Pete Gonzalez
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Personal information | |
| Born | July 4, 1974 Miami, Florida, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 216 lb (98 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Coral Park (Miami) |
| College | Pittsburgh (1993–1997) |
| NFL draft | 1998: undrafted |
| Career history | |
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| Stats at Pro Football Reference | |
Pete Gonzalez (born July 4, 1974) is an American former professional football quarterback who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL) and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers.
Pete Gonzalez was born on July 24, 1974, in Miami, Florida.[2] He attended Miami Coral Park Senior High School in Miami.[2]
College career
Gonzalez played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers of the University of Pittsburgh. He threw three incomplete passes for one interception as a true freshman in 1993 before taking a redshirt.[3][4] He only attempted six passes in 1994, completing four of them for 53 yards while also scoring a rushing touchdown.[3] Gonzalez made his first career start in 1995 after John Ryan was benched.[5] Overall in 1995, Gonzalez recorded 30 completions on 76 passing attempts (39.5%) for 478 yards, three touchdowns, and five interceptions while scoring a rushing touchdown.[3] He started two games during the 1996 season after Matt Lytle was benched. However, Lytle then returned as starter. Gonzalez completed 30 of 65 passes (46.2%) for 344 yards, three touchdowns, and three interceptions.[3]
In 1997, Gonzalez beat Lytle out for the starting job late in training camp.[6] In that year, he led the Panthers to a come-from-behind-victory over the West Virginia Mountaineers in the Backyard Brawl 41–38 in double overtime. (It was the first season of the current overtime rules in college football, which was designed to eliminate tied games.) He subsequently took Pitt to their first bowl game in eight years with an appearance in the Liberty Bowl. Overall in 1997, Gonzalez completed 198 of 345 passes (57.4%) for 2,657 yards, 30 touchdowns, and seven interceptions while also running for three touchdowns.[3] His passing attempts, completions, passing yards, and passing touchdowns were all the most in the Big East that season.[3]