As a junior, he led the North Central Conference with 2,384 passing yards and 17 touchdown passes.
As a senior, he set a school single-season record with 2,724 passing yards, also breaking Mike Busch's North Central Conference 1984 mark. He additionally set school single-season records with 23 touchdowns passes and 2,464 total offensive yards.[1]
He finished his college career with 14 school records, including 6,214 passing yards, 6,874 total offensive yards and 48 touchdown passes. In 2010, he was inducted into the University of Northern Colorado Athletic Hall of Fame.[2]
After the NFLPA strike was declared on the third week of the 1987 season, those contests were canceled (reducing the 16-game season to 15) and the NFL decided that the games would be played with replacement players. In September, he was re-signed to be a part of the Dallas replacement team that was given the mock name "Rhinestone Cowboys" by the media.[4] He passed Stan Yagiello and Ben Bennett to become the third-string quarterback. He took over the offense in the third quarter of the game against the Philadelphia Eagles, to close out a 41-22 win, while tallying 4-of-8 completions for 44 yards. He appeared in 2 games, completing 4-of-9 passes for 44 yards. He was released on October 26.[5]