Ken O'Brien
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| Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | November 27, 1960 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Brooklyn, New York | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Carmichael (CA) Jesuit | ||||||||
| College: | UC Davis | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1983 / Round: 1 / Pick: 24 | ||||||||
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| TD–INT: | 126–99 |
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| Yards: | 25,094 |
| Passer rating: | 80.4 |
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Kenneth John O'Brien, Jr. (born November 27, 1960) is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League for the New York Jets and Philadelphia Eagles. When he retired he was the only Jets quarterback to have ever been the top ranked passer in a season. He held the team record for most consecutive pass completions (17) in a game. O'Brien was one of the six quarterbacks in the famed Quarterback class of 1983 and in 1997 he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
He played for Jesuit High School in Carmichael, California.
O'Brien started his collegiate football career in 1978 at Sacramento State as a reserve.
He played at the University of California, Davis under coach Jim Sochor. In his senior year, 1982, he was a NCAA Division II All-American. He led UCD to a 10-0 regular season mark and to the Division II championship game. He was ranked #2 in total offense and #3 in passing efficiency in Division II. He also won the Babe Slater Award for being the most outstanding male athlete at UC Davis.
He was selected as All-Far Western Conference QB three times and was selected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1997.
The New York Jets selected O'Brien as the 24th pick in the first round of the 1983 NFL Draft, amazing observers who expected the team to choose fellow quarterback Dan Marino, a future member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame who was selected three picks later. The many Jets fans who attended the draft, held in New York City, were surprised and outraged by the choice; O'Brien was so obscure that New York television reporter Sal Marchiano twice mangled his name while reporting on fan reaction to the draft. (O'Brien said after his retirement, "Who blames [the fans], right? Who, in New York, has heard of Cal, University of California, Davis? Nobody ... I'm not sure I would have reacted any differently. Heck, some of my cousins grew up as Jets fans. They were probably doing the same thing.")
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