Peter Tom Willis
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Morris, Alabama, U.S.
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| Position | Quarterback | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | January 4, 1967 Morris, Alabama, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 188 lb (85 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school | Mortimer Jordan (Kimberly, Alabama) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Florida State | ||||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 1990: 3rd round, 63rd overall pick | ||||||||||||||
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Peter Tom Willis (born January 4, 1967) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) and Arena Football League (AFL). He played college football for the Florida State Seminoles and was selected by the Chicago Bears in the third round of the 1990 NFL draft.[1] After four years with the Bears, he played in the AFL for the Tampa Bay Storm. From 1998 to 2008 he served as the radio color commentator for the Seminoles.
Willis lives in Valrico, Florida and is an industrial buyer for Commercial Metals Company at their Tampa facility.[2]
Originally from Morris, Alabama and Mortimer Jordan High School, Willis was inducted as a member of the Florida State University Sports Hall of Fame in 1998. During his successful senior year in 1989 (his first and only season as the starting quarterback), he led the team to 10 straight victories, including an impressive 41–17 win over the Nebraska Cornhuskers in the Fiesta Bowl. It was also during that year that he set 15 team passing records. He surpassed fellow Seminole Hall of Famer Gary Huff to become Florida State's top single season passer with 3,124 yards. He also set the record for passes completed in a season (211), most 300-yard passing games (six), as well as touchdown passes in a game (six). Willis also set five Florida State career records including best passing efficiency at 148.5.
Willis' senior season saw the Seminoles lose their first two games before coming back with 10-straight wins over the likes of Syracuse, Auburn, Miami and Florida. On a team that many considered the nation's best at year's end, Willis helped put the exclamation point on that notion with a 41–17 win over Nebraska in the Fiesta Bowl.
College statistics
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Regular season
| Year | Team | Games | Passing | |||||||
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| GP | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | TD | Int | Rtg | ||
| 1986 | Florida State | 8 | 36 | 59 | 61.0 | 463 | 7.8 | 3 | 4 | 130.2 |
| 1987 | Florida State | 4 | 9 | 10 | 90.0 | 67 | 6.7 | 1 | 0 | 179.3 |
| 1988 | Florida State | 11 | 48 | 85 | 56.5 | 637 | 7.5 | 9 | 3 | 147.3 |
| 1989 | Florida State | 11 | 211 | 346 | 61.0 | 3,124 | 9.0 | 20 | 9 | 150.7 |
| Career | 34 | 304 | 500 | 60.8 | 4,291 | 8.6 | 33 | 16 | 148.3 | |
Professional career
After college, Willis played professional football for the National Football League's Chicago Bears and the Tampa Bay Storm of the Arena Football League.