Doug Flutie

Douglas Richard Flutie (born October 23, 1962) is an American former football quarterback who played professionally for 21 seasons. Flutie played 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), eight seasons in the Canadian Football League (CFL), and one season in the United States Football League (USFL). He played college football for the Boston College Eagles, winning the Heisman Trophy in 1984 amid a season that saw him throw a game-winning touchdown pass in the final seconds of a ranked matchup against the Miami Hurricanes. Flutie chose to begin his professional career with the USFL's New Jersey Generals; his unavailability to NFL teams resulted in him being selected 285th overall by the Los Angeles Rams in the 11th round of the 1985 NFL draft, the lowest drafting of a Heisman winner. After the USFL folded, Flutie spent his first four NFL seasons with the Chicago Bears and New England Patriots. Flutie left the NFL in 1990 for the CFL, where he became regarded as one of the league's greatest players. As a member of the BC Lions, Calgary Stampeders, and Toronto Argonauts, he was named the CFL's Most Outstanding Player a record six times and won three Grey Cups. In all three of his championship victories, two with the Argonauts and one with the Stampeders, he was named Grey Cup MVP. After his CFL success, Flutie returned to the NFL in 1998 with the Buffalo Bills, earning Pro Bowl and NFL Comeback Player of the Year honors for leading Buffalo to the playoffs. Flutie again helped the Bills obtain a playoff berth the following season, but was controversially benched in their subsequent Wild Card defeat. He would be the last quarterback to lead the Bills to the playoffs for the next 17 years. Flutie held his last starting role with...