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Born: | Fremont, Nebraska, U.S. | August 9, 1967
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Weight: | 185 lb (84 kg) |
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High school: | Fremont (NE) |
College: | Nebraska |
NFL draft: | 1990 / round: 8 / pick: 207 |
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Gerry Gdowski (born August 9, 1967) is an American former college football quarterback for the University of Nebraska, and later a college football coach.
A relative unknown from a national perspective coming into the 1989 season, Gdowski put together a seasons that earned him numerous accolades. His performance running the Cornhusker offense led to multiple awards, including being named the Big Eight football conference Co-Offensive Player of the Year.[1][2] Gdowski broke or tied 11 school records at Nebraska. His NCAA passer rating was 177.3 points, a school record, and was better than the Jim McMahon’s 1980 NCAA record of 176.9 at that time, except that Gdowski averaged 12.4 attempts per game and the NCAA minimum was 15.[3][4]