Gary Marangi

TD–INT:	12-21
Passing yards:	1,373
Passer rating:	36.1
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

Career NFL statistics
TD–INT:
TD–INT:	12-21
Passing yards:	1,373
Passer rating:	36.1
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

Gary Marangi
No. 17
Position:	Quarterback
Personal information
Born:	July 29, 1952 (age 72); Rockville Centre, New York, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:	201 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school:	Elmont Memorial (NY)
College:	Boston College
NFL draft:	1974 / round: 3 / pick: 70
Career history
	Buffalo Bills (1974–1977);
TD–INT:	Gary Angelo Marangi (born July 29, 1952) is an American former professional football quarterback for the Buffalo Bills and the Boston College Eagles.Contents Boston College ; Buffalo Bills ; After football ; References ; Boston College Marangi played football at Boston College from 1971 to 1973. He completed 235 of 447 passes for 2,739 yards, 23 touchdowns, and 19 interceptions. Although Boston College was 20–13 during Marangi's tenure, including a 9–2 sophomore season, the Eagles never made it to a bowl game.Buffalo Bills Marangi was selected by the Bills in the third round (70th pick overall) of the 1974 NFL draft. He was the backup quarterback in 1974, behind Joe Ferguson. He appeared in 3 games, completing 9 of 18 passes for 140 yards, 2 touchdowns and 3 interceptions. The first pass that Marangi ever threw in the NFL was a touchdown to JD Hill in a game against the Miami Dolphins, in 1974. In 1975, he appeared in 5 games, completing 13 of 33 passes for 235 yards, 3 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. In 1976, Joe Ferguson was leading all quarterbacks in most statistical categories going into the 7th game against the New England Patriots, Ferguson sustained a back injury and was sidelined for the season. Marangi replaced him and finished the season completing only 82 of 232 passes (35.3%) for 998 yards, 7 touchdowns and 16 interceptions. His 35.3 completion percentage is the worst all-time completion in a season (minimum 200 attempts). Marangi himself spent most of his time in Buffalo battling shoulder injuries, a factor in his consistently poor performance and early retirement.After football Marangi is currently a Dean of Patchogue-Medford High School in Medford, New York., where he is currently the head football coach. Prior to that he was the quarterbacks coach at Connetquot High School also the offensive coordinator at Sachem High School East. 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He played college football for the Wyoming Cowboys and was selected seventh overall by the Bills in the 2018 NFL draft. Michael McCorkle "Mac" Jones is an American professional football quarterback for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). Jones played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide, where he set the NCAA season records for passer rating and completion percentage as a junior en route to winning the 2021 College Football Playoff National Championship. He was selected by the New England Patriots in the first round of the 2021 NFL draft.References ↑ Schatz, Aaron. "It's Another Falling Leaf". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 19, 2012.; ↑ Pro-football-reference.com blog » Fun QBs ; ↑ Sabato, Nick (November 23, 2022). "O.J. Simpson opens up about record-breaking game in Bills' 1976 Thanksgiving loss". Niagara Gazette. Retrieved November 24, 2022.; ↑ "Welcome to Patchogue Medford High School!". Archived from the original on March 9, 2008. Retrieved March 21, 2008.; ↑ "NCSA Scouting Report - Print". Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2011.; ↑ Gregg Sarra, "Patchogue-Medford's Gary Marangi wins Jets high school coach of the week award", Newsday, October 2, 2013: http://www.newsday.com/sports/high-school/football/patchogue-medford-s-gary-marangi-wins-jets-high-school-coach-of-the-week-award-1.6186460 . Retrieved November 11, 2014.; This page is based on this Wikipedia article ; Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.; Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
Career NFL statistics
TD–INT:
TD–INT:	12-21
Passing yards:	1,373
Passer rating:	36.1
	Stats at Pro Football Reference
v ; t ; e ; Boston College Eagles starting quarterbacks
	Charles Darling (1923); Joe McKenney (1926); Al Weston (1928); Pat Creedon (1930); William Boehner (1934); John Freitas (1934); Curley Moynahan (1935); Tony DiNatale (1937); Charlie O'Rourke (1938–1940); Henry Toczylowski (1940); Ed Doherty (1941–1943); Ed Cronin (1944–1945); Charlie Englert (1944); Don Panciera (1946); Butch Songin (1947–1949); Dick McBride (1950); Jim Kane (1951–1954); Bill Donlan (1955–1956); Don Allard (1957–1958); Bill Brown (1958); John Amabile (1958–1960); George VanCott (1959–1961); Jack Concannon (1962–1963); Larry Marzetti (1964); Ed Foley (1964–1965); John Blair (1965); Dave Thomas (1966); Joe Marzetti (1966, 1968); Joe DiVito (1966–1967); Mike Fallon (1967–1968); Frank Harris (1968–1970); Ray Rippman (1971); Gary Marangi (1972–1973); Mike Kruczek (1974–1975); Ken Smith (1976–1977); Jay Palazola (1978–1979); Dennis Scala (1978); John Loughery (1979–1981); Doug Guyer (1981); Doug Flutie (1981–1984); Shawn Halloran (1985–1986); Mike Power (1987–1989); Mark Kamphaus (1988–1989); Willie Hicks (1989–1990); Glenn Foley (1990–1993); Mark Hartsell (1994–1995); Scott Mutryn (1994, 1996–1998); Matt Hasselbeck (1995–1997); Tim Hasselbeck (1999–2000); Brian St. Pierre (1999–2002); Quinton Porter (2003, 2005); Paul Peterson (2003–2004); Matt Ryan (2004–2007); Chris Crane (2006, 2008); Dominique Davis (2008); Justin Tuggle (2009); Dave Shinskie (2009–2010); Chase Rettig (2010–2013); Tyler Murphy (2014); Darius Wade (2015, 2017); Troy Flutie (2015); Jeff Smith (2015); John Fadule (2015); Patrick Towles (2016); Anthony Brown (2017–2019); Dennis Grosel (2019–2021); Phil Jurkovec (2020–2022); Emmett Morehead (2022–2023); Thomas Castellanos (2023–2024); Grayson James (2024);
v ; t ; e ; Buffalo Bills 1974 NFL draft selections
	Reuben Gant ; Doug Allen ; Gary Marangi ; Carlester Crumpler; Gary Hayman ; Tim Guy; Greg Hare; Brian Doherty; Art Cameron; Don Calhoun ; Rod Kirby; Dave Means ; Ed Gatewood; Phil Lamm; Phil Gurbada; Ken Williams; Sanford Quale; Sal Casalo;
v ; t ; e ; Buffalo Bills starting quarterbacks
	Johnny Green (1960–1961); Tommy O'Connell (1960–1961); Richie Lucas (1960); Bob Brodhead (1960); Warren Rabb (1961–1962); M. C. Reynolds (1961); Al Dorow (1962); Jack Kemp (1962–1967, 1969); Daryle Lamonica (1963–1965); Tom Flores (1967–1968); Dan Darragh (1968–1970); Ed Rutkowski (1968); Kay Stephenson (1968); James Harris (1969, 1971); Dennis Shaw (1970–1972); Leo Hart (1972); Joe Ferguson (1973–1984); Gary Marangi (1976); Joe Dufek (1984); Vince Ferragamo (1985); Bruce Mathison (1985); Jim Kelly (1986–1996); Brian McClure (1987); Willie Totten (1987); Dan Manucci (1987); Frank Reich (1989–1991, 1994); Todd Collins (1995–1997); Alex Van Pelt (1997, 2001); Doug Flutie (1998–2000); Rob Johnson (1998–2001); Drew Bledsoe (2002–2004); J. P. Losman (2005–2008); Kelly Holcomb (2005); Trent Edwards (2007–2010); Ryan Fitzpatrick (2009–2012); Brian Brohm (2009–2010); EJ Manuel (2013–2016); Thad Lewis (2013); Jeff Tuel (2013); Kyle Orton (2014); Matt Cassel (2015); Tyrod Taylor (2015–2017); Nathan Peterman (2017–2018); Josh Allen (2018–present); Derek Anderson (2018); Matt Barkley (2018);

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[1] Schatz, Aaron. "It's Another Falling Leaf". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 19, 2012.

[2] Pro-football-reference.com blog » Fun QBs

[3] Sabato, Nick (November 23, 2022). "O.J. Simpson opens up about record-breaking game in Bills' 1976 Thanksgiving loss". Niagara Gazette. Retrieved November 24, 2022.

[4] "Welcome to Patchogue Medford High School!". Archived from the original on March 9, 2008. Retrieved March 21, 2008.

[5] "NCSA Scouting Report - Print". Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2011.

[6] Gregg Sarra, "Patchogue-Medford's Gary Marangi wins Jets high school coach of the week award", Newsday, October 2, 2013: http://www.newsday.com/sports/high-school/football/patchogue-medford-s-gary-marangi-wins-jets-high-school-coach-of-the-week-award-1.6186460 . Retrieved November 11, 2014.

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