Jeff Van Raaphorst

American football player (born 1963)

American football player

Jeff Van RaaphorstNo. 16

Position:| Quarterback
Personal information
Born:|  (1963-12-07) December 7, 1963 (age 60)
Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Height:| 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:| 210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school:| El Cajon (CA) Grossmont
College:| Arizona State
Undrafted:| 1987
Career history

* Denver Broncos (1987)*
* Atlanta Falcons (1987)

* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career NFL statistics
| Passing yards:| 174

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TD-INT:| 1-2
Passer rating:| 52.8
Player stats at PFR

Jeffrey Richard Van Raaphorst (born December 7, 1963) is an American former professional football quarterback. After going to high school at Grossmont High School in La Mesa, California, Van Raaphorst attended Arizona State University. He led the Sun Devils football team to the Pac-10 championship in his senior year, where they won the 1987 Rose Bowl. He was the Rose Bowl Player of the Game.

Van Raaphorst made his professional debut in the NFL in 1987 with the Atlanta Falcons. He played two games for Atlanta in the 1987 season.

Van Raaphorst's brother Mike Van Raaphorst was a backup quarterback behind Carson Palmer at USC in 1999. His brother Billy Van Raaphorst is a college baseball umpire.

Van Raaphorst was inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame in 2006.[1]

Van Raaphorst now serves as a color commentator for Arizona State football radio broadcasts.

Van Raaphorst has a son, Cade, who plays professional lacrosse for the Atlas Lacrosse Club of the Professional Lacrosse League

## References

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1. ^ 2009 Kickoff Luncheon and Rose Bowl Hall of Fame Induction program

## External links

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* Jeff Van Raaphorst at NFL.com
* Jeff Van Raaphorst player bio at Arizona State University
* Jeff Van Raaphorst at IMDb

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Arizona State Sun Devils starting quarterbacks

* Cecil Coleman (1947–1949)
* Dave Graybill (1954–1956)
* John Hangartner (1956–1958)
* Fran Urban (1959)
* Joe Zuger (1959–1961)
* John Jacobs (1962–1963)
* John Torok (1963–1964)
* John F. Goodman (1965–1966)
* Ed Roseborough (1967–1968)
* Joe Spagnola (1968–1970)
* Danny White (1971–1973)
* Grady Hurst (1971)
* Dennis Sproul (1974–1977)
* Mark Malone (1978–1979)
* Mike Pagel (1978, 1980–1981)
* Todd Hons (1982–1983)
* Jeff Van Raaphorst (1984–1986)
* Daniel Ford (1987–1988)
* Paul Justin (1988–1990)
* Bret Powers (1990–1991)
* Grady Benton (1992–1993)
* Garrick McGee (1992)
* Troy Rauer (1992)
* Jake Plummer (1993–1996)
* Ryan Kealy (1997–2000)
* Jeff Krohn (2000–2001)
* Andrew Walter (2001–2004)
* Sam Keller (2004–2005)
* Rudy Carpenter (2005–2008)
* Danny Sullivan (2009)
* Samson Szakacsy (2009)
* Steven Threet (2010)
* Brock Osweiler (2010–2011)
* Taylor Kelly (2012–2014)
* Mike Bercovici (2014–2015)
* Manny Wilkins (2016–2018)
* Brady White (2016)
* Dillon Sterling-Cole (2016)
* Jayden Daniels (2019–2021)
* Joey Yellen (2019)
* Emory Jones (2022)
* Trenton Bourguet (2022–2023)
* Jaden Rashada (2023)
* Drew Pyne (2023)
* Jalin Conyers (2023)
* Cameron Skattebo (2023)
* Sam Leavitt (2024–present)

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Atlanta Falcons starting quarterbacks

* Randy Johnson (1966–1970)
* Dennis Claridge (1966)
* Terry Nofsinger (1967)
* Steve Sloan (1967)
* Bob Berry (1968–1972)
* Bruce Lemmerman (1969)
* Dick Shiner (1971, 1973)
* Bob Lee (1973–1974)
* Pat Sullivan (1974–1975)
* Kim McQuilken (1974–1976)
* Steve Bartkowski (1975–1985)
* Scott Hunter (1976–1977)
* June Jones (1978–1979)
* Mike Moroski (1983–1984)
* David Archer (1985–1987)
* Turk Schonert (1986)
* Scott Campbell (1987, 1990)
* Erik Kramer (1987)
* Jeff Van Raaphorst (1987)
* Chris Miller (1987–1993)
* Steve Dils (1988)
* Hugh Millen (1989–1990)
* Billy Joe Tolliver (1991–1993, 1997)
* Wade Wilson (1992)
* Bobby Hebert (1993, 1996)
* Jeff George (1994–1996)
* Chris Chandler (1997–2001)
* Tony Graziani (1997–1999)
* Steve DeBerg (1998)
* Danny Kanell (1999–2000)
* Doug Johnson (2000, 2002–2003)
* Michael Vick (2001–2006)
* Kurt Kittner (2003)
* Matt Schaub (2004–2005, 2019)
* Joey Harrington (2007)
* Byron Leftwich (2007)
* Chris Redman (2007, 2009)
* Matt Ryan (2008–2021)
* Marcus Mariota (2022)
* Desmond Ridder (2022–2023)
* Taylor Heinicke (2023)
* Kirk Cousins (2024–present)

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