Brett Dietz

Brett Dietz

Brett Dietz under center
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Position:	Quarterback
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1981-10-08) October 8, 1981 (age 35)
Place of birth:	Villa Hills, Kentucky
Height:	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school:	Park Hills (KY) Covington Catholic
College:	Hanover
Undrafted:	2003
Career history
Turku Trojans (2004) Cincinnati Marshals (2005) Tampa Bay Storm (2006)* Louisville Fire (2006) Chicago Rush (2007)* Spokane Shock (2007)* Kansas City Brigade (2007)* Tampa Bay Storm (2007–2008) California Redwoods (2009)* Tampa Bay Storm (2010)
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
2× First-team All-HCAC (2002–2003) af2 Rookie of the Year (2006) AFL Co-Rookie of the Year (2007) AFL All-Rookie Team (2007) Second Team All-Arena (2010)
Career Arena statistics
Passing yards: 11,994 TDs-INTs: 240-35 QB rating: 119.96 Rushing yards: 57 Rushing TDs: 6
Player stats at ArenaFan.com

Brett Dietz (born October 8, 1981) is a former American football quarterback. He was signed by the Turku Trojans as a street free agent in 2004. He played college football at Hanover. Dietz has also played for the Cincinnati Marshals, Louisville Fire, Tampa Bay Storm and California Redwoods. He was the quarterbacks coach for Cascade High School in Clayton, Indiana for the 2006 season.

Dietz is the only player in AFL and af2 history to win "rookie of the year" in back-to-back seasons (2006 with Louisville Fire (af2), 2007 with Tampa Bay Storm (AFL)).

Dietz began his career in 2004 playing for the Turku Trojans in the Finnish Professional League. He led the Trojans to top-ranked pass offense, as well as leading league in passing and total offense, while guiding the team to the championship game.

In 2005, he played with the Cincinnati Marshals of the National Indoor Football League.

Attended training camp with the Tampa Bay Storm He was assigned to Practice Squad January 27. After spending six weeks on Practice Squad, he was released on March 9 to join the af2's Louisville Fire. He spent the remainder of 2006 with Fire as starting quarterback and was named af2 Spalding Rookie of the Year and first-team American Conference All-af2. Set af2 single-game high with 12 touchdown passes 6/17/06 at Albany, where he completed 23 of 31 passes for 314 yards. He led af2 in completion percentage (71.2%) and pass efficiency (126.7). During his off-season he entered the traditional employment field briefly, but was noted to have too much competitive spirit by coworkers and the deputy CEO of Dicks Sporting Goods specifically took notice of his talent and noted his abilities to the CEO of the company. He had shown too much enthusiastic actions for the traditional sporting goods market.