Tony Eason
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| Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | October 8, 1959 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Blythe, California | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 212 lb (96 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Clarksburg (CA) Delta | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Illinois | ||||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1983 / Round: 1 / Pick: 15 | ||||||||||||||
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| Pass attempts: | 1,564 |
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| Pass completions: | 911 |
| Percentage: | 58.2 |
| TD–INT: | 61–51 |
| Passing yards: | 11,142 |
| QB Rating: | 79.7 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Charles Carroll "Tony" Eason, IV (born October 8, 1959) is a former quarterback. He played college football for the University of Illinois (1980–1982) and professional football for the New England Patriots (1983–1989) and New York Jets (1989–1990).
Eason grew up in Walnut Grove, California, and attended Delta High School in Clarksburg, California, a school with only 250 students at the time. Despite an impressive high school football career, Eason's only scholarship offer from a Division I school came from the University of the Pacific in . Eason's grades prevented him from enrolling at University of the Pacific, and he opted to attend American River Junior College in Sacramento, California. Eason spent two years playing football at American River in 1978 and 1979.
Eason transferred to the University of Illinois and sat out the 1980 season. He was 6 feet, 4 inches tall, and weighed 205 pounds when he took over as the starting quarterback for the Fighting Illini in 1981. His first start for Illinois matched Eason against Pitt's quarterback Dan Marino; the Illini lost 26-6, but Eason made an impressive debut as he completed 23 of 37 passes for 207 yards (slightly better than the 204 yards passing by Marino in the game). In his first season with the Illini, Eason led the Illini to a 7-4 record, but the team was ineligible to play in a bowl game due to sanctions imposed by the Big Ten Conference. Eason completed 248 of 406 passes (61.1%) for 3,360 yards and 20 touchdowns. The Illini ranked third in the nation in passing in 1981, as Eason led the Big Ten in passing efficiency and total offense and set nine conference records, including records for total offense, completions, passing yardage, and passing touchdowns. He also edged out Art Schlichter as the quarterback on the Associated Press' All Big-Ten football team.
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