 He led the NCAA in both total offense and passing yards during the 1943 season.He played professional football for ten years in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and National Football League (NFL).He played for the Chicago Rockets and Brooklyn Dodgers from 1946 to 1948 and was among the AAFC leaders in multiple offensive categories and, when the league folded in 1950, Hoernschemeyer held the league record with 6,218 yards of total offense (4,109 passing yards and 2,109 rushing yards).