QB Dallas Cowboys Born: 21-Nov-1966 College: UCLA Height: 6-4 Weight: 219 Drafted: 1989, 1st Round Dallas Cowboys Hometown: West Covina, CA #8 Troy Aikman
Career Highlights Pro Career Aikman is one of three quarterbacks to lead a team to three Super Bowl victories...He holds or is tied for 39 Cowboys passing records including career records for attempts (3,178), completions (2,000), passing yards (22,733) and completion percentage (62.9%, third best in NFL history)...Eighth in NFL history with a career QB rating of 83.0...His record as a starter in the postseason is an incredible 11-2, 3-0 in Super Bowls. 1996 Finished with a QB rating of 80.1...He recorded the second-most attempts (465) and completion (296) totals in his career, while finishing second in the NFL in completion percentage at 63.7%...He earned his sixth consecutive Pro Bowl selection, tying Roger Staubach for the most apearances by a Dallas quarterback. 1995 Finished third in the NFL with a quarterback rating of 93.6...Recorded the second-best yardage (3,304) and touchdown (16) totals of his career along with his lowest interception total...Completed 64.8% of his passes and once again went to the Pro Bowl...Also set club records with 156 pass attempts without an interception and 2,820 postseason passing yards. 1994 Earned selection to the Pro Bowl for the fourth consecutive season and finished second in the NFL in both completion percentage (64.5%) and average yards per attempt (7.41)...Aikman's 94-yard touchdown pass to Alvin Harper in the Divisional Playoff Game is the longest play from scrimmage in NFL postseason history...The following week in San Francisco he set playoff records for attempts (53), completions (30) and yards passing (380). 1993 His 99.0 quarterback rating was second highest in team history and second in the NFL that year...He was the NFL's most accurate passer with a 69.1 % completion rate...He was the top vote-getter among all players for the Pro Bowl...He also received All-Pro honors and NFL Alumni Quarterback of the Year. 1992 He reached the 10,000 yard passing mark in his 52nd game...Finished the season with 3,445 yards passing to rank second in the NFC and fourth in the NFL in yards passing...His 302 completions were the second most in team history and tied him for the NFC lead...Aikman's 89.5 QB rating ranked third in the NFL. 1991 Aikman completed 65.3% of his passes to lead the NFC and earn his first trip to the Pro Bowl. 1990 Aikman completed 226 of 399 passes for 2,579 yards and 11 touchdowns. 1989 Aikman threw for an NFL rookie-record 379 yards at Phoenix...The first Cowboys' rookie quarterback to start a season opener since Roger Staubach in 1969, Aikman was named to most All-Rookie teams. College Highlights In two seasons at UCLA Aikman completed 64.8 percent of his passes for 5,298 yards and 41 touchdowns while throwing only 17 interceptions...He finished his career as the third rated passer in NCAA history...He transferred to Oklahoma after two years under Head Coach Barry Switzer at Oklahoma in 1984-85. Personal Earned all-state honors at Henryetta High School...He pledged to match any funds raised to build a health and fitness center for the town of Henryetta, OK (pop.6,000) where a street is named after him...He also sponsors a scholarship at Henryetta High School for students who can't afford college and he has permanently endowed a scholarship at UCLA, where he majored in sociology...He has been selected to the Oklahoma high school all-time football team and his high school jersey has been retired...He established the Troy Aikman Foundation which benefits disadvantaged children in the Dallas-Fort Worth area...The profits from a childrens book he authored entitled Things Change also go to his foundation...Aikman has also served on the board of the Irving, TX Youth and Family Counseling Center and has been honorary chairman for numerous charitable fund-raisers throughout the Metroplex...He is an advocate of the DARE program at numerous schools across the nation...He was the recipient of the Byron "Whizzer" White Humanitarian Award in 1994. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||