James MacPherson (American football)

James MacPherson
No. 16
Position:Quarterback
Personal information
Born: (1980-09-02) September 2, 1980 (age 44)
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:197 lb (89 kg)
Career information
High school:Tucson (AZ) Mountain View
College:Wake Forest
Undrafted:2003
Career history
As a player:
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
As a coach:
Career Arena League statistics
Comp. / Att.:321 / 471
Passing yards:4,011
TD–INT:88–16
QB rating:119.79
Rushing TDs:8
Stats at ArenaFan.com

James MacPherson (born September 2, 1980) is a former American football quarterback who played two seasons in the Arena Football League (AFL) with the Georgia Force and Grand Rapids Rampage. He played college football at Wake Forest University. He was also a member of the Indianapolis Colts, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Colorado Crush, Philadelphia Soul and Green Bay Blizzard.

Early years

MacPherson played high school football at Mountain View High School in Tucson, Arizona, where he was a three-year letterman at quarterback. He also earned All-Southern Arizona honors as both a quarterback and punter in 1997. MacPherson recorded 2,500 passing yards and 800 rushing yards during his career. He completed more than 56 percent of his passes. He earned all-region honors as a shortstop and pitcher in baseball. MacPherson also earned a spot on the honor roll and was named a "Scholar-Athlete" by the Arizona Interscholastic Association.[1]

College career

MacPherson played for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons of Wake Forest University from 1999 to 2002. He was redshirted in 1998.[1] He recorded 16 touchdowns on 4,716 passing yards for the Demon Deacons.[2] MacPherson earned MVP honors in the 2002 Seattle Bowl. He was also named to the Academic All-ACC Team as a senior and finished his career ranked No. 7 all-time in school history for passing yards.[3] He also occasionally served as the team's punter during his college career.[1]

Statistics

Year Team Passing Rushing Punting
Cmp Att Pct Yds Y/A TD Int Rtg Att Yds Avg TD Pnt Yds Avg
1999 Wake Forest 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 6 270 45.0
2000 Wake Forest 113 207 54.6 1,324 6.4 3 6 107.3 24 -57 -2.4 0 1 36 36.0
2001 Wake Forest 113 209 54.1 1,555 7.4 5 11 113.9 63 111 1.8 1 12 509 42.4
2002 Wake Forest 123 223 55.2 1,837 8.2 8 4 132.6 68 177 2.6 1 0 0 0.0
Career 349 639 54.6 4,716 7.4 16 21 118.3 155 231 1.5 2 19 815 42.9

Source:[2]

Professional career

Indianapolis Colts

MacPherson spent the 2003 off-season with the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL) after going undrafted in the 2003 NFL draft. He played in all four preseason games and was released by the team on August 31, 2003.[4][5]

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

He signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League in March 2004 and was released by the Tiger-Cats on June 9, 2004.[6][7]

Colorado Crush

MacPherson was signed by the Colorado Crush of the Arena Football League (AFL) on January 6, 2005 and released by the team on January 20, 2005.[8][9]

Philadelphia Soul

He signed with the Philadelphia Soul of the AFL on January 12, 2006 and was released on January 20, 2006.[10]

Green Bay Blizzard

He played for the Green Bay Blizzard of the af2 in 2006, recording 36 touchdowns on 2,241 passing yards as the Blizzard advanced to ArenaCup VII.[11]

Georgia Force

MacPherson played for the Georgia Force of the AFL in 2007 and was the backup to Chris Greisen.[11]

Grand Rapids Rampage

James signed with the Grand Rapids Rampage of the AFL on October 31, 2007.[12] He recorded 88 touchdowns on 4,011 passing yards while also scoring eight rushing touchdowns for the Rampage in 2007.[13]

AFL statistics

Year Team Passing Rushing
Cmp Att Pct Yds TD Int Rtg Att Yds TD
2007 Georgia 3 4 75.0 41 1 0 146.88 0 0 0
2008 Grand Rapids 318 467 68.1 3,970 87 16 119.56 34 115 8
Career 321 471 68.2 4,011 88 16 119.79 34 115 8

Stats from ArenaFan:[13]

Coaching career

Mountain View High School

MacPherson was a coach for the Mountain View Mountain Lions of Mountain View High School from 2003 to 2004.[14]

Tortolita Junior High School

He coached at Tortolita Junior High School in 2006.[14][15]

Mountain View High School (second stint)

He was a coach for the Mountain View Mountain Lions in 2008.[14]

Pima CC

MacPherson was quarterbacks and offensive quality control coach for the Pima Aztecs of Pima Community College in 2009.[16]

Florida Tuskers

He served as offensive quality control coach for the Florida Tuskers of the United Football League (UFL) in 2010.[17][18]

Sacramento Mountain Lions

He was running backs coach of the Sacramento Mountain Lions of the UFL from 2011 to 2012.[19][20]

Pima CC (second stint)

MacPherson returned as quarterbacks coach of the Pima Aztecs in 2013.[14][16]

Scouting career

MacPherson was hired as a college scout for the San Diego Chargers in May 2014.[16][21]

References

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