John Walsh Athlete Profile - FTB

John Walsh

Quarterback 7

Ht/Wt

215 lbs.

Class

Junior Senior

Hometown

Torrance,

California

Last School

West Torrance High School

Roster Years

1991-1994

Son of John and Linda Walsh
Oldest of five children
Enjoys working out, skiing, fishing, reading, colllecting baseball cards and working on cars
Majored in special education

Graduated from West Torrance High School but played football at Carson High School his senior year
Lettered in football, baseball and basketball
Set California state passing record for a season with 4,226 yards
Named L.A. City 4-A Most Valuable Player
Named Daily Breeze Player of the Year
Glenn Davis Award recipient
Led team to a 39-5 record over his high school career as well as city and league titles and No. 5 finish in state
Threw for 1,700 yards and 17 touchdowns at a junior at West Torrance High School
Coached by Gene Vollnogle (Pepperdine)
Recruited by Miami, Florida State, USC and UCLA

Declared after his junior season for the 1995 NFL Draft and was selected in the seventh round by the Cincinnati Bengals
Passed for 9,233 yards and 73 touchdowns, including bowl games, over his four years at BYU, which included two full seasons as the starter
Set BYU record with 619 passing yards in a single game (at Utah State in 1993)
Threw for 300 or more yards in 19 games and surpassed 400 yards five times
Finished BYU career with 8,390 regular-season yards (excluding bowl games per NCAA statistics), which ranked fourth in school history
Completed career with 66 regular-season touchdown passes (excluding bowl games per NCAA statistics), which tied for No. 5 in Western Athletic Conference history with BYU's Robbie Bosco
Achieved a 147.6 career pass efficiency rating, which ranked No. 6 in NCAA history

BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 1991

Served as backup QB behind Heisman Trophy winnter Ty Detmer, seeing action in six games
Completed 5 of 8 attempts for 52 yards against Utah State, playing the last quarter and a half of the game
Totaled 284 yards and three touchdowns on 21-of-26 passing, all in the first half, in JV game agaisnt Snow College

Sophmore Year 1993

Co-Offensive MVP of the 1993 Holiday Bowl after going 25 of 44 for 389 yards and three TD passes against Ohio State
Sophomore All-America First Team selection by Football News
All-Western Athletic Conference Second Team honoree
Geneva Steelman of the Year award winner
No. 5 nationally in total offense at 310.91 yards per game for the season
No. 9 nationally with 156.04 pass efficiency on the year
AT&T National Long Distance Award honoree for completing 93-yard TD pass against Utah State
Set school record with 619 passing yards while throwing 5 TDs at Utah State, earning WAC Player of the Week honors
Threw for 439 yards and 5 TDs against Fresno State despite playing just one series into the second half after having missed practice the entire week due to a knee strain
Named Offensive Back of the Week by the BYU coaches for his performances against Air Force, Fresno State and San Diego State
Totaled eight games of 300 or more passing yards in 1993, including four-straight games over 400 yards (439 vs. Fresno State, 619 at Utah State, 417 at San Diego State, 423 vs. Utah)

Junior Year 1994

Named MVP of the 1994 Copper Bowl after throwing for 454 yards and 4 TDs to lead BYU to a 31-6 victory over Oklahoma
No. 5 nationally in total offense at 289.4 yards per game for the season
No. 15 nationally with 143.3 pass efficiency on the year
All-Western Athletic Conference Second Team honoree
ESPN Wrangler Player of the Game leading BYU to 35-28 win over San Diego State, throwing for 392 yards and 2 TDs
Totaled nine games of 300 or more passing yards in 1994, including one game over 400 yards

Senior Year 1994

Graduate Year

Redshirt Year 1992

Medical Redshirt Year 1992

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\r\n Granted medical hardship redshirt season
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\r\n Earned the starting role entering the season and started the first two games before being injured vs. UCLA in game 3
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\r\n Ranked No. 8 nationally in pass efficiency after the first two games before suffering shoulder separation on broken play vs. UCLA
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\r\n Named Offensive Back of the Week by the BYU coaches, throwing for 302 yards and 2 TDs in BYU's 38-28 season-opening win over UTEP
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\r\n Threw for 380 yards and 5 TDs in BYU's 45-38 loss to San Diego State in his second game
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\r\n Totaled 300 or more yards passing in both his starts
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\r\n Emerged from a five-man quarterback race to split duties with Steve Clements at the end of spring drills
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\r\n Threw two TDs on 6-of-6 passing in the Spring Game
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