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| Position | Quarterback | ||||||||
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| Born | (1961-06-28)June 28, 1961 (age 64) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Palisades(Pacific Palisades, California) | ||||||||
| College | UCLA | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1984: 3rd round, 83rd overall pick | ||||||||
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Jay Brian Schroeder (born June 28, 1961) is an American former professionalfootball player who was aquarterback in theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football for theUCLA Bruins, after which he was selected in the third round (83rd overall) of the1984 NFL draft by theWashington Redskins, where he played for four seasons. He then played for theLos Angeles Raiders for five seasons and spent one season each with theCincinnati Bengals andArizona Cardinals.
While with the Washington Redskins, Schroeder was selected to thePro Bowl after the 1986 season, where he threw for 4,109 yards. The following season, nagged by injury and a quarterback controversy, he made just ten starts asDoug Williams took the reins for the playoffs, which saw them win aSuper Bowl over theDenver Broncos inSuper Bowl XXII. He was traded to the Raiders a season later, where he would be the on-and-off starter for the next five seasons, which peaked with him leading the Raiders to a 12–4 record in 1990 and an appearance in the AFC Championship Game. After a season each with the Bengals and Cardinals, Schroeder retired in 1994, having thrown for 20,000 yards as a quarterback.
Schroeder attendedPalisades High School and was ahigh school football teammate of actorForest Whitaker.
Schroeder played college football atUCLA playing 9 games during their1980 season, in which he started only one game.[1] He did produce a memorable moment, throwing a game-winning touchdown pass on a deflection to future NFL starFreeman McNeil to beat arch-rival USC.[2] His college career statistics include 634 yards, 4 touchdowns and 3 interceptions. He also played minor league baseball in thePioneer League.
Schroeder was selected in third round of the1984 NFL draft with the 83rd overall pick by theWashington Redskins. He sat his rookie year behind veteranJoe Theismann.
Schroeder replaced an injured Theismann in aMonday Night Football game against the New York Giants (in what would be Theismann's final game of his career) on November 18, 1985. Schroeder's first pass after Theismann was taken off the field was a 43-yard completion toArt Monk.[3] The Redskins came close to a touchdown after the catch, but a fumble by John Riggins inside the five yard line was recovered byLawrence Taylor. Washington eventually won the game, 23–21, with Schroeder throwing the game winning touchdown pass.
Schroeder led the Redskins to a 4–1 record after that game. He gained thestarting spot on the Redskins for the 1986 NFL season, and led them to a 12–4 record while throwing for a then team record 4,109 passing yards, a team record which stood for 29 years,[4] but he remains the third all-time leader in single season passing for Washington. It would be the only time in his career that he threw over 3,000 yards in a season. He led Washington to the NFC title game where they were shut out 17–0 by theNew York Giants. In a sign of things to come, Schroeder, seeing backupDoug Williams getting on the field (as told byJoe Gibbs), shooed him away during the NFC Championship loss.[5]
Thefollowing season, Schroeder suffered aseparated shoulder in the first game against thePhiladelphia Eagles and was replaced byDoug Williams. The two never got along, with Williams stating that Schroeder had an ego problem, especially after making the Pro Bowl, which got worse when he was benched for Williams, who described him as such: "I don't think there was a hat in America that could have fit his head."[6] The 1987 strike proved to be a bewildering one, as three games were played by replacement players before Williams and company returned. Schroeder would start all but one of the regular season games the rest of the season, but was continually nagged by the injury, allowing the more popular Williams to gain the starting position for the Redskins' playoff run; in total, the season saw five quarterback changes (not counting the strike players) that saw Schroeder go 8–2 as a starter that year (with four starts where he threw under 20 passes) but make no playoff starts.[7]
Williams led the Redskins to a championship victory that year inSuper Bowl XXII. Schroeder was traded the following season to the Los Angeles Raiders for tackleJim Lachey, who proved to be a perennialPro Bowl player for the Redskins. Schroeder spent five seasons with the Raiders. He suffered with a torn rotator cuff on his left shoulder for most of the 1989 season.[8] After two middling years where he did not play more than half of a season, he had his best year with the team in 1990. He threw for 2,849 yards with 19 touchdowns to nine interceptions. The 12–4 record was good enough to compete in the divisional round, where they faced theCincinnati Bengals. He went 11-of-21 for 172 yards with two touchdowns and an interception in the 20–10 victory, althoughthe game was marred by the hip injury to star running backBo Jackson in the third quarter, who would never play football again.[9] In the AFC Championship Game against theBuffalo Bills, Schroeder completed just 13 of 31 passes with five interceptions as the Bills rolled to a 51–3 victory.
The following year, the Raiders were 9-6 under Schroeder, but he was replaced by newly draftedTodd Marinovich, who played well enough in the finale to start in the ensuing playoff game against theKansas City Chiefs, with Schroeder kept on the bench. The subsequent disaster of Marinovich in 1992 led to nine starts for Schroeder, but he was waived after the year ended for free agentJeff Hostetler.[10]
Schroeder retired in 1995 with 1,426 of 2,808 completions for 20,063 yards and 114 touchdowns, with 108 interceptions, while also rushing for 761 yards and five touchdowns. He finished with a record of 61–38 in games as a starter.
| Legend | |
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| Won theSuper Bowl | |
| Led the league | |
| Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | Games | Passing | Rushing | Sacks | |||||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | Lng | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Sck | Yds | ||
| 1985 | WAS | 9 | 5 | 4–1 | 112 | 209 | 53.6 | 1,458 | 7.0 | 53 | 5 | 5 | 73.8 | 17 | 30 | 1.8 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 114 |
| 1986 | WAS | 16 | 16 | 12–4 | 276 | 541 | 51.0 | 4,109 | 7.6 | 71 | 22 | 22 | 72.9 | 36 | 47 | 1.3 | 20 | 1 | 28 | 240 |
| 1987 | WAS | 11 | 10 | 8–2 | 129 | 267 | 48.3 | 1,878 | 7.0 | 84 | 12 | 10 | 71.0 | 26 | 120 | 4.6 | 31 | 3 | 17 | 149 |
| 1988 | RAI | 9 | 8 | 3–5 | 113 | 256 | 44.1 | 1,839 | 7.2 | 85 | 13 | 13 | 64.6 | 29 | 109 | 3.8 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 178 |
| 1989 | RAI | 11 | 9 | 4–5 | 91 | 194 | 46.9 | 1,550 | 8.0 | 84 | 8 | 13 | 60.3 | 15 | 38 | 2.5 | 19 | 0 | 20 | 132 |
| 1990 | RAI | 16 | 16 | 12–4 | 182 | 334 | 54.5 | 2,849 | 8.5 | 68 | 19 | 9 | 90.8 | 37 | 81 | 2.2 | 17 | 0 | 29 | 197 |
| 1991 | RAI | 15 | 15 | 9–6 | 189 | 357 | 52.9 | 2,562 | 7.2 | 78 | 15 | 16 | 71.4 | 28 | 76 | 2.7 | 15 | 0 | 31 | 238 |
| 1992 | RAI | 13 | 9 | 4–5 | 123 | 253 | 48.6 | 1,476 | 5.8 | 53 | 11 | 11 | 63.3 | 28 | 160 | 5.7 | 19 | 0 | 25 | 180 |
| 1993 | CIN | 9 | 3 | 0–3 | 78 | 159 | 49.1 | 832 | 5.2 | 37 | 5 | 2 | 70.0 | 10 | 41 | 4.1 | 20 | 0 | 13 | 87 |
| 1994 | ARI | 9 | 8 | 5–3 | 133 | 238 | 55.9 | 1,510 | 6.3 | 48 | 4 | 7 | 68.4 | 16 | 59 | 3.7 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 85 |
| Career | 118 | 99 | 61–38 | 1,426 | 2,807 | 50.8 | 20,063 | 7.1 | 85 | 114 | 108 | 71.7 | 242 | 761 | 3.1 | 31 | 5 | 208 | 1,600 | |
| Year | Team | Games | Passing | Rushing | Sacks | |||||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | Lng | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Sck | Yds | ||
| 1986 | WAS | 3 | 3 | 2–1 | 48 | 105 | 45.7 | 469 | 4.5 | 48 | 3 | 2 | 60.4 | 7 | 14 | 2.0 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 61 |
| 1987 | WAS | 3 | 0 | 0–0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 1990 | RAI | 2 | 2 | 1–1 | 24 | 52 | 46.2 | 322 | 6.2 | 41 | 2 | 6 | 39.6 | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 25 |
| Career | 8 | 5 | 3–2 | 72 | 158 | 45.6 | 791 | 5.0 | 48 | 5 | 8 | 50.4 | 12 | 39 | 3.3 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 94 | |
Schroeder began his sports career in theToronto Blue Jays minor league system. He was drafted 3rd overall in the1979 Major League Baseball Draft by the Blue Jays.[11] He had a career batting average of .213 in the minors. He was inducted in the Kinston Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 1996.
Starting in 2000, Schroeder was an offensive coordinator atChristian High School in El Cajon, California, a suburb of San Diego, under head coach Matt Oliver. In 2007, he coached atDesert Hills High School, serving as both the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. He then became an assistant coach forOaks Christian High School in California.
In December 2010, Schroeder was hired as the director of football operations[12] atVillage Christian School in Sun Valley, California. He also coached Varsity and JV golf at Village Christian.
He has also occasionally worked as an analyst forSky Sports' NFL coverage since November 2007.
Schroeder was formerly the quarterbacks coach atDesert Hills High School inSt. George, Utah.[13]
He is currently doing radio live in various parts of the Las Vegas/Henderson area with long-time Las Vegas CBS sportscaster, Rich Perez.[1]