Gene Swick

Gene Swick
Personal information
Born:Licking County, Ohio, U.S.
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:188 lb (85 kg)
Career information
High school:Lakewood (Hebron, Ohio)
College:Toledo
Position:Quarterback
NFL draft:1976 / round: 4 / pick: 97
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards

Gene Swick (born c. 1955) is an American former college football player who was a quarterback for the Toledo Rockets from 1972 to 1975. In 1975, he set the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I record with 8,074 career yards, which broke the previous record held by Jim Plunkett of Stanford and stood until surpassed by Mark Herrmann of Purdue in 1980. The Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL) selected Swick in the fourth round of the 1976 NFL draft, but subsequently waived him during training camp.