- Rickey Foggie
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Name=Rickey Foggie
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status=Retired
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College=University of Minnesota
DateOfBirth=July 15 ,1966
Birthplace=Laurens, South Carolina
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playing_years=1988-1990, 2002
1990-1992
1993-1994
1995
1997
playing_teams=British Columbia Lions Toronto Argonauts Edmonton Eskimos Memphis Mad Dogs Hamilton Tiger-Cats
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CollegeHOF=Rickey Foggie (born
July 15 ,1966 inLaurens, South Carolina ) [http://www.arenafan.com/players/?page=players&player=518 ArenaFan Online : Rickey Foggie] ] is a formerquarterback . Foggie was the starting quarterback for theMinnesota Golden Gophers for four seasons, before going on to play professionally in – first theCanadian Football League , and then later in theArena Football League [http://www.maconknights.com/team/coaches/index.html?staff_id=39 maconknights.com: Coaches] ] . Foggie is currently an assistant football coach in both theaf2 and inhigh school football . [http://www.albanyherald.com/sportsarchive/2007/sports012307.html The Albany Herald ... We're All About You!] ]College career
He became a successful option quarterback in the
South Carolina high school ranks and was recruited byLou Holtz to play collegiately at theUniversity of Minnesota , where Holtz was coming in to take over the program, after surprisingly leaving powerhouse Arkansas. The Gophers were coming off a 1-10 season underJoe Salem , from the previous year, and it didn’t take long for Foggie to assert himself as the starting quarterback for Minnesota as atrue freshman . The Gophers finished the 1984 season with a 4-7 record in Holtz’s first season as coach and Foggie’s first year as signal caller, as Foggie started to show off some of his versatile skills, both as a runner and a passer and give Minnesota fans a glimpse of a more promising outlook for the Gophers, with Foggie entrenched at quarterback. The season was topped off by a surprising upset over Iowa and star quarterbackChuck Long , which returned theFloyd of Rosedale to Minnesota after a two year absence.In 1985, Foggie’s sophomore season, the Gophers made further strides to be a solid program, as they finished off the regular season at 6-5 and earned an invitation to the
Independence Bowl , which would be their first bowl game in 8 years. Among the Gophers five defeats were close losses to Oklahoma (who would go on to win the National Championship) and Ohio State. Meanwhile, when the Notre Damehead coach ing position became available, Lou Holtz was offered and accepted the job to coach the Irish. AssistantJohn Gutekunst was named the new head coach and led the Gophers in their bowl game against Clemson, which the Gophers won to raise their final season record to 7-5.The Gophers would also finish 6-5 the following year in 1986 and earn another bowl invitation – this time to the
Liberty Bowl . They would lose to Tennessee in this matchup. Foggie continued to develop into a better and more mature quarterback and was also helped along by the addition of talented freshmanrunning back ,Darrell Thompson , who emerged as a star in the making, that season. The highlight of that season was the Gophers upset of Rose Bowl bound Michigan at "The Big House" – earning Minnesota the Little Brown Jug for the first time in 9 years.In Foggie’s senior year in 1987, the Gophers again finished 6-5, however this year they failed to receive a bowl invite.
Canadian Football League (CFL)
Thought of as running quarterback who wouldn’t succeed in the
National Football League , Foggie was bypassed in the1988 NFL Draft . Although many felt he would have a better chance of making the NFL at another position, Foggie opted to remain a quarterback and joined theCanadian Football League . He started out in the CFL with the BC Lions backing up Matt Dunigan, whom he would follow to Toronto in 1990. Later, he would join theToronto Argonauts , where he would be an instrumental part of the league’s highest scoring team. Foggie would later play for theEdmonton Eskimos and theMemphis Mad Dogs in the CFL. [ [http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jstass/Stallions/game9.html Stallions '95: Game 9] ]Arena Football League (AFL)
Next he would embark on a career in the
Arena Football League , where he would play 8 seasons spanning 10 years. He started off his AFL career back inMinnesota , where he had starred collegiately, as the starting quarterback of the expansionMinnesota Fighting Pike , who would only play that one season at theTarget Center in 1996. Then he would quarterback theNew Jersey Red Dogs from 1997 to 2000, where he would attain his greatest success in the AFL, throwing for over 8,700 yards and 155 touchdowns in his first three seasons with the club. In 2001, he played for theFlorida Bobcats , [ [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-5916226_ITM Bobcats lost amid jungle of local sports. | Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service (June , 2001)] ] where he may have had his best season in the AFL – setting personal season highs with 3619 yards passing and 69 touchdowns. [ [http://www.arenafan.com/players/ ArenaFan Online : AFL Players] ] In 2002, he played for theDetroit Fury and theToronto Phantoms , and then after a season off in 2003, he played one final season in 2004 with theCarolina Cobras . He finished his AFL career with 17921 yards passing, 325 touchdowns and a 96.38 quarterback rating.Coaching career
At 38, Foggie retired on the playing field, but continued on in
arena football as a coach. Foggie moved to the lower tieraf2 to pursue this. In 2005 as theoffensive coordinator of theAmarillo Dusters , he orchestrated the highest scoring offense in the af2, with a 55.8 average. In 2006, he got his only head coaching job to date, when he took over theEverett Hawks after an 0-3 start. [ http://www.everetthawks.com/news/?id=4111] After only six games as the head man, there, Foggie was lured over to theMacon Knights by head coach Derek Stingley to be their offensive coordinator. In 2007, Foggie followed Stingley toAlbany, Georgia to be the offensive coordinator for theSouth Georgia Wildcats . Foggie also agreed to be the offensive coordinator ofBurnsville High School , a suburb ofMinneapolis ,after the af2 season ends. Rickey Foggie lives in Minneapolis, during the offseason. [ [http://www.southgawildcats.com/team_foggie_rickey.php Rickey Foggie > Our Team : South Georgia Wildcats] ]Notes
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