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| Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||
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| Born: | (1968-10-19)October 19, 1968 (age 56) Azusa, California, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 240 lb (109 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Azusa (CA) | ||||||||||
| College: | Cal State Northridge | ||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 1991 | ||||||||||
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Sherdrick Deon "Sed"Bonner (born October 19, 1968) is an American former professionalfootballquarterback who played fifteen seasons in theArena Football League (AFL).
Bonner attendedAzusa High School inAzusa,California and was a student and aletterman infootball,basketball,baseball andtrack & field.
Bonner graduated fromCal State Northridge in 1991 with aBachelor of Science degree inkinesiology and was a member ofSigma Pi fraternity.[1] While there, hestarted at quarterback and led the Matadors to the 1990Western Football Conference co-championship and the program's only playoff appearance. He completed 319 of 637 passes for 3,533 yards and 18 touchdowns in 37 career games. He earned honorable mention All-Western Football Conference honors his senior year in 1991. Bonner also lettered inbasketball,volleyball, andtrack and field. He played 23 games for the basketball team in the 1987–88 season,outside hitter for the men's volleyball team in the 1991 season, and took first place in thehigh jump three times. He was inducted into CSUN's Matador Hall of Fame on October 2, 1998.
In 1998, he was on thepractice squad for the1998 NFC ChampionAtlanta Falcons. During the1999 season, he was with theArizona Cardinals and theSan Diego Chargers.[2]
On March 25, 2002, Bonner re-signed with the Rattlers.[3]
On Friday, April 7, 2006, he got his 100th career win as hisArizona Rattlers won over the newly formedUtah Blaze 64–52 on the road.
On Saturday, April 28, 2007, in a 67–45 road loss to theNew York Dragons, Bonner joinedClint Dolezel andAndy Kelly as the only quarterbacks to throw 800 career touchdown passes.[4]
On Saturday, October 27, 2007, the Rattlers released Bonner after 14 seasons. He signed a two-year contract with theChicago Rush on October 30, 2007.[5] However, he was released in September 2008, after just one season with the Rush.
Throughout his AFL career, Bonner completed 3,350 passes for 42,246 yards, and 855 touchdowns. He is also the winningest quarterback in league history, with 134 regular season victories and 21 playoff wins (as of April 2, 2007). He is widely considered one of the greatest players in AFL history.
Bonner began the 2011 AFL season as the offensive coordinator of theChicago Rush after playing for Chicago in 2008. He called the plays and worked with quarterbackRuss Michna. He returned to coaching in the AFL as assistant head coach and offensive coordinator of the second incarnation of theBillings Outlaws, where he was a part of theArenaBowl XXXIII championship-winning coaching staff under head coachCedric Walker.
Bonner began his broadcasting career when he was approached byKAZT-TV in Phoenix to be an analyst for Thursday night high school football games.[6] After the Rush folded, he turned his attention to broadcasting serving as both color analyst and sideline reporter for AFL games onCBS Sports Network in 2013 and laterESPN starting in 2014. Bonner also calls college football games for theMountain West Conference onAT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain, where he received a regionalEmmy Award in 2015.
Bonner is a 2012 inductee into the Arena Football League'sHall of Fame.
He was inducted into theCal State Northridge Matadors Hall of Fame in 1998.[7]
Bonner is currently married with two children. He also runs a business where he coaches aspiring quarterbacks.[6]
| Year | Team | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||
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| Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | TD | ||
| 1993 | Arizona | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 57.08 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | Arizona | 208 | 363 | 57.3 | 2,685 | 46 | 12 | 98.56 | 18 | 27 | 3 |
| 1995 | Arizona | 54 | 90 | 60.0 | 574 | 11 | 3 | 95.32 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| 1996 | Arizona | 286 | 462 | 61.9 | 3,690 | 65 | 13 | 110.40 | 8 | -4 | 0 |
| 1997 | Arizona | 241 | 400 | 60.2 | 3,331 | 67 | 6 | 120.32 | 14 | 1 | 3 |
| 1998 | Arizona | 295 | 451 | 65.4 | 3,571 | 70 | 8 | 121.00 | 11 | 12 | 5 |
| 2000 | Arizona | 269 | 473 | 56.9 | 3,454 | 72 | 7 | 111.79 | 12 | -11 | 3 |
| 2001 | Arizona | 193 | 297 | 65.0 | 2,505 | 46 | 7 | 120.28 | 7 | -13 | 1 |
| 2002 | Arizona | 270 | 439 | 61.5 | 3,219 | 69 | 8 | 115.59 | 9 | 10 | 4 |
| 2003 | Arizona | 289 | 431 | 67.1 | 3,696 | 89 | 7 | 126.51 | 9 | 10 | 1 |
| 2004 | Arizona | 348 | 536 | 64.9 | 3,850 | 77 | 9 | 115.03 | 24 | 14 | 9 |
| 2005 | Arizona | 189 | 320 | 59.1 | 2,334 | 51 | 10 | 108.26 | 9 | -1 | 4 |
| 2006 | Arizona | 295 | 507 | 58.2 | 3,991 | 83 | 16 | 109.80 | 11 | 22 | 1 |
| 2007 | Arizona | 315 | 498 | 63.3 | 4,033 | 83 | 13 | 117.24 | 9 | 7 | 1 |
| 2008 | Chicago | 96 | 160 | 60.0 | 1,287 | 26 | 5 | 112.16 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Career | 3,350 | 5,432 | 61.7 | 42,246 | 855 | 124 | 115.72 | 148 | 74 | 36 | |
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