Chad Jeffries
No. 12 – Munich Ravens (ELF)
Position:Quarterback
Personal information
Born: (1992-12-25) December 25, 1992 (age 31)
Glendora, California, U.S.
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High school:Glendora (Glendora, California)
College:San Diego State (2011–2013)
Azusa Pacific (2014–2016)
Undrafted:2017
Career history

Chad Jeffries (born December 25, 1992) is an American football quarterback for the Munich Ravens of the European League of Football (ELF). From 2018 to 2022, he played for the Danube Dragons in the Austrian Football League and won the Austrian Bowl with them in 2022.[1] He was signed by the Munich Ravens in the European League of Football for the 2023 season.[2]

College career

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Jeffries was a four-year quarterback at Glendora High School.[3] Jeffries was at San Diego State from 2012 to 2013, but was not used.[4] From 2014 to 2016, he played for the Azusa Pacific Cougars.[5] The team won the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (NCAA Division II) title in a perfect season in 2016 and was named All-GNAC Honorable Mention. In 29 games for the Cougars, Jeffries made 272 throws for 3,862 yards on 482 attempts, including 27 for touchdowns. 11 throws were intercepted. He passed for 1,042 yards on 242 carries, including 10 touchdowns.[5]

Professional career

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For the 2017 season, Jeffries was signed by the Marburg Mercenaries in the German Football League. He threw for 3,045 yards and 28 touchdowns in 11 games and also ran for 305 yards, including three touchdowns.

After the season, Jeffries moved to Vienna to the Danube Dragons in the Austrian Football League. He played there for four seasons (the 2020 season was omitted). In the 2018 season he was the second-best quarterback in passing yards statistics with 3,173,[6] and in 2019, he led the league in this statistic.[7]

In the 2022 season, he won the Austrian Bowl with the Dragons in a perfect season and was named league MVP himself.[1][8]

For the 2023 season, he was signed by the newly founded Munich Ravens in the European League of Football and ended the season as the second best quarterback in the league according to individual statistics. In November of the same year, he received a contract extension from the Ravens for the following season.[9]

Season statistics

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Year Team Games Passing game Running game
Cmp Att Rte Yds Avg TD Int Att Yds Avg TD
  College Football
2014 Azusa Pacific Cougars 11 126 205 61.5 1.606 12.7 11 4 135 676 5.0 6
2015 Azusa Pacific Cougars 8 101 190 53.2 1.473 14.6 7 6 86 300 3.5 4
2016 Azusa Pacific Cougars 10 45 87 51.7 783 17.4 9 1 21 66 3.1 0
College Total 29 272 482 56.4 3.862 14.2 27 11 242 1042 4.3 10
File:GFL-logo.svg German Football League
2017 Marburg Mercenaries 11 232 404 57.4 3.045 13.1 28 12 106 305 2.9 3
GFL Total 11 232 404 57.4 3.045 13.1 28 12 106 305 2.9 3
File:Logo-AFL.png Austrian Football League
2018 Danube Dragons 12 226 363 62.3 3.173 14.8 24 6 86 464 5.4 3
2019 Danube Dragons 12 191 312 61.2 2.823 14.0 32 1 98 663 6.8 4
2020 Danube Dragons No games (COVID-19 pandemic)
2021 Danube Dragons 12 114 211 54.0 1.612 14.1 18 7 34 175 5.1 0
2022 Danube Dragons 12 159 254 62.6 2.852 17.9 33 4 58 196 3.4 7
AFL Total 48 690 1.140 60.5 10.460 15.2 107 18 276 1.498 5.4 14
  European League of Football
2023 Munich Ravens 12 285 408 69.9 3.535 12.4 30 5 66 363 5.5 2
ELF Total 12 285 408 69.9 3.535 12.4 30 5 66 363 5.5 2
Sources: athletics.apu.edu, stats.gfl.info, archive.football.at, live.football.at

References

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  1. ^ a b "Danube Dragons gewannen Austrian Bowl XXXVII" (in Austrian German). Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  2. ^ https://europeanleague.football/elf-news/munich-ravens-sign-chad-jeffries-as-their-first-quarterback-in-history
  3. ^ Redaktion (2018-01-19). "Dragons verpflichten Marburg Quarterback" (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  4. ^ "Chad Jeffries - Football". Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  5. ^ a b "Chad Jeffries - Football". Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  6. ^ Redaktion (2018-10-17). "Dragons verlängern mit Jeffries" (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  7. ^ Redaktion (2019-08-04). "Dragons verlängern mit Jeffries" (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  8. ^ "Das sind die MVPs der AFL-Saison 2022". AFBÖ (in Austrian German). 2022-07-19. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  9. ^ "Chad Jeffries re-signed with the Munich Ravens | ELF". Retrieved 2023-11-11.
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