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Scott Secules
Thomas Wescott Secules (born November 8, 1964) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys, Miami Dolphins and New England Patriots. He played college football for the Virginia Cavaliers.
Secules attended Chantilly High School, where he played football, basketball and baseball. He was a member of the National Honor Society. He accepted a football scholarship from the University of Virginia.
After breaking his foot in a high school All-Star game before entering college, he was forced to redshirt his first season. He would spend the next three years as the backup quarterback behind Don Majkowski.
As a freshman, he started one game against the University of North Carolina Tarheels, in place of a suspended Majkowski (for breaking team rules).
As a junior in 1986, Secules started three games with Majkowski out with an injured shoulder, he won the three contests and received ACC offensive player of the week honors for his play against Wake Forest University. Against Clemson University in the second of those starts, he completed 30 of 49 attempts for 298 yards and 2 touchdowns to set school records for completions and attempts.
Secules was named the starter in his final year and although the team began the season 3–4, it won 5 straight games to finish with an 8–4 record. He also led one of the greatest comebacks in school history, with a 17–7 deficit against UNC in the final 4:44 minutes of the game, Secules passed for 2 touchdowns, en route to a 20–17 win. He received All-ACC honors (first Virginia quarterback since Bob Davis), while helping the school achieve its first home undefeated season since 1951 and reach its second bowl game in history, where they defeated Brigham Young University 22–16 in the All-American Bowl, with Secules being named the game's Most Valuable Player.
He finished his college career with 14 school records, including single-season passing yards (2,311), single-game passing yards (328), completions in a season (174), completion percentage in a career (56, 260 of 464), completion percentage in a season (58.8, 174 of 296), completion percentage in a game (80), 200-yard games (10) and most wins by a first-time starting quarterback (8). He suffered a serious right eye injury during a fight, that happened in the spring prior to the NFL draft, forcing him to have immediate surgery to repair the tear duct.
Secules was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the sixth round (151st overall) of the 1988 NFL draft. Head coach Tom Landry saw potential in his training camp performances and made the uncommon moves of not having him take snaps in preseason games and keeping 4 quarterbacks at the start of the regular season. After Danny White was lost for the year in the third game, Secules became the third-string quarterback but was declared inactive in all 16 games. At the end of the season, the team also protected him in Plan B free agency.
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Scott Secules
Thomas Wescott Secules (born November 8, 1964) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys, Miami Dolphins and New England Patriots. He played college football for the Virginia Cavaliers.
Secules attended Chantilly High School, where he played football, basketball and baseball. He was a member of the National Honor Society. He accepted a football scholarship from the University of Virginia.
After breaking his foot in a high school All-Star game before entering college, he was forced to redshirt his first season. He would spend the next three years as the backup quarterback behind Don Majkowski.
As a freshman, he started one game against the University of North Carolina Tarheels, in place of a suspended Majkowski (for breaking team rules).
As a junior in 1986, Secules started three games with Majkowski out with an injured shoulder, he won the three contests and received ACC offensive player of the week honors for his play against Wake Forest University. Against Clemson University in the second of those starts, he completed 30 of 49 attempts for 298 yards and 2 touchdowns to set school records for completions and attempts.
Secules was named the starter in his final year and although the team began the season 3–4, it won 5 straight games to finish with an 8–4 record. He also led one of the greatest comebacks in school history, with a 17–7 deficit against UNC in the final 4:44 minutes of the game, Secules passed for 2 touchdowns, en route to a 20–17 win. He received All-ACC honors (first Virginia quarterback since Bob Davis), while helping the school achieve its first home undefeated season since 1951 and reach its second bowl game in history, where they defeated Brigham Young University 22–16 in the All-American Bowl, with Secules being named the game's Most Valuable Player.
He finished his college career with 14 school records, including single-season passing yards (2,311), single-game passing yards (328), completions in a season (174), completion percentage in a career (56, 260 of 464), completion percentage in a season (58.8, 174 of 296), completion percentage in a game (80), 200-yard games (10) and most wins by a first-time starting quarterback (8). He suffered a serious right eye injury during a fight, that happened in the spring prior to the NFL draft, forcing him to have immediate surgery to repair the tear duct.
Secules was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the sixth round (151st overall) of the 1988 NFL draft. Head coach Tom Landry saw potential in his training camp performances and made the uncommon moves of not having him take snaps in preseason games and keeping 4 quarterbacks at the start of the regular season. After Danny White was lost for the year in the third game, Secules became the third-string quarterback but was declared inactive in all 16 games. At the end of the season, the team also protected him in Plan B free agency.