Stan Humphries

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position=Quarterback
number=16, 12
birthdate=birth date and age|1965|4|14
Shreveport, Louisiana
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debutyear=1989
finalyear=1997
draftyear=1988
draftround=6
draftpick=159
college=Louisiana-Monroe
teams=
* Washington Redskins (1989-1991)
* San Diego Chargers (1992-1997)
stat1label=TD-INT
stat1value=89-84
stat2label=Yards
stat2value=17,191
stat3label=QB Rating
stat3value=75.8
nfl=HUM798051

William Stanley "Stan" Humphries (born April 14, 1965 in Shreveport, Louisiana) is a former professional football quarterback. He played for the Washington Redskins and San Diego Chargers of the National Football League. He played college football at Northeast Louisiana (now named the University of Louisiana at Monroe). He was selected by the Redskins in the sixth round of the 1988 NFL Draft.

College career

At Northeast Louisiana University (now Louisiana-Monroe), Humphries was quarterback on a team that won the I-AA National Championship in 1987. In two seasons, Humphries passed for 4,395 yards and 29 touchdowns. He still holds the record for 300-yard passing games with eight.

NFL career

He was selected by the Redskins in the sixth round of the 1988 NFL Draft. Humphries made his first pro start in 1990 in Phoenix against the Cardinals with regular starter Mark Rypien sidelined with an injury. Humphries went on to pass for 1,015 yards and three touchdowns in seven games in 1990. He was traded to the San Diego Chargers before the start of the 1992 season following the preseason injury to Charger QB John Friesz. The two teams ran the same offense, allowing Humphries to quickly make an impact. He passed for 3,356 yards, which ranked fifth in the league that year. He started for San Diego for six years, making 81 starts in 88 games while completing 1,431 of 2,516 passes for 17,191 yards and 89 touchdowns. San Diego was 47-29 in regular-season games and 3-3 in playoff contests he started from 1992-97. He played with a separated left shoulder in the 1992 AFC Wildcard Playoffs in which the Chargers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 17-0, but went on to lose to the Miami Dolphins 31-0 in the AFC Divisional Playoffs the following week. The Chargers would win 62 percent of the games during the six years that he started.

In 1994, he led the Chargers with clutch performances through an impressive series of victories in the NFL Playoffs that started with the Chargers defeating the Miami Dolphins (led by Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Marino) 22-21 in the divisional playoffs, and was followed by what would become one of pro football's all-time great upsets as the Chargers succeeded in holding off a last-minute rally by the Pittsburgh Steelers to win the AFC championship 17-13 at Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium. Both wins included Humphries rallying the Chargers from 4th Quarter deficits to take the lead in the final minutes of the game. The Chargers would then advance to Super Bowl XXIX, the first, and so far only, trip to the Super Bowl in franchise history, losing to the San Francisco 49ers 49-26. Still, more than 100,000 fans greeted the Chargers when they arrived back in San Diego. In all, Humphries led the Chargers to three playoff appearances and a Super Bowl. Humphries' toughness took its toll. He was forced to leave the game after a series of concussions.

He was inducted into the San Diego Charger Hall of Fame in 2002.He is currently a commentator for college football. He is also the head coach for the St.Mary's School (SMH) Girls' basketball team. He was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame class of 2007. [http://www.leesvilledailyleader.com/articles/2007/06/15/sports/sports1.txt] He hosts his namesake celebrity golf tournament. The event has raised more than $1 million over the years for Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego.