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| Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||
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| Born: | (1963-11-30)November 30, 1963 (age 61) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Jesuit (Beaverton, Oregon) | ||||||||
| College: | UCLA | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1986: 11th round, 291st pick | ||||||||
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David Doherty Norrie (born November 30, 1963) is an American former professionalfootball player who was aquarterback for theNew York Jets of theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football for theUCLA Bruins. After his playing career, he became a longtime college football game analyst forESPN andABC.[1]
Norrie attendedJesuit High School inBeaverton, Oregon. He was a four-yearletterman in football at theUniversity of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from 1982 to 1985. As a senior in 1985, he started at quarterback for theBruins, leading his team to thePacific-10 Conference championship and a berth in the1986 Rose Bowl againstIowa.[2] Norrie was injured in practice a week before the New Years Day game and was forced to sit out the game. During his senior season at UCLA, Norrie led the Pacific-10 Conference in passing.
Norrie was drafted by theSeattle Seahawks in the 11th round of the1986 NFL draft.[3] He played for theNew York Jets in 1987. After spending the entire preseason on the Jets' roster, Norrie started two games at quarterback for the Jets during the1987 NFL strike.[2]
Norrie got his start as a college football analyst in 1991,[2] working four years as the UCLA color analyst on radio broadcasts for the Bruins. In 1995, Norrie entered college football television broadcasting as a game analyst forFox Sports Net. He worked four years with the network, announcing Pacific-10 Conference games, as well as occasional game assignments nationally.
For about a decade, Norrie worked as a television game analyst for ESPN and ABC, announcing games on fall Saturdays in all of the major college football conferences. His assignments forESPN andABC included rivalry games such asTexas–Oklahoma,Michigan–Ohio State,Florida–Florida State,Florida State–Miami,UCLA–USC, andMiami–Virginia Tech, andbowl games such as thePeach Bowl,Capital One Bowl,Sugar Bowl andRose Bowl. Until the fall of 2018, Norrie was the analyst for the ESPN radio game of the week.
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