No. 4 | |
Born: | Winter Park, Florida, U.S. | November 3, 1983
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Career information | |
CFL status | National |
Position(s) | Quarterback |
Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) |
Weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
College | Clemson |
High school | Winter Park (FL) Trinity Prep |
Hand | Right |
Career history | |
As player | |
2007 | Montreal Alouettes |
2008 | Calgary Stampeders |
Career stats | |
Passing yards | 49 |
TDs-INTs | 0-0 |
QB rating | 289.6 |
Rushing yards | 14 |
William Proctor is a former starting quarterback for the Clemson Tigers at Clemson University in the Atlantic Coast Conference in NCAA Division I-A, and for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He attended Trinity Preparatory School. In 2003 at Clemson, as third-string QB, he saw the field in four games at wide receiver. He was the backup of Charlie Whitehurst until the 2006–2007 season. In his first start at Clemson, he recorded 232 yards of total offense against the Duke Blue Devils in 2005. In the 2006–2007 regular season, Proctor completed 60% of passes.
Proctor was playing as a backup quarterback for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League for the 2007 CFL season [1] and was released in the 2008 pre-season. He was then signed by the Calgary Stampeders in October, 2008.
In 2008, Proctor dressed for one regular-season game and both playoff contests for the Stamps. He won the Grey Cup with the Stampeders in 2008. In June 2009, Stampeders head coach/general manager John Hufnagel announced that Proctor had retired from football.
Proctor married Fox & Friends host Ainsley Earhardt in 2012. [2] [3] [4] He filed for divorce from Earhardt on October 10, 2018. [5]
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As for Earhardt, she finalized her own divorce from Proctor in 2019 after the couple first filed in October 2018. The pair wed in 2012.