Career Highlights: Former NFL All-Pro Quarterback Trent Dilfer serves as an NFL analyst for ESPN after retiring from the game in July 2008…One of the NFL’s most durable and hard-working quarterbacks, Dilfer is also recognized as one of the best teammates and mentors in the game…In 14 years in the league, Dilfer spent his final two seasons with the San Francisco 49ers working with young quarterback Alex Smith...Dilfer started the 2005 season for the Browns, throwing for more than 2,300 yards and 11 touchdowns…He joined Cleveland after four seasons with the Seattle Seahawks…Dilfer also played for the Baltimore Ravens and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers…For his career, Dilfer completed 55.5 percent of his passes for 20,518 yards and 113 touchdowns…Prior to moving to Seattle, he helped lead the Baltimore Ravens to victory in Super Bowl XXXV over the New York Giants in 2001, where he completed 12 of 25 passes for 153 yards and one touchdown…His 15 consecutive wins from November of 2000 through January 2002 rank as the fourth longest in the NFL since 1950…He was recipient of the 2003 Steve Largent Award and Ed Block Courage Award…Dilfer also won the 2002 Bart Starr Award as the NFL player who best exemplifies outstanding character and leadership in the home, on the field and in the community…Dilfer was originally drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1994 following his junior year at Fresno State…He spent six seasons in Tampa (1994-99), five as their full-time starter, and finished his career there as the Bucs’ second-leading passer of all-time…He threw for 12,969 yards while completing 1,117 passes with 70 touchdowns...Dilfer became the first Bucs’ quarterback to make the Pro Bowl following the 1997 season after completing 217 passes for 2,555 yards, 21 touchdowns, 11 interceptions for an 82.8 passer rating…At Fresno State he was named All-WAC and WAC Player of the Year his junior year…He set an NCAA record with 271 passes without an interception and had the third-highest passing efficiency mark (173.1) in NCAA history…An accomplished golfer, Dilfer finished runner-up to Billy Joe Tolliver at the 2005 American Century Championship and has seven top-ten finishes including a tie for eighth at last year’s event…A two-time winner of the Cadillac NFL Classic, Dilfer won the 2001 Stan Humphries Celebrity Classic by shooting a course record 62…He also won the 1997 Dodge Shootout at Black Diamond Ranch where he took home $100K and is a two-time winner of the Drew Brees Golf Championship.
Career Highlights:Former NFL Head Coach Herman Edwards has served as an NFL analyst for ESPN since January 2009…Prior to ESPN, Edwards coached the Kansas City Chiefs for three seasons…In his first season in Kansas City in 2006, Edwards led to Chiefs to a 9-7 record and the playoffs for the first time in three years, edging out the Denver Broncos by divisional tiebreaker for second place in the AFC West…The Chiefs lost to the eventual Super Bowl Champion Indianapolis Colts...In his three seasons in Kansas City, Edwards posted a 15-33 record…Before joining the Chiefs, Edwards spentfive seasons as head coach of the New York Jets…While with the Jets, he compiled a 41-44 record...Prior to his coaching career, he played defensive back in the NFL with the Philadelphia Eagles, Los Angeles Rams and Atlanta Falcons from 1977 to 1986…He was involved in “Miracle at the Meadowlands,” a memorable NFL play where he scooped up a fumble by Giants quarterback Joe Pisarcik with no time remaining and ran 26 yards for a touchdown to give Philadelphia a 19-17 win over New York in 1978…He ended his playing career with 38 interceptions and was a leader on Philadelphia’s Super Bowl XV squad…Edwards began his coaching career by mentoring the defensive backs at San Jose State University before moving to the Chiefs, where he was a scout and defensive backs coach (1990-95)...He served under Tony Dungy in Tampa Bay as an assistant head coach/defensive backs before heading to the Jets in 2001...Edwards played college football at Monterey Peninsula Junior College, the University of California and San Diego State University...He wrote a book titled after one of his famous sound bites, “You play to win the game!”…The book is a collection of leadership lessons for personal motivation…He founded the Herman Edwards Youth Foundation in 1985.
John Elway
NFL Hall of Fame Quarterback
Career Highlights: NFL Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway led the Denver Broncos to five Super Bowls, including victories in Super Bowls XXXII (beat Green Bay 31-24) and XXXIII (defeated Atlanta 34-19)…Elway was voted MVP of that Super bowl, which would prove to be the last game of his career, as he retired in 1999...In January 2011, Elway was named Executive Vice President of Football Operations of the Denver Broncos…Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2004 in his first year of eligibility, Elway was selected to an NFL record-tying nine Pro Bowls…Named AFC Offensive Player of the Week 15 times, Elway is the all-time leader in victories by a starting quarterback including come-from-behind wins…With his enduring competitive spirit, he will forever be remembered for his 47 game-winning or game-tying drives in the fourth quarter (an NFL record)…Elway ranks third behind Brett Favre and Dan Marino in most major NFL career passing categories, including passing yards (51,475), attempts (7,250), completions (4,123) and total offense (54,882)…Elway also holds several Broncos franchise records including most touchdown passes (300), most career passing yards (51,475), most career completions (4,123), and winning percentage (.643)…Voted a consensus All-American at Stanford, Elway finished second in the Heisman Trophy balloting…He set Pac-10 and Stanford career records for total offense and passing…Elway also played baseball for the New York Yankees Oneonta Single-A farm club in 1982…He was the Yankees first summer draft selection in 1981…Prior to joining the Broncos as Executive Vice President of Football Operations, Elway served as co-owner of Arena Football’s Colorado Crush and was chairman of the Arena Football League’s executive committee for several years...Elway is one of only five players who has played in all 22 Celebrity Golf Championships at Edgewood Tahoe (1990 – 2011)…He has posted 10 top-10 finishes including tying for second in last year’s 2010 tournament and also the 1999 tournament.