Craig Nall
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Alexandria, Louisiana, U.S.
_during_August_28,_2003_game_against_Tennessee_Titans_at_Lambeau_Field_in_Green_Bay,_Wisconsin.jpg) Nall with the Green Bay Packers in 2003 | |||||||||
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| Position | Quarterback | ||||||||
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| Born | April 21, 1979 Alexandria, Louisiana, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 227 lb (103 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Alexandria | ||||||||
| College | LSU (1997–2000) Northwestern State (2001) | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 2002: 5th round, 164th overall pick | ||||||||
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Craig Matthew Nall (born April 21, 1979) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the LSU Tigers and Northwestern State Demons. Nall was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the fifth round of the 2002 NFL draft. He also played for the Buffalo Bills and Houston Texans; he also had brief stints with the Scottish Claymores of NFL Europe and the Florida Tuskers of the United Football League (UFL).
Nall was born in Alexandria, Louisiana, and attended Alexandria Senior High School, where he was the quarterback for the football team, having thrown for 5,038 yards and 38 touchdowns.
College career
LSU
Nall initially played college football at Louisiana State University. He was redshirted in 1997. In 1998, he was the #2 quarterback behind senior Herb Tyler. When Tyler suffered an injury late in the game at Notre Dame, Nall came off of the bench to lead to Tigers the length of the field in a furious comeback attempt. The comeback came up short as an LSU receiver dropped the potential game winning pass in the end zone on fourth down as time was winding down. Nall then started the next week in the last game of the season at #13 Arkansas. Nall was sacked six times and threw for 147 yards and was intercepted once.
In 1999, Nall had to battle Josh Booty and Rohan Davey for the quarterback position. Nall was named the starter for the season opener but was benched at halftime with LSU leading. He was sacked once for 8 yards and he threw two interceptions in 15 attempts (completing 6 of 15 for 79 yards). Nall made only one other brief appearance at quarterback for LSU in 1999 as he got some late mop-up duty the next week. Nall did not play quarterback for the rest of the season.
Nall only got two passing attempts in the 2000 season opener after a groin injury hampered him at the end of fall camp.
Northwestern State
In 2001, Nall transferred to Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana, where he became the first quarterback in school history to surpass 2,000 yards passing in a season.