Mike Pagel
American football player (born 1960)
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Mike John Pagel (born September 13, 1960) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Arizona State Sun Devils and was selected by the Baltimore Colts in the fourth round of the 1982 NFL draft.
Douglas, Arizona, U.S.
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| Position | Quarterback | ||||||||||||
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| Born | September 13, 1960 Douglas, Arizona, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 206 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | Washington (Phoenix, Arizona) | ||||||||||||
| College | Arizona State (1978–1981) | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 1982: 4th round, 84th overall pick | ||||||||||||
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Professional career
Baltimore Colts
Drafted the same year as Art Schlichter, Pagel was drafted to be groomed as a backup. Generally, however, he out-played Schlichter. Pagel bounced in and out of the starting quarterback job for the Colts in his four seasons with the team, alternating with Schlichter, Matt Kofler, and Mark Herrmann. He was the last Colt to wear #18 before Peyton Manning.
Cleveland Browns
He was traded to Cleveland for the 1986 season and served for the next five years there strictly as a backup. In 1988, he took over for an injured Bernie Kosar and Don Strock and played well in a playoff loss to the Houston Oilers.
Los Angeles Rams
Pagel finished up the last three years with the Los Angeles Rams, never garnering more than mop-up duties.
Life after football
Pagel now resides in suburban Cleveland, Ohio, and is a project manager for AT&T. He also serves as analyst for the pregame, halftime and postgame shows on WTAM and WMMS during Browns games and offers television color commentary on college games on Fox Sports Network. Pagel also provides video commentary on his own site Pagel On Point. In addition, he presently is the quarterback coach at Normandy High School in Parma, Ohio.
Personal life
NFL career statistics
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| Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | Games | Passing | Rushing | Sacks | |||||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | Lng | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Sck | Yds | ||
| 1982 | BAL | 9 | 9 | 0−8−1 | 111 | 221 | 50.2 | 1,281 | 5.8 | 53 | 5 | 7 | 62.4 | 19 | 82 | 4.3 | 32 | 1 | 16 | 129 |
| 1983 | BAL | 15 | 15 | 7−8 | 163 | 328 | 49.7 | 2,353 | 7.2 | 72 | 12 | 17 | 64.0 | 54 | 441 | 8.2 | 33 | 0 | 40 | 278 |
| 1984 | IND | 11 | 9 | 3−6 | 114 | 212 | 53.8 | 1,426 | 6.7 | 54 | 8 | 8 | 71.8 | 26 | 149 | 5.7 | 23 | 1 | 28 | 201 |
| 1985 | IND | 16 | 14 | 5−9 | 199 | 393 | 50.6 | 2,414 | 6.1 | 80 | 14 | 15 | 65.8 | 25 | 160 | 6.4 | 29 | 2 | 25 | 180 |
| 1986 | CLE | 1 | 0 | − | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 53 | 17.7 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 109.7 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | CLE | 4 | 0 | − | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | CLE | 5 | 4 | 2−2 | 71 | 134 | 53.0 | 736 | 5.5 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 64.1 | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 1989 | CLE | 16 | 0 | − | 5 | 14 | 35.7 | 60 | 4.3 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 43.7 | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | CLE | 16 | 3 | 0−3 | 69 | 148 | 46.6 | 819 | 5.5 | 32 | 3 | 8 | 48.2 | 3 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 40 |
| 1991 | RAM | 16 | 0 | − | 11 | 27 | 40.7 | 150 | 5.6 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 83.9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | RAM | 16 | 0 | − | 8 | 20 | 40.0 | 99 | 5.0 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 33.1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | RAM | 7 | 0 | − | 3 | 9 | 33.3 | 23 | 2.6 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 132 | 54 | 17−36−1 | 756 | 1,509 | 50.1 | 9,414 | 6.2 | 80 | 49 | 63 | 63.3 | 136 | 831 | 6.1 | 33 | 4 | 115 | 837 | |