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Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
Date of birth: | October 20, 1958 | ||||||||
Place of birth: | Iola, Wisconsin | ||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 193 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
College: | Milton College | ||||||||
Undrafted: | 1980 | ||||||||
Career history | |||||||||
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Career NFL statistics | |||||||||
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TD–INT: | 261–199 |
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Yards: | 38,147 |
Passer rating: | 81.5 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
David Michael Krieg (/ˈkreɪɡ/ KRAYG; born October 20, 1958) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He attended Milton College and made the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent. In his 19-year NFL career, Krieg played for the Seahawks (1980–1991), the Kansas City Chiefs (1992–1993), the Detroit Lions (1994), the Arizona Cardinals (1995), the Chicago Bears (1996) and the Tennessee Oilers (1997–1998).
At Milton, an obscure and now-defunct small private college in Milton, Wisconsin, Krieg began as the 7th-string quarterback for his school's NAIA team. Given the opportunity to play in the fourth game of his freshman season, he completed four passes—three of them for touchdowns—and continued to play well enough to start for the rest of his college career.