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Born: | Stafford, Virginia, U.S. | December 6, 1985||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||
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High school: | Stafford (VA) Colonial Forge | ||||||||||
College: | Virginia–Wise | ||||||||||
Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||
Undrafted: | 2009 | ||||||||||
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Randy Hippeard (born December 6, 1985) is an American football quarterback who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Winterthur Warriors of Nationalliga A in Switzerland as an undrafted free agent in 2009. He played college football at University of Virginia's College at Wise.
Hippeard attended Colonial Forge High School in Stafford, Virginia. Hippeard played both football and baseball [1] at Colonial Forge. As a junior in 2002, Hippeard threw for 1,503 yards and 13 touchdown passes. As a senior in 2003, he threw for 2,223 yards and 22 touchdown passes. [2]
Hippeard chose to continue his football career at the University of Virginia's College at Wise. [3] Hippeard started every game for the Cavaliers except the final three of his freshman season. [4] He earned Victory Sports Network NAIA Honorable Mention All-American honors in 2006 and 2007 and CollegeFanz Sports Network NAIA Honorable Mention All-American honors in 2008. [5] [6] [7] Hippeard set 24 single-season records for the Cavaliers and finished with the 4th most passing yards in NAIA history when his career ended. [4] In 2014, he was inducted into the Virginia–Wise Highland Cavaliers Athletics Hall of Fame. [4]
Hippeard's college statistics are as follows: [8] [9]
NAIA collegiate career statistics | ||||||||||||
Virginia–Wise Highland Cavaliers | ||||||||||||
Season | Games | Games started | Record | Passing | Rushing | |||||||
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Comp | Att | Yards | Pct. | TD | Int | QB rating | Yards | TD | ||||
2004 | Redshirt | |||||||||||
2005 | 8 | 8 | 4–4 | 102 | 199 | 1,448 | 51.3 | 11 | 6 | 124.6 | 1 | 0 |
2006 | 11 | 11 | 8–3 | 211 | 361 | 3,100 | 58.4 | 25 | 11 | 147.3 | 10 | 2 |
2007 | 11 | 11 | 9–2 | 226 | 359 | 3,455 | 63.0 | 37 | 9 | 172.8 | 56 | 2 |
2008 | 11 | 11 | 8–3 | 217 | 354 | 3,637 | 61.3 | 38 | 9 | 177.9 | 102 | 3 |
NCAA career totals | 41 | 41 | 29–12 | 756 | 1,273 | 11,640 | 59.4 | 111 | 35 | 159.5 | 169 | 7 |
Hippeard was rated the 85th best quarterback in the 2009 NFL Draft by NFLDraftScout.com. [10]
In 2009-2010, Hippeard signed and played for the Winterthur Warriors of the Nationalliga A (American football) in Switzerland. With the Warriors he played for his former college head coach Bill Ramseyer during both seasons. Hippeard was the starting quarterback. He helped lead the Warriors to the semi-finals of the Nationalliga A (American football) playoffs in 2009, losing to the Calanda Broncos.
In 2012, Hippeard played for the Columbus Lions of the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL). [11] Through 7 games, Hippeard was the leading passer in the PIFL. [12] Hippeard was named Second Team All-PIFL for his play. [13]
In 2013, Hippeard signed with the Knoxville NightHawks and was named their starting quarterback. [14]
On April 18, 2013, Hippeard was assigned to the Tampa Bay Storm. [15] Hippeard saw limited action during his first 9 games with the Storm, serving as the backup to Adrian McPherson. On June 22, 2013, Hippeard made his first career start for the Storm when McPherson was placed on injured reserve. [16] Hippeard and the Storm fell 49–50 to the Chicago Rush in his first career start, with Hippeard 315 yards passing and 6 touchdowns. [17] Hippeard started the next 3 games for the Storm, but the Storm lost all four of Hippeards starts in 2013, and he was benched in favor of Shane Boyd. [18] In 2014, Hippeard became the Storm's full-time starting quarterback. [19]
Hippeard signed with the Orlando Predators for the 2015 season. [20]
On October 14, 2016, Hippeard was assigned to the Tampa Bay Storm during the dispersal draft. [21] He threw for 3,506 yards and 80 touchdowns in 2017, earning AFL MVP, Offensive Player of the Year and First Team All-Arena honors. [22] [23] He helped the Storm advance to ArenaBowl XXX, where they lost to the Philadelphia Soul by a score of 44–40. [24] The Storm folded in December 2017. [25]
On March 20, 2018, Hippeard was assigned to the Baltimore Brigade. [26]
On March 22, 2019, Hippeard was assigned to the Atlantic City Blackjacks. [27]
Year | Team | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||
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Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | TD | ||
2013 | Tampa Bay | 111 | 186 | 59.7 | 1,300 | 24 | 4 | 104.46 | 17 | 40 | 5 |
2014 | Tampa Bay | 350 | 597 | 58.6 | 4,406 | 93 | 23 | 104.58 | 45 | 126 | 16 |
2015 | Orlando | 247 | 333 | 74.2 | 2,997 | 61 | 6 | 133.47 | 21 | 44 | 2 |
2016 | Orlando | 235 | 359 | 65.5 | 2,966 | 65 | 8 | 121.36 | 36 | 81 | 1 |
2017 | Tampa Bay | 328 | 494 | 66.4 | 3,506 | 80 | 8 | 119.82 | 39 | 120 | 7 |
Career | 1,271 | 1,969 | 64.6 | 15,185 | 323 | 49 | 117.22 | 158 | 411 | 37 |
Stats from ArenaFan: [28]
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