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TOM TUPA

Tupa, Joseph Thomas, Jr.
Height: 6-4 Weight: 224
Born: February 6, 1966 Cleveland, OH
High School: Brecksville-Broadview Heights (Broadview Heights, OH)

Year	College	Status
1984	Ohio State	Lettered
1985	Ohio State	Lettered
1986	Ohio State	Lettered
1987	Ohio State	Lettered

Draft: 3rd round (68th overall) 1988 Phoenix Cardinals

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Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1988 Phoenix Cardinals (NFL)1988 PHX NFL	19	QB	2	0
1989 Phoenix Cardinals (NFL)1989 PHX NFL	19	QB-P	14	2
1990 Phoenix Cardinals (NFL)1990 PHX NFL	19	QB	15	0
1991 Phoenix Cardinals (NFL)1991 PHX NFL	19	QB	11	11
1992 Indianapolis Colts (NFL)1992 IND NFL	7	QB	3	0
1994 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1994 CLE NFL	7	P	16	0
1995 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1995 CLE NFL	7	P	16	0
1996 New England Patriots (NFL)1996 NE NFL	19	P	16	0
1997 New England Patriots (NFL)1997 NE NFL	19	P	16	0
1998 New England Patriots (NFL)1998 NE NFL	19	P	16	0
1999 New York Jets (NFL)1999 NYJ NFL	7	P-QB	16	0
2000 New York Jets (NFL)2000 NYJ NFL	7	P	16	0
2001 New York Jets (NFL)2001 NYJ NFL	7	P-QB	15	0
2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (NFL)2002 TB NFL	9	P	16	0
2003 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (NFL)2003 TB NFL	9	P	16	0
2004 Washington Redskins (NFL)2004 WAS NFL	19	P	16	0
16 Years (NFL)16 Years NFL			220	13

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	4/24/1988	1988 Phoenix Cardinals (NFL)1988 PHX NFL
Signed	7/12/1988	1988 Phoenix Cardinals (NFL)1988 PHX NFL
Free Agent (Plan B)	2/1/1991	1990 Phoenix Cardinals (NFL)1990 PHX NFL
Signed	7/17/1991	1991 Phoenix Cardinals (NFL)1991 PHX NFL
Free Agent (Plan B)	2/1/1992	1991 Phoenix Cardinals (NFL)1991 PHX NFL
Signed	3/31/1992	1992 Indianapolis Colts (NFL)1992 IND NFL
Released	8/30/1993	1993 Indianapolis Colts (NFL)1993 IND NFL
Signed	11/9/1993	1993 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1993 CLE NFL
Released	11/24/1993	1993 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1993 CLE NFL
Signed	3/30/1994	1994 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1994 CLE NFL
Free Agent	2/16/1996	1995 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1995 CLE NFL
Signed	3/15/1996	1996 New England Patriots (NFL)1996 NE NFL
Free Agent	2/12/1999	1998 New England Patriots (NFL)1998 NE NFL
Signed	2/15/1999	1999 New York Jets (NFL)1999 NYJ NFL
Released	2/25/2002	2001 New York Jets (NFL)2001 NYJ NFL
Signed	5/10/2002	2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (NFL)2002 TB NFL
Unrestricted Free Agent	2/28/2003	2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (NFL)2002 TB NFL
Signed	6/16/2003	2003 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (NFL)2003 TB NFL
Unrestricted Free Agent	3/3/2004	2003 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (NFL)2003 TB NFL
Injured Reserve	8/30/2005	2004 Washington Redskins (NFL)2004 WAS NFL
Signed	3/6/2004	2004 Washington Redskins (NFL)2004 WAS NFL
Injured Reserve	8/30/2005	2005 Washington Redskins (NFL)2005 WAS NFL
Released (Failed Physical)	3/10/2006	2005 Washington Redskins (NFL)2005 WAS NFL

AWARDS
1999 Associated Press All-NFL
1999 Pro Bowl All-AFC
1999 Pro Football Weekly All-AFC

SCORING	TD	X2	X2A	DX	S	PTS
1991 Phoenix Cardinals (NFL)1991 PHX NFL	1	-	-	-	-	6
1994 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1994 CLE NFL	0	3	3	-	-	6
1999 New York Jets (NFL)1999 NYJ NFL	0	0	1	-	-	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	1	3	4	-	-	12

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	FUM
1989 Phoenix Cardinals (NFL)1989 PHX NFL	15	75	5.0	13	0
1990 Phoenix Cardinals (NFL)1990 PHX NFL	1	0	0.0	0	0	0
1991 Phoenix Cardinals (NFL)1991 PHX NFL	28	97	3.5	17	1	7	0
1992 Indianapolis Colts (NFL)1992 IND NFL	3	9	3.0	10	0	1	1
1995 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1995 CLE NFL	1	9	9.0	9	0	0	0
1998 New England Patriots (NFL)1998 NE NFL	2	-2	-1.0	-1	0	0	0
1999 New York Jets (NFL)1999 NYJ NFL	2	8	4.0	4	0	0	0
2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (NFL)2002 TB NFL	1	-9	-9.0	-9	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	53	187	3.5	17	1	8	1

PASSING	ATT	COM	COM%	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	SK	YL	FD	20+	40+	RTG
1988 Phoenix Cardinals (NFL)1988 PHX NFL	6	4	66.7	2	49	8.2	12.3	22	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	11			0	91.7
1989 Phoenix Cardinals (NFL)1989 PHX NFL	134	65	48.5	60	973	7.3	15.0	77t	3	2.2	9	6.7	14	94				52.2
1991 Phoenix Cardinals (NFL)1991 PHX NFL	315	165	52.4	137	2053	6.5	12.4	62t	6	1.9	13	4.1	24	197	92	22	5	62.0
1992 Indianapolis Colts (NFL)1992 IND NFL	33	17	51.5	14	156	4.7	9.2	19	1	3.0	2	6.1	5	40	9	0	0	49.6
1995 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1995 CLE NFL	1	1	100.0	0	25	25.0	25.0	25	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	1	1	0	118.8
1996 New England Patriots (NFL)1996 NE NFL	2	0	0.0	2	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	39.6
1999 New York Jets (NFL)1999 NYJ NFL	11	6	54.5	5	165	15.0	27.5	65	2	18.2	0	0.0	3	30	4	3	2	139.2
2001 New York Jets (NFL)2001 NYJ NFL	1	1	100.0	0	9	9.0	9.0	9	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0	0	104.2
2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (NFL)2002 TB NFL	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0			0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	504	259	51.4	220	3430	6.8	13.2	77t	12	2.4	25	5.0	47	372	107	26	7	60.5

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	OB	DN	RYDS	NYDS	NET
1989 Phoenix Cardinals (NFL)1989 PHX NFL	6	280	46.7	51	0	0	2			41	239	39.8
1994 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1994 CLE NFL	80	3211	40.1	65	0	8	27	4	15	220	2831	35.4
1995 Cleveland Browns (NFL)1995 CLE NFL	65	2831	43.6	64	0	9	18	5	8	296	2355	36.2
1996 New England Patriots (NFL)1996 NE NFL	63	2739	43.5	62	0	7	14	7	7	334	2265	36.0
1997 New England Patriots (NFL)1997 NE NFL	78	3569	45.8	73	1	14	24	7	8	437	2852	36.1
1998 New England Patriots (NFL)1998 NE NFL	74	3294	44.5	64	0	9	13	7	7	493	2621	35.4
1999 New York Jets (NFL)1999 NYJ NFL	81	3659	45.2	69	0	7	25	2	19	427	3092	38.2
2000 New York Jets (NFL)2000 NYJ NFL	83	3714	44.7	70	0	15	18	6	11	660	2754	33.2
2001 New York Jets (NFL)2001 NYJ NFL	67	2575	38.4	59	0	5	21	6	17	333	2142	32.0
2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (NFL)2002 TB NFL	90	3856	42.8	71	0	12	30	14	17	433	3183	35.4
2003 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (NFL)2003 TB NFL	83	3590	43.3	60	0	6	26	15	11	489	2981	35.9
2004 Washington Redskins (NFL)2004 WAS NFL	103	4544	44.1	61	1	8	30	9	10	727	3657	35.2
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	873	37862	43.4	73	2	100	248	82	130	4890	30972	35.4

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	RET	RETY
1996 New England Patriots (NFL)1996 NE NFL	1	40	40.0	1	16
2000 New York Jets (NFL)2000 NYJ NFL	1	58	58.0	1	23
2001 New York Jets (NFL)2001 NYJ NFL	1	57	57.0	1	18
2004 Washington Redskins (NFL)2004 WAS NFL	1	47	47.0	1	15
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	4	202	50.5	4	72

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	REC	YDS
1989 Phoenix Cardinals (NFL)1989 PHX NFL	2		1	1	-6
1990 Phoenix Cardinals (NFL)1990 PHX NFL	1		0	0	-7
1991 Phoenix Cardinals (NFL)1991 PHX NFL	8		2	2	0
1992 Indianapolis Colts (NFL)1992 IND NFL	1		1	1	-1
1999 New York Jets (NFL)1999 NYJ NFL	1	1	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	13	1	4	4	-14

DEFENSE	TKL	ST	QH
1999 New York Jets (NFL)1999 NYJ NFL	2	2	0
2000 New York Jets (NFL)2000 NYJ NFL	1	1	0
2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (NFL)2002 TB NFL	2	2	0
2004 Washington Redskins (NFL)2004 WAS NFL	1	1
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	6	6	0

PENALTIES	Called	Declined	Accepted	Yards	Stalled Drives
2000 New York Jets (NFL)2000 NYJ NFL	1	0	1	5	1
2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (NFL)2002 TB NFL	1	0	1	5	1
2004 Washington Redskins (NFL)2004 WAS NFL	3	1	2	10	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	5	1	4	20	2

Last Updated: August 19, 2025