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Ty Hubert Detmer (born October 30, 1967) is an American former professional
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in the
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(NFL). He won the
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in 1990 while playing
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. Detmer broke numerous NCAA records with BYU, and was twice recognized as a consensus All-American. A late-round pick in the
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, Detmer played for six NFL teams over 14 seasons, mostly in a back-up role. After his playing career, Detmer became a coach. He was the
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at BYU from 2015 to 2017. He is the older brother of former NFL quarterback
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.


Early years

Detmer was born in
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He attended Hobby Middle School, Mount Sacred Heart Middle School, and
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in Laredo, Texas, and Southwest High School in
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He earned letters in
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. As a senior, Detmer won high school All-American honors in football and was the Texas Player of the Year. He also won all-state honors in baseball and all-district accolades in basketball.


College career

Detmer attended BYU, where he played for the BYU Cougars football team from 1987 to 1991. In deciding which college to attend, he was in part attracted by BYU's alcohol-free environment. He
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for the Cougars during the 1987 season, and shared quarterback duties with Sean Covey as a redshirt freshman in 1988. Detmer started only one game that year, but he made the most of the opportunity, passing for 333 yards and five touchdowns in a 65-0 victory over
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. Later, he was named Most Valuable Player of the 1988
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, after entering the game as a substitute and leading BYU to a come-from-behind 20–17 victory over the
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. Detmer became the full-time starter in 1989. He emerged as one of the top quarterbacks in the nation, passing for 4,560 yards and 32 touchdowns during the regular season. His passer rating of 175.6 led the
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, and he finished second to Houston's
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in total offense. He led BYU to a
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(WAC) Championship, the team's first since 1985. Detmer finished the season with a strong performance against
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in the 1989 Holiday Bowl, setting NCAA records for most passing yards (576) and most yards of total offense (594) in a single bowl game. He finished ninth in the Heisman Trophy voting. Detmer's 1990 junior season ranks as one of the greatest seasons for a quarterback in college football history. He passed for 5,188 yards and 41 touchdowns in 12 regular-season games, and finished the year with 42 NCAA records (and tied for five others). The high point of the season was BYU's 28-21 upset victory over the top-ranked
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; Detmer led the Cougars by passing for 406 yards and three touchdowns against the defending national champions. For his performance that season, he was awarded the Heisman Trophy, as well as many other honors including the Maxwell and
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awards. He was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American, having been named to the first teams of the
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''. Unfortunately for Detmer and BYU, the season ended in disastrous fashion: the Cougars lost 59-28 in their final regular-season game against
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on the back of four Detmer interceptions, then lost 65-14 to
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in the 1990 Holiday Bowl. Detmer was knocked out of the game against Texas A&M, suffering two separated shoulders that required off-season surgery. The 1991 season started poorly for BYU, as the Cougars lost their first three games (on a neutral field against #1
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and road contests against #23
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and #12
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). After an 0–3 start, Detmer and BYU turned things around. The Cougars won eight straight games, and clinched their third consecutive WAC championship with a 52–52 tie against
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in their final regular-season road game. In that contest, BYU fell behind 45–17 before Detmer led a comeback. He finished the game with 599 passing yards and six touchdowns, both career highs. In his final game as a Cougar, Detmer passed for 350 yards to lead BYU to a 13–13 tie against heavily favored #7
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in the 1991 Holiday Bowl. He totaled 4,031 passing yards and 35 touchdowns in regular-season play during his senior year. He finished third in the Heisman Trophy voting, but won the Davey O'Brien Award again and also earned the
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and Today's Top VI Award. Additionally, he was again recognized as a consensus first-team All-American. Detmer finished his college career with the following totals: 1,530 pass attempts; 958 completions; 15,031 passing yards; 121 touchdown passes; 14,665 yards of total offense; 135 touchdowns responsible for; and 162.7 passer rating—all NCAA records at the time. In total, he finished his college career with 59 NCAA records and tied for three others. Including statistics from bowl games, Detmer amassed 16,206 passing yards and 127 touchdown passes at BYU. He graduated with a
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in recreation administration. In 2012, Detmer was inducted into the
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.


Professional career


Green Bay Packers

Despite his success at BYU, many analysts thought that Detmer was too small to play quarterback in the NFL. The
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drafted him in the ninth round (230th pick overall) of the 1992
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. Detmer spent four seasons with the Packers, but appeared in only seven games while serving as back-up to starter
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Philadelphia Eagles

Detmer found more playing time after signing a free-agent contract with the
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in 1996. After
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suffered a season ending knee injury, Detmer became the team's starting quarterback. Detmer posted a 4–0 record in his first four starts. In his first start against the division rival
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, Detmer completed 18 of 33 passes for 170 yards and no interceptions in the 19–10 victory. In his second start, he threw four touchdown passes (all to
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) against the
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. The following week, he passed for a career-high 342 yards against the
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. The next week, he passed for 217 yards and a touchdown and added his first career rushing touchdown against the
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. It was Philadelphia's first victory at Dallas since 1991, and earned Detmer the NFL Player of the Week award. A few weeks later, Detmer and the Eagles ended a three-game losing streak as they shut out the Giants in the rematch 24–0. Detmer threw three touchdowns in the win. For the year, Detmer passed for 2,911 yards and 15 touchdowns; his 80.8 passer rating ranked fourth among
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quarterbacks. The Eagles posted a 7–4 record with Detmer as the starter during the 1996 season, good enough to enter the NFC playoffs. The following season, Detmer shared quarterback duties with Peete and
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.


San Francisco 49ers

Detmer left Philadelphia in 1998 and joined the
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as a backup to
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. He spent only one season in San Francisco. His lone start came against the Panthers in which he passed for 276 yards and 3 touchdowns in the 49ers' 25–23 victory. He was also the primary holder on field goals and PAT attempts, throwing a touchdown off a botched field goal attempt during a loss to the Patriots.


Cleveland Browns

Detmer was traded to the
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in 1999; the Browns wanted him to mentor rookie quarterback
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. Detmer started the first game of the 1999 season, then served as backup until Couch sprained his foot in week 15. He started the final game of the 1999 season. Detmer injured his right
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and was inactive the entire 2000 season.


Detroit Lions

Detmer spent three seasons (2001–2003) with the
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where he started four games during the 2001 season. His first start was a disaster: he threw seven interceptions against the Browns, the second-highest single-game total in NFL history (tied with seven other players). He was eventually replaced as starter, but did start the final two games of the season. He set career highs for attempts (50) and completions (31) against the
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, finishing with 303 passing yards. He closed out the season with 242 yards and 2 touchdowns against the Cowboys.


Atlanta Falcons

Detmer spent the 2004 and 2005 seasons with the Atlanta Falcons, but did not see any action as the third-string quarterback behind
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and
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. In 14 total seasons in the NFL, Detmer played in 54 games (with 25 starts), totaling 6,351 yards passing with 34 touchdowns and 35 interceptions. Detmer did not officially retire from football at the time of his release from Atlanta, but he has not played since then.


Coaching career

In December 2009, he was appointed the new head football coach at St. Andrew's Episcopal School. In December 2015, Detmer became the offensive coordinator and
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s coach at BYU, under new head coach
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. On November 27, 2017, Detmer was released from the coordinator position after just two seasons. The dismissal came following BYU football's poor performance over the previous year. Detmer is currently the head football coach a
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NFL career statistics


Personal life

Detmer's brother
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is a former NFL quarterback, and their father Sonny was a prominent San Antonio high school coach. Detmer was a major investor in, and employed by, the Athlete Services Division at Triton Financial Corporation from 2007 to 2009. After the firm collapsed, founder Kurt Barton was indicted for fraud. Detmer, who was not implicated in the scandal, claims to have lost more money than anyone else. Overly trusting of Barton, whom he met at church, Detmer became a victim of
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.


See also

* List of NCAA Division I FBS career passing yards leaders *
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*
List of NCAA major college football yearly passing leaders The list of college football yearly passing and total offense leaders identifies the major college passing leaders for each season from 1937 to the present. It includes yearly leaders in three statistical categories: (1) passing yardage; (2) pass ...
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List of NCAA major college football yearly total offense leaders The list of college football yearly total offense leaders identifies the major college leaders for each season from 1937 to the present. It includes yearly leaders in two statistical categories: (1) total offense yards, and (2) total offense yards ...


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