222533168.02,88812.8356833374.110
ELF Total2451073969.06,42312.665111497004.712
Sources: athletics.apu.edu, stats.gfl.info, archive.football.at, live.football.at

References

  1. 1 2 "Danube Dragons gewannen Austrian Bowl XXXVII" (in Austrian German). Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  2. ↑ "Munich Ravens sign Chad Jeffries as their first quarterback in history | European League of Football News".
  3. ↑ "Dragons verpflichten Marburg Quarterback" (in German). 2018-01-19. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  4. ↑ "Chad Jeffries - Football" . Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  5. 1 2 "Chad Jeffries - Football" . Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  6. ↑ "Dragons verlängern mit Jeffries" (in German). 2018-10-17. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  7. ↑ Redaktion (2019-08-04). "Dragons verlängern mit Jeffries" (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  8. ↑ "Das sind die MVPs der AFL-Saison 2022". AFBÖ (in Austrian German). 2022-07-19. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  9. ↑ "Chad Jeffries re-signed with the Munich Ravens | ELF" . Retrieved 2023-11-11.
  10. ↑ Malchow, Alex (December 1, 2024). "New era: Rhein Fire sign All-Star QB Chad Jeffries". European League of Football . Retrieved January 11, 2025.
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