![]() Loots in 1992
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No. 11 | |||||||||||
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Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||
Date of birth: | May 19, 1970 | ||||||||||
Place of birth: | Saint Paul, Minnesota | ||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||
High school: | Saint Paul (MN) Central | ||||||||||
College: | Southwest Minnesota State | ||||||||||
Undrafted: | 1993 | ||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||
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* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||
Career Arena statistics | |||||||||||
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Player stats at ArenaFan.com |
Comp. / Att.: | 474 / 814 |
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Passing yards: | 5,873 |
TD-INT: | 100-34 |
QB Rating: | 93.98 |
Rushing TDs: | 3 |
Jeff Loots (born May 19, 1970) is a former American football quarterback who played eight seasons in the Arena Football League (AFL) with the Milwaukee Mustangs, Minnesota Fighting Pike, Albany Firebirds, Oklahoma Wranglers, Chicago Rush, Buffalo Destroyers and Grand Rapids Rampage. He played college football at Southwest Minnesota State
Loots attended Central High School in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
He first played college football at Inver Hills Community College in 1989. He then played for the Western Illinois Leathernecks of Western Illinois University in 1990.
He transferred to play college football for the Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs of Southwest Minnesota State University. Loots finished his career with 703 pass competitions on 1,224 attempts for 10,116 and 102 touchdowns, all of which were school records. He was named first team NAIA All-America in 1992, second team NAIA All-America 1991, honorable mention NAIA All-America in 1990 and second team AP Little All-America in 1992. He recorded 22 wins and five losses as a starter for the Mustangs before he suffered a season ending shoulder injury in week eight of his senior year in 1992. Loots was ranked as the seventh best quarterback in the 1993 NFL Draft by Mel Kiper, Jr. He was inducted into the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Hall of Fame in 2009. He was also inducted into the Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs Hall of Honor in 2007. Loots number 11 is retired by the Mustangs.