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Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
Date of birth: | January 5, 1957 | ||||||||
Place of birth: | Enid, Oklahoma | ||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 198 lb (90 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
High school: | Spartanburg (SC) | ||||||||
College: | Clemson | ||||||||
NFL Draft: | 1979 / Round: 1 / Pick: 23 | ||||||||
Career history | |||||||||
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TD–INT: | 28–41 |
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Yards: | 7,156 |
QB Rating: | 70.1 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Stephen Ray Fuller (born January 5, 1957) is a former college and professional American football player in the National Football League. He played professionally for the Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Rams and Chicago Bears.
Fuller was born in Enid, Oklahoma and graduated from Spartanburg High School in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He played college football at Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina. He was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, Fuller was a football and academic All-America at Clemson University.
Fuller was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the 1st round (23rd overall) of the 1979 NFL Draft. He played in the National Football League for seven years, most notably with the Chicago Bears as their backup quarterback from 1984–1986, including the Super Bowl XX championship season in 1985. Fuller was named by Sports Illustrated as one of the top fifteen backup quarterbacks of all-time, based on his 1985 season with the Chicago Bears.
Fuller was awarded a gold record and a platinum video award for the 1985 "Super Bowl Shuffle", for which he was the sixth of the ten solo singers. During Super Bowl XLIV, Fuller joined other members of the 1985 Chicago Bears in resurrecting the Super Bowl Shuffle in a Boost Mobile commercial.