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JOHN ELWAY

Elway, John Albert, Jr.
Height: 6-3 Weight: 214
Born: June 28, 1960 Port Angeles, WA
High School: Granada Hills (Los Angeles, CA)

Year	College	Status
1979	Stanford	Lettered
1980	Stanford	Lettered
1981	Stanford	Lettered
1982	Stanford	Lettered

Draft: 1st round (1st overall) 1983 Baltimore Colts; Territorial Selection 1983 Oakland Invaders

Relatives: Son of Jack Elway

NFL Transactions

NFL Playoff Statistics

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1983 Denver Broncos (NFL)	7	QB	11	10
1984 Denver Broncos (NFL)	7	QB	15	14
1985 Denver Broncos (NFL)	7	QB	16	16
1986 Denver Broncos (NFL)	7	QB	16	16
1987 Denver Broncos (NFL)	7	QB	12	12
1988 Denver Broncos (NFL)	7	QB	15	15
1989 Denver Broncos (NFL)	7	QB	15	15
1990 Denver Broncos (NFL)	7	QB	16	16
1991 Denver Broncos (NFL)	7	QB	16	16
1992 Denver Broncos (NFL)	7	QB	12	12
1993 Denver Broncos (NFL)	7	QB	16	16
1994 Denver Broncos (NFL)	7	QB	14	14
1995 Denver Broncos (NFL)	7	QB	16	16
1996 Denver Broncos (NFL)	7	QB	15	15
1997 Denver Broncos (NFL)	7	QB	16	16
1998 Denver Broncos (NFL)	7	QB	13	12
16 Years (NFL)			234	231

AWARDS
1987 Associated Press NFL Player of the Year
1987 United Press International AFC Offensive Player of the Year
1987 Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL
1987 The Sporting News All-NFL
1987 Pro Bowl All-AFC
1987 Pro Football Weekly All-AFC
1987 United Press International All-AFC
1993 United Press International AFC Offensive Player of the Year
1993 Pro Bowl All-AFC
1993 Pro Football Weekly All-AFC
1993 United Press International All-AFC
1996 Pro Bowl All-AFC
1996 Pro Football Weekly All-AFC
1996 United Press International All-AFC
1997 Pro Bowl All-AFC
1997 Pro Football Weekly All-AFC
1998 Pro Bowl All-AFC
2004 PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1983 Denver Broncos (NFL)	1	0	0					0	0		-	0	6
1984 Denver Broncos (NFL)	1	0	0					0	0		-	0	6
1986 Denver Broncos (NFL)	2	0	0					0	0		-	0	12
1987 Denver Broncos (NFL)	4	0	0					0	0		-	0	24
1988 Denver Broncos (NFL)	1	0	0					0	0		-	0	6
1989 Denver Broncos (NFL)	3	0	0					0	0		-	0	18
1990 Denver Broncos (NFL)	3	0	0					0	0		-	0	18
1991 Denver Broncos (NFL)	6	0	0					0	0		-	0	36
1992 Denver Broncos (NFL)	2	0	0					0	0		-	0	12
1994 Denver Broncos (NFL)	4	0	0		0	2		0	0		-	0	24
1995 Denver Broncos (NFL)	1	0	0		1	2		0	0		-	0	8
1996 Denver Broncos (NFL)	4	0	0		0	1		0	0		-	0	24
1997 Denver Broncos (NFL)	1	0	0		0	0		0	0		-	0	6
1998 Denver Broncos (NFL)	1	0	0		0	0		0	0		-	0	6
Career Totals (NFL)	34	0	0		1	5		0	0		-	0	206

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+	FUM
1983 Denver Broncos (NFL)	28	146	5.2	23	1			0
1984 Denver Broncos (NFL)	56	237	4.2	21	1			0
1985 Denver Broncos (NFL)	51	253	5.0	22	0			0
1986 Denver Broncos (NFL)	52	257	4.9	24	1			0
1987 Denver Broncos (NFL)	66	304	4.6	29	4			0
1988 Denver Broncos (NFL)	54	234	4.3	26	1			0
1989 Denver Broncos (NFL)	48	244	5.1	31	3			0
1990 Denver Broncos (NFL)	50	258	5.2	21	3			0
1991 Denver Broncos (NFL)	55	255	4.6	17t	6	24	0	0	0
1992 Denver Broncos (NFL)	34	94	2.8	9	2	13	0	0	3
1993 Denver Broncos (NFL)	44	153	3.5	18	0	11	0	0	4
1994 Denver Broncos (NFL)	58	235	4.1	22	4	17	1	0	3
1995 Denver Broncos (NFL)	41	176	4.3	25	1	17	1	0	6
1996 Denver Broncos (NFL)	50	249	5.0	22	4	19	2	0	2
1997 Denver Broncos (NFL)	50	218	4.4	23	1	13	1	0	7
1998 Denver Broncos (NFL)	37	94	2.5	16	1	10	0	0	2
Career Totals (NFL)	774	3407	4.4	31	33	124	5	0	27

PASSING	ATT	COM	COM%	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	SK	YL	FD	G20+	G40+	RTG
1983 Denver Broncos (NFL)	259	123	47.5	122	1663	6.4	13.5	49t	7	2.7	14	5.4	28	218				54.9
1984 Denver Broncos (NFL)	380	214	56.3	151	2598	6.8	12.1	73	18	4.7	15	3.9	24	158				76.8
1985 Denver Broncos (NFL)	605	327	54.0	255	3891	6.4	11.9	65t	22	3.6	23	3.8	38	307				70.2
1986 Denver Broncos (NFL)	504	280	55.6	211	3485	6.9	12.4	53	19	3.8	13	2.6	32	233				79.0
1987 Denver Broncos (NFL)	410	224	54.6	174	3198	7.8	14.3	72t	19	4.6	12	2.9	20	138				83.4
1988 Denver Broncos (NFL)	496	274	55.2	203	3309	6.7	12.1	86	17	3.4	19	3.8	30	237				71.4
1989 Denver Broncos (NFL)	416	223	53.6	175	3051	7.3	13.7	69	18	4.3	18	4.3	35	298				73.7
1990 Denver Broncos (NFL)	502	294	58.6	194	3526	7.0	12.0	66	15	3.0	14	2.8	43	311				78.5
1991 Denver Broncos (NFL)	451	242	53.7	197	3253	7.2	13.4	71	13	2.9	12	2.7	45	305	147	49	9	75.4
1992 Denver Broncos (NFL)	316	174	55.1	125	2242	7.1	12.9	80t	10	3.2	17	5.4	36	272	90	29	9	65.7
1993 Denver Broncos (NFL)	551	348	63.2	193	4030	7.3	11.6	63	25	4.5	10	1.8	39	293	185	50	10	92.8
1994 Denver Broncos (NFL)	494	307	62.1	177	3490	7.1	11.4	63	16	3.2	10	2.0	46	303	162	41	11	85.7
1995 Denver Broncos (NFL)	542	316	58.3	212	3970	7.3	12.6	62t	26	4.8	14	2.6	22	180	190	52	10	86.4
1996 Denver Broncos (NFL)	466	287	61.6	165	3328	7.1	11.6	51	26	5.6	14	3.0	26	194	165	44	5	89.2
1997 Denver Broncos (NFL)	502	280	55.8	211	3635	7.2	13.0	78	27	5.4	11	2.2	34	203	169	52	10	87.5
1998 Denver Broncos (NFL)	356	210	59.0	136	2806	7.9	13.4	58	22	6.2	10	2.8	18	135	139	34	6	93.0
Career Totals (NFL)	7250	4123	56.9	2901	51475	7.1	12.5	86	300	4.1	226	3.1	516	3785	1247	351	70	79.9

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+	FUM
1986 Denver Broncos (NFL)		1		23	23.0	23t	1	1	1	0	0
1991 Denver Broncos (NFL)		1		24	24.0	24	0	1	1	0	0
1998 Denver Broncos (NFL)		1		14	14.0	14	0	1	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)		3		61	20.3	24	1	3	2	0	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	OB	DN	RYDS	NYDS	NET
1987 Denver Broncos (NFL)	1	31	31.0	31	0	0	1			0	31	31.0
1988 Denver Broncos (NFL)	3	117	39.0	40	0	0	2			0	117	39.0
1989 Denver Broncos (NFL)	1	34	34.0	34	0	1	0			0	14	14.0
1990 Denver Broncos (NFL)	1	37	37.0	37	0	1	0			0	17	17.0
1991 Denver Broncos (NFL)	1	34	34.0	34	0	1	0	0	0	0	14	14.0
Career Totals (NFL)	7	253	36.1	40	0	3	3	0	0	0	193	27.6

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1983 Denver Broncos (NFL)	6		3	0	3	0	0
1984 Denver Broncos (NFL)	14		5	0	5	-10	0
1985 Denver Broncos (NFL)	7		2	0	2	-35	0
1986 Denver Broncos (NFL)	8		1	0	1	-13	0
1987 Denver Broncos (NFL)	2		0	0	0	-1	0
1988 Denver Broncos (NFL)	7		5	0	5	-9	0
1989 Denver Broncos (NFL)	9		2	0	2	-4	0
1990 Denver Broncos (NFL)	8		1	0	1	-3	0
1991 Denver Broncos (NFL)	12		2	0	2	0	0
1992 Denver Broncos (NFL)	12		1	0	1	0	0
1993 Denver Broncos (NFL)	8		5	0	5	-5	0
1994 Denver Broncos (NFL)	11		2	0	2	-5	0
1995 Denver Broncos (NFL)	9		1	0	1	-7	0
1996 Denver Broncos (NFL)	6		2	0	2	-4	0
1997 Denver Broncos (NFL)	11		1	0	1	-21	0
1998 Denver Broncos (NFL)	7		2	0	2	-18	0
Career Totals (NFL)	137		35	0	35	-135	0

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