During the last home game of the 2016-17 Dallas Mavericks season, the team honored a quarterback who played college football at what university?
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2016–17 Dallas Mavericks season The 2016–17 Dallas Mavericks season was the 37th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). For the first time since 2013, the Mavs did not qualify for the playoffs. This was also their first losing season since 2000. On April 11, during their last home regular season game, the Mavericks honored former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo by joining the team as an honorary member that night, although he would not play any minutes for the Mavs that night, as he was not considered an official member of the team that night.
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Tony Romo Antonio Ramiro Romo (born April 21, 1980) is a former American football quarterback who played his entire career with the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Eastern Illinois University, where he won the Walter Payton Award in 2002, and led the Panthers to an Ohio Valley Conference championship in 2001.
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2016 Outback Bowl The 2016 Outback Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on January 1, 2016, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. It was the 30th edition of the Outback Bowl (previously called the Hall of Fame Bowl), featuring the #13 Northwestern Wildcats from the Big Ten and the #23 Tennessee Volunteers from the SEC. It was one of the 2015-16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season, with kickoff at noon EST on ESPN2. It was sponsored by the Outback Steakhouse restaurant franchise.
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2016 Kansas Jayhawks football team The 2016 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Jayhawks were led by second year head coach David Beaty. They played home games at Memorial Stadium and were members of the Big 12 Conference.
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Dan Marino Daniel Constantine Marino Jr. (born September 15, 1961) is a former American football player who was a quarterback for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). The last quarterback of the quarterback class of 1983 to be taken in the first round, Marino held or currently holds dozens of NFL records associated with the quarterback position. Despite never being on a Super Bowl-winning team, he is recognized as one of the greatest quarterbacks in American football history. Best remembered for his quick release and powerful arm, Marino led the Dolphins to the playoffs ten times in his seventeen-season career. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2005 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 2002.
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Bill Stull William Thomas "Bill" Stull (born December 18, 1986) is a former American football quarterback. He played college football with the University of Pittsburgh Panthers.
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Bryce Petty Bryce William Petty (born May 31, 1991) is an American football quarterback for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Baylor University, and was drafted by the Jets in the fourth round of the 2015 NFL Draft.
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Clint Longley Howard Clinton "Clint" Longley, Jr. (born July 28, 1952) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League and Canadian Football League. He played two seasons for the Dallas Cowboys (1974–1975) and one for the San Diego Chargers (1976). Longley earned his nickname the "Mad Bomber" for bouncing passes off of Coach Tom Landry's coaching tower in the Cowboys' training camp. He played college football at Abilene Christian University.
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Wade Wilson (American football) Charles Wade Wilson (born February 1, 1959) is an American football coach and former quarterback who played for the Minnesota Vikings, Atlanta Falcons, New Orleans Saints, Dallas Cowboys and the Oakland Raiders in a seventeen-year career from 1981 to 1998 in the National Football League (NFL). He is currently the quarterbacks coach for the Dallas Cowboys, a position he has held since 2007. He played college football for Texas A&M University-Commerce (formerly East Texas State), where he was an NAIA All-American Quarterback and led the Lions to the NAIA national semifinals during the 1980 season.
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Safeway Bowl The Safeway Bowl is a college football rivalry game between the Southern Methodist University (SMU) Mustangs football team and the University of North Texas (UNT) Mean Green football team, two universities in Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Its name is derived from a challenge from then UNT head coach Matt Simon issued in 1994 after a two-year break in the series, stating "I'd like to play because I think we could beat them, and my players feel the same way. If they'd like to play on a Safeway parking lot ... just give us a date and time."
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Jake Christensen Jake Christensen (born August 15, 1986) is former American football quarterback for the Dresden Monarchs football team in the German Football League. His father is former National Football League veteran Jeff Christensen, who played for the Cincinnati Bengals, Philadelphia Eagles, and Cleveland Browns during his career. Before his playing days at Iowa, Jake played his high school football at Lockport Township High School. Christensen started as the Iowa Hawkeyes quarterback for the 2008 season, but eventually lost the job to sophomore Ricky Stanzi. Jake had no touch or accuracy on his throws, he did however have a grand ability to do shots at the Sports Column.
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Jon Baker (placekicker) Jonathan David Baker (born August 13, 1972) is a former American football placekicker who played two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Dallas Cowboys and Kansas City Chiefs. He played college football at Arizona State University and attended Foothill High School in Bakersfield, California. Baker was also a member of the Scottish Claymores of NFL Europe and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Edmonton Eskimos and BC Lions of the Canadian Football League. He was a member of the Dallas Cowboys team that won Super Bowl XXX over the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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Luke Falk Luke Falk (born December 28, 1994) is an American football quarterback for the Washington State Cougars.
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2016 Boca Raton Bowl The 2016 Boca Raton Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 20, 2016 at FAU Stadium in Boca Raton, Florida. The third annual edition of the Boca Raton Bowl was one of the 2016–17 bowl games concluding the 2016 FBS football season.
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Kevin Hogan Kevin Michael Hogan (born October 20, 1992) is an American football quarterback for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Stanford University and was their starting quarterback from 2012 to 2015.
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Dennis Smith Jr. Dennis Smith Jr. (born November 25, 1997) is an American basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was ranked among the top point guards in the class of 2016 by most basketball recruiting services. He attended NC State University for one season of college basketball and earned second-team all-conference honors in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) as a freshman as well as ACC Freshman of the Year. After the season, Smith decided to forgo his remaining college eligibility and declared for the 2017 NBA draft. He was selected 9th overall by the Mavericks.
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Steven Gachette Steven Gachette (born July 28, 1988) is a former American professional football quarterback. He was also a member of the Calgary Stampeders, Kansas City Command, Allen Wranglers, Philadelphia Soul and Orlando Predators. He played college football at NCAA Division II Southwest Baptist University.
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Dee Dowis Michael "Dee" Dowis (August 2, 1968 – August 29, 2016) was an American quarterback for the United States Air Force Academy football team from 1986 to 1989.
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Cardale Jones Cardale Jones ( ; born September 29, 1992) is an American football quarterback for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Ohio State. At the beginning of the 2014 season, Jones was listed as third on the Ohio State depth chart at quarterback. He ended up as the starter after injuries to Braxton Miller in August and J. T. Barrett in November. That year, he was the starter for the Buckeyes in the College Football Playoff National Championship. Jones was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the fourth round of the 2016 NFL Draft.
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Sandy Stephens Sanford Emory Stephens II (September 21, 1940 – June 6, 2000) was an American college football player and civic leader. Stephens was born and raised in the Pittsburgh area city of Uniontown, Pennsylvania and is best known for his career as a college football quarterback at the University of Minnesota, where he became one of the first African-American quarterbacks in major college football and the first African American to be named an All-American at quarterback. He was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
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Colt McCoy Daniel "Colt" McCoy (born September 5, 1986) is an American football quarterback for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the third round of the 2010 NFL Draft, after playing college football for the University of Texas. He has also been a member of the San Francisco 49ers.
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Davey O'Brien Robert David "Davey" O'Brien (June 22, 1917 – November 18, 1977) was an American football quarterback. He played college football at Texas Christian University (TCU) and professionally in the National Football League (NFL) with the Philadelphia Eagles for two seasons.