American football player (born 1978)
American football player
Walter Church (born July 23, 1978) is a former American football quarterback for the New York Dragons and Dallas Desperados of the Arena Football League (AFL). He played college football at Eastern Michigan.
Early life
Church attended Ypsilanti High School in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
College career
Church continued his football career at Eastern Michigan. Church still holds school records for most passing yards and total yards in a career.
College statistics
Church's statistics are as follows:[1]
|
Eastern Michigan Eagles
|
Season
|
Games
|
Passing
|
Rushing
|
Comp |
Att |
Yards |
Pct. |
TD |
Int |
QB Rating |
Att |
Yards |
Avg |
TD
|
1996
|
10 |
178 |
355 |
2,151 |
50.1 |
11 |
14 |
103.4 |
71 |
-251 |
-3.5 |
0
|
1997
|
Injured
|
1998
|
9 |
213 |
355 |
2,650 |
60.0 |
13 |
12 |
125.0 |
51 |
-95 |
-1.9 |
1
|
1999
|
10 |
178 |
332 |
2,015 |
53.6 |
8 |
12 |
105.3 |
67 |
-78 |
-1.2 |
2
|
2000
|
11 |
238 |
399 |
2,326 |
59.6 |
11 |
9 |
113.7 |
27 |
-90 |
-3.3 |
0
|
NCAA Career Totals
|
40 |
807 |
1,441 |
9,142 |
56.0 |
43 |
46 |
112.8 |
216 |
-514 |
-2.4 |
3
|
Professional career
Pre-draft
Church was rated the 27th best quarterback in the 2001 NFL draft by NFLDraftScout.com.[2]
New York Dragons
He played for the New York Dragons of the Arena Football League in 2003.
Dallas Desperados
Church served as a backup in 2004 with the Dallas Desperados.
AFL statistics
Year |
Team |
Passing |
Rushing
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2003 |
New York |
12 |
24 |
50.0 |
203 |
4 |
3 |
78.99 |
1 |
-1 |
0
|
2004 |
Dallas |
43 |
75 |
57.3 |
563 |
8 |
4 |
85.58 |
3 |
-2 |
1
|
Career |
55 |
99 |
55.6 |
766 |
12 |
7 |
81.46 |
4 |
-3 |
1
|
Stats from ArenaFan:[4]
References
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- Herman Carroll (1956)
- Bill Ameel (1957)
- John Kubiak (1958)
- Dave Longridge (1959)
- George Beaudette (1960–61)
- Tom Prieur (1962)
- Don Oboza (1963)
- Bill MacGillivray (1964)
- Ed Mass (1965)
- Rick Krumm (1966)
- Jon Vaccarelli (1967)
- Arnold Fontes (1968)
- Donald Stewart (1969–70)
- Bob Hill (1971)
- Houston Booth (1972)
- Frank Kolch (1973)
- Jerry Mucha (1974–75)
- Steve Raklovits (1976–77)
- Burt Beaney (1978)
- Scott Davis (1979–80)
- J. F. Green (1981)
- Steve Coulter (1982–83)
- Robert Gordon (1984)
- Ron Adams (1985–87)
- Tom Sullivan (1988–89)
- Shane Jackson (1990)
- Kwame McKinnon (1991)
- Kwesi Ramsey (1992)
- Michael Armour (1993–94)
- Charlie Batch (1995–97)
- Walter Church (1996–2000)
- Kainoa Akina (2001)
- Troy Edwards (2002)
- Chinedu Okoro (2003)
- Matt Bohnet (2004–05)
- Andy Schmitt (2006–08)
- Alex Gillett (2009–11)
- Tyler Benz (2012–13)
- Brogan Roback (2013–17)
- Reginald Bell (2014–15)
- Rob Bolden (2014)
- Todd Porter (2016)
- Tyler Wiegers (2018)
- Mike Glass III (2018–2019)
- Preston Hutchinson (2019–2021)
- Ben Bryant (2021)
- Taylor Powell (2022)
- Austin Smith (2022–2023)
- Cole Snyder (2024)
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