William Casey Weldon (born February 3, 1969) is a former professional

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player. Weldon is best known for being the

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for

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in the late-1980s and early-1990s. During his senior season in 1991, Weldon finished runner-up in the

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balloting to

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of Michigan. He also played in the

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, World League and for the Birmingham Thunderbolts of the

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High school coaching career

Weldon played high school quarterback at

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, and he returned there as the varsity head football coach in 2006. On December 12, 2007, and after getting NFC to the Florida division 1A state championship game twice in his two years as head coach, but losing both times, NFC fired him and rehired former NFC head coach Tim Cokely. Weldon finished his two-year NFC career with an overall record of 23–5. In May 2008 he was hired as the new offensive coordinator at

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