Meet the Vikings-QB's

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I found these pretty in depth Bio's at Vikings.com so I figured I would repost them here for you guys to check out. I'll try to do a new unit every day or so.

#11 Daunte Culpepper 6-4, 266 lbs Central Florida

Games and Starts

(reg. season, playoffs) 1999 (1,0), 2000 (16/16, 2/2). Total - (17/16, 2/2).

Professional Info

Enjoyed record-setting breakout season in 2000 that saw him earn the starting spot for the NFC in the Pro Bowl after not throwing an NFL pass as a rookie in 1999...Named All-Pro by USA Today...Named the 2000 NFL Quarterback of the Year by the National Quarterback Club...Won the ESPY Award from ESPN as the Breakthrough Athlete of the Year for 2000...Named to Pro Football Weekly's All-NFC team...Led the NFC and and tied for the the NFL lead with 33 TD passes in 2000...Set numerous team records, including throwing for 3+ TDs in seven games on the season, having a 60% or better completion percentage in nine games on the year, setting new QB rushing marks with 89 attempts, 470 yards and seven TDs...His seven rushing TDs tied for the team lead with Robert Smith...Became only the fourth QB in Vikings history to start all 16 games on the season, joining Fran Tarkenton (1978), Tommy Kramer (1979) and Warren Moon (1995)...Is only the fifth QB in NFL history to have 40 combined rushing and passing TDs (33 passing, 7 rushing), joining Dan Marino, Steve Young, Kurt Warner, and Brett Favre...Set a Vikings' postseason record with a 120.7 QB rating in the Divisional Playoff game vs. New Orleans (1/6/01), as well as becoming the first Viking QB to throw two passes of 50+ yards in a playoff game and only the third QB in Viking history to throw for 300+ yards in a playoff game.

2000: Made a huge impact on the Vikings' record book in his first season as a starter...His 3,937 passing yards ranks third in Vikings' single-season history, trailing only Warren Moon's 4,264 and 4,228 in 1994 and 1995 respectively...His 33 TD passes are the second most in Vikings' single-season history, tying Warren Moon's 34 in 1995 and trailing Randall Cunningham's 34 in 1998...Finished the 2000 season ranked third in the NFC and fourth in the NFL with a 98.0 QB rating...Ranks second in Vikings' single-season history with a 62.7% completion percentage, trailing only Fran Tarkenton's 64.2% in 1975...Tied a Viking record held by Brad Johnson with 15 consecutive games with a TD pass, a streak which carries over into the 2001 season...Set a new Vikings record for fewest starts needed to earn 10 wins with 12, breaking Gary Cuozzo and Randall Cunningham's mark of 13 games...Ranks tied for second with Kurt Warner for fewest games needed to reach 10 wins with 12, trailing only Mike Tomczak's 10 games...Became the first Viking QB to post a QB rating of 100+ in four straight games (124.1 at Detroit, 130.5 vs. Tampa Bay, 120.4 at Chicago and 107.1 vs. Buffalo)...In his first NFL start vs. Chicago (9/3) in the season opener, he set a team record for most rushing TDs by a QB with three and most rushing attempts by a QB with 13, and became the first Viking player to run for three TDs since Herschel Walker in 1991...Honored as the NFL Offensive Player of the Week for his performance in the NFC Divisional Playoff game vs. New Orleans (1/6/01)...Named the Miller Lite Player of the Week and the NFC Offensive Player of the Week in his fifth career start vs. Tampa Bay (10/9) on Monday Night Football when he was 15-of-19 for 231 yards with two TDs and ran seven times for 35 yards and a career-long 27-yard TD...Named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance vs. Carolina (11/19) when he threw for a career-high 357 yards and three TDs...With win vs. Buffalo (10/22), Culpepper became the first Viking QB to start his career 7-0...Brought the team back from fourth quarter deficits in three games, vs. Chicago (9/3), vs. Tampa Bay (10/9) and vs. Buffalo (10/22)...Went over the 3,000-yard mark on Thanksgiving Day at Dallas (11/23) to become only the sixth Viking player to throw for 3,000 yards in a season, joining Fran Tarkenton, Tommy Kramer, Warren Moon, Brad Johnson and Randall Cunningham...His 27-yard TD run vs. Tampa Bay (10/9) is the second-longest scoring run by a Viking QB, trailing only Fran Tarkenton's 52-yard TD run...Became only the fifth Viking QB to throw two TD passes of 50+ yards in a game (61t and 50t to Randy Moss) at Detroit (10/1), joining Randall Cunningham, Fran Tarkenton, Tommy Kramer and Sean Salisbury...Came back from a high ankle sprain vs. Green Bay (12/17) to start the regular season finale at Indianapolis (12/24), but left the game in the first quarter...Was 23-of-38 for 335 yards, three TDs, one INT, threw a career-long 78-yard pass to Randy Moss, and ran seven times for 42 yards vs. Green Bay (12/17)...Went 21-of-33 for 221 yards with three TDs and zero INTs and ran four times for 37 yards at St. Louis (12/10)...Threw for 204 yards on 15-of-22 passing with two TDs and zero INTs in Thanksgiving Day game at Dallas (11/23)?...hrew for career-high 357 yards on 22-of-29 passing with three TDs, including a 53-yarder to Robert Smith vs. Carolina (11/19)...Connected on 25-of-32 passes for 302 yards with three TDs and an INT, while carrying five times for 26 yards vs. Arizona (11/12)...Completed 17-of-34 passes for 276 yards, two TDs and three INTs while rushing four times for 20 yards at Green Bay (11/6)...Had career-highs in attempts and completions going 29-of-53 for 313 yards with a TD and two INTs while rushing four times for 35 yards at Tampa Bay (10/29)...Had 251 yards on 17-of-29 passing with three TDs, a two-point conversion, and an INT vs. Buffalo (10/22), bringing the Vikings back from a 24-13 deficit in the fourth quarter to win the game...In his first appearance on Sunday Night Football he threw three TDs and zero INTs while going 15-of-26 for 198 yards...Hit 15-of-19 passes for 231 yards with a pair of TDs vs. Tampa Bay (10/9) while leading the team back from a fourth quarter deficit by scoring 10 points in the final nine minutes to earn the win...Had his first three-TD pass day of his career, all to Randy Moss, going 17-of-29 for 269 yards and rushing seven times for 29 yards on the day at Detroit (10/1)...In his first career road start, he was 19-of-28 for 177 yards, two TDs and an INT along with 12 carries for 59 yards at New England (9/17)...Went over the 300-yard mark in only his second career start, going 23-of-37 for 355 yards and threw his first career TD pass to Randy Moss for 15 yards vs. Miami (9/10)...In first NFL start in regular season opener he went 13-of-23 for 190 yards and carried 13 times for 73 yards and three TDs vs. Chicago (9/3).

1999: Saw first NFL game action vs. San Francisco (10/24), rushing three times for six yards, including converting a first down with a 9-yard run...Inactive but dressed as the team's third quarterback in 14 games...Inactive for game at Denver (10/31), missing the game due to illness.

College Info

Drafted in the first round by the Vikings (11th overall) in the 1999 NFL Draft...First quarterback drafted by Minnesota in the first round since Tommy Kramer in 1977...Fourth quarterback taken in the 1999 draft behind Tim Couch (1st), Cleveland; Donovan McNabb (2nd), Philadelphia; and Akili Smith (3rd), Cincinnati; and one of five quarterbacks taken in the first round including Cade McNown (12th), Chicago...Broke over 30 records at the University of Central Florida...Set an NCAA record for single-season completion percentage at .736, breaking a 15-year-old mark set by Steve Young (.713)...Topped the 10,000-yard passing mark and the 1,000 yard rushing mark in his career, a feat equaled by only two others in NCAA history (Alcorn State's Steve McNair from ?91-94 and Idaho's Doug Nussmeier from '90-93)...Finished career with 11,412 yards passing and 1,020 yards rushing...Ranks sixth on the NCAA's all-time total offense list for all divisions with 12,459 yards and was responsible for 108 career touchdowns (84 passing, 24 rushing).

1998: All-American and All-Independent first-team selection...Shared National Offensive Player of the Year honors with Texas halfback Ricky Williams by The Sports Network...Winner of the Sammy Baugh National Passer of the Year Award...Finalist for the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award...Semifinalist for the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award and finished sixth in the Heisman Trophy balloting...Finished seventh in the balloting for the Associated Press Player of the Year and was named a Positive Performer by USA Today Online for community service and academics...Completed 296-of-402 attempts (.736) for 3,690 yards, 28 touchdowns and seven interceptions...Rushed 141 times for 463 yards and 12 touchdowns...Ranked third in the nation in passing efficiency at 170.24 and third in the nation in total offense at 377.55...Completed 24-of-37 passes for 370 yards, four touchdowns and added 69 yards on 11 carries and a pair of touchdowns vs. Louisiana Tech (9/5)...Threw for 406 yards on 28-of-33 and 4 touchdowns including 73 yards on 12 carries with three rushing touchdowns on runs of 8, 10, and 5 yards vs. Eastern Illinois (9/12)...Connected on 23-of-32 for 320 yards and four touchdowns, including a 68-yard score vs. Bowling Green (9/26). Also, ran for a score and caught a pass for a gain of 21 yards...Threw for 342 yards on 36-of-39 and two touchdowns, and ran for 53 yards on 13 carries with a 12-yard score vs. Toledo (10/3)...Broke open a third quarter tie with a 1-yard touchdown run vs. Northern Illinois (10/10) and completed 28-of-33 attempts for 327 yards. While doing so, Culpepper became the state of Florida's all-time leader in total offense, topping the University of Florida's Danny Wuerffel, who had 10,500 yards from '93 to '96...Threw for 438 yards on 21-of-28 with touchdowns of 47 and 56 yards, while adding touchdown runs of 1 and 11 against Southwestern Louisiana (10/24)...Completed 31-of-41 for 347 yards, four touchdowns and a rushing touchdown vs. Youngstown State (10/31)...Connected on 28-of-33 for 327 yards and three touchdowns and one rushing score vs. Ball State (11/14)...Closed out his career with 263 yards and a pair of scores on 23-of-32 passing, while adding 94 yards on the ground on 18 carries vs. New Mexico (11/21).

1997: Finalist for the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award, semifinalist for the Football News Offensive Player of the Year, first-team All-American by the NFL Draft Report and selected to the American Football Coaches Association Good Works Team...Voted the United States Postal Service College Football Player of the Week after a win at Kent, as well as Sports Network Offensive Player of the Week after the Mississippi State and Northeast Louisiana games, becoming the first to ever earn that honor in back-to-back weeks...Named Player of the Week by Gridiron Report after a win against Samford...Rated the nation's premier quarterback and second-best offensive prospect (behind current Viking Randy Moss) by the Poor Man's Guide to the NFL Draft, and was named Football News honorable mention All-American...Voted the Florida Sports Hall of Fame's People's Choice Award winner as the Male Amateur Athlete of the Year...Finished fourth in the nation in total offense with an average of 320 yards-per-game and 15th in passing efficiency with a rating of 146.91...Converted 42 of 46 chances in the red zone...Set 15 school records during the course of the season...Broke UCF records in both passing with 3,086 yards and total offense with 3,524...Rushed for 438 yards and five touchdowns, including runs of 44 and 75...Completed 24-of-35 for 318 yards with one rushing and one passing touchdown vs. Nebraska (9/13)...Threw for 322 yards on 26-of-35 with four touchdowns and one rushing touchdown against Kent (10/4)...Hit on 26-of-45 passes for 385 yards and five touchdowns, including a 44-yard rushing score vs. Northeast Louisiana (11/1).

1996: Completed 187-of-314 passes for 2,565 yards with 19 touchdowns and was named UCF's Offensive Most Valuable Player...Finished the season ranked 18th in the nation in total offense (242.45 ypg) and 22nd in passing efficiency (138.6)...UCF finished 16th in the nation in passing offense...Directed a fourth quarter come-from-behind victory vs. William & Mary (8/29), finishing the game with 307 yards and three touchdowns...Hit on 24-of-36 passes vs. Alabama-Birmingham (11/9) for 421 yards, three passing and one rushing touchdown.

1995: Named All-American third team and National Freshman of the Year by The Poor Man's Guide to the NFL Draft...Selected UCF's Most Outstanding Offensive Rookie...His 2,071 yards passing was the most-ever by a freshman at UCF...Completed 12 consecutive passes in his first start on opening night vs. Eastern Kentucky (8/31) and finished 20-of-25 for 254 yards and 3 scores, earning Sports Network 1-AA Offensive Player of the Week honors...Threw for a season-high 307 yards on 22-of-30 passing vs. Carson-Newman (9/9)...Set a school record for completion percentage in a game (.875), when he completed 14-of-16 attempts for 184 yards and three touchdowns against Samford (10/7).

Personal Info

Attended Vanguard (Ocala, Fla.) High...Set school record for career passing with 6,107 yards and 57 touchdowns in three seasons...Also rushed for 927 yards and 26 touchdowns...Passed for 3,074 yards with 31 touchdowns and rushed for 602 yards as a senior, earning All-America honors and title "Mr. Football" by the Florida Athletic Coaches Association...Led Vanguard to undefeated regular season and to the Class 5A state championship game...Also lettered in basketball, baseball and weightlifting...Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 26th round of the 1995 MLB draft...Secondary Education major at UCF...High school coach, Alex Castaneda, was one of five finalists for NFL High School Football Coach of the Year award...Off-field charity work has included working with the African American Adoption and Permanency Placement Agency...Resides in Orlando during the offseason. ____________________________________________________________________

#8 Todd Bouman 6-2, 231 St. Cloud State

Games and Starts

(reg. season, playoffs): 1997 (0/0, 0/0), 1998 (0/0, 0/0), 1999 (0/0, 0/0), 2000 (0/0, 0/0). Total - 0/0, 0/0.

Professional Info

Has spent the most time in the Vikings system of any quarterback on the roster...Led the 1999 Barcelona Dragons to a berth in the World Bowl in NFL Europe action, ranking second in the league in attempts, completions, passing yards, and touchdowns.

2000: Dressed but inactive in two playoff games and all 16 regular season games.

1999: Inactive, but dressed as the third quarterback at Denver (10/31)...Inactive for 15 regular season games and both playoff contests.

1998: Inactive for playoff games vs. Arizona (1/10) and vs. Atlanta (1/17)...Inactive for final two regular season games vs. Jacksonville (12/20) and vs. Tennessee (12/26)...Inactive but dressed as the third quarterback vs. Cincinnati, vs. Green Bay (11/22), at Dallas (11/26), vs. Chicago (12/6) and at Baltimore (12/13)...Inactive for game vs. New Orleans (11/8)...Inactive but dressed as the third quarterback for the first seven games of the season.

1997: Deactivated but in uniform as the third quarterback vs. San Francisco (12/7), vs. Detroit (12/14), and vs. Indianapolis (12/21) and for playoff games vs. N.Y. Giants (12/27) and San Francisco (1/3/98)...Signed as a rookie free agent on April 25, 1997...Signed to practice squad after training camp (8/25)...Signed to active roster December 5.

College Info

Three-year starter at St. Cloud State...Ranks second all-time in school history in total offense (5,050), third in passing yards (4,354) and fourth in completions (326) and touchdown passes (30)...Honorable-mention All-North Central Conference...Honorable-mention Successful Farming All-America Team, presented to athletes from ranches or farms, in 1996...Second on team in rushing...Had season-highs for completions (17), completion percentage (65.4%) and passing yards (231) in 48-42 overtime win at Mankato State (10/12)...Passed for one touchdown and ran for two more scores in 30-20 win over Northern Colorado (10/26)...Honorable-mention All-NCC in 1995...Threw only six interceptions in 206 pass attempts...Threw career-high three touchdown passes, including 56-yarder, in first collegiate start against Minnesota-Duluth (9/10/94)...Completed 21 of 41 passes for career-high 300 yards and two touchdowns against South Dakota State (9/17/94)...Played in two games in 1993...Sat out after transferring from South Dakota State to St. Cloud State in 1992.

Personal Info

All-state as senior quarterback at Russell-Tyler-Ruthton High School in Ruthton, MN...Also earned all-state honors in basketball....Won National High School Slam Dunk Contest in Arizona...Competed in state meet in long jump and high jump in high school...Majored in sport sociology...Played basketball for three years at St. Cloud State...Named school's Defensive Player of the Year twice...Graduated from SCSU ranked seventh in school history in three-point field goals (68), ninth in steals (94) and tenth in blocks (27)...Scored 563 career points in basketball...Brothers, Shane and Troy, were starters on the football and basketball teams at South Dakota State...Married, wife's name is Courtney, a standout volleyball player during her career at St. Cloud State...Couple has a daughter, Aivary Sage, born May 30, 2000.

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#5 Billy Cockerham 6-1, 209 lbs University of Minnesota

Professional Info

Signed by the Vikings as a free agent on February 5, 2001...Spent the entire 2000 season on the Vikings' practice squad.

College Info

1999: Started all 12 games for a Gopher squad that had one of the school's most succesful seasons...All-Big Ten honorable mention his senior season...Threw for 2,091 yards while completing 147 passes, good enough for ninth-best in school history, and 15 touchdowns...Set the school record for most rushing TDs by a quarterback in a season with 10, and rushing yards by a quarterback in a single season with 831...Broke the school's single-season record for total offense with 2,922 yards...Completed a career-high 19 passes and three touchdowns in Minnesota's appearance in the Wells Fargo Sun Bowl and earned the games' C.M. Hendricks MVP Award...Earned Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week honors when he threw for a career-high 277 yards, while adding two touchdowns in the air and one on the ground in the Gophers' 24-23 win over No. 2-ranked Penn State...Threw for 218 yards and ran for a career-high 156 yards, finishing with a career-high 374 yards of total offense vs. Illinois State.

1998: Played in all 11 games with eight starts...Ranked eighth in the Big Ten with a 111.6 passer efficiency rating and 104.5 passing yards per game...Threw for 1,150 yards and 11 touchdowns...Ranked third on the team with 311 yards rushing...Rushed for two and threw for two touchdowns in a win over Iowa in the season finale...Inserted in the fourth quarter vs. Michigan State and led the Gophers to a come-from-behind win, throwing a 24-yard touchdown pass, and then had a 25-yard run that set up the game-winning field goal...Completed 15 of 30 passes for 186 yards and two touchdowns at Houston.

1997: Played in eight games, completing 13 of 28 passes for 242 yards and three touchdowns...Was 3-of-3 passing for a season-high 96 yards at Michigan State.

1996: Played in two games...Had a rush for seven yards in the season opener at Northeast Louisiana...Also played vs. Michigan.

1995: Redshirted...Scholar-Athlete Award winner.

Personal Info

Graduate of Skyline (Oakland, CA) High School...First-team All-Bay Area selection as a senior...Named top-20 All-East Bay performer...Three-time all-conference choice...Threw for 18 touchdowns and 1,500 yards, and nine rushing touchdowns in his senior season...Lettered in basketball and baseball...Majored in construction management and business/industry education.

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#12 Romaro Miller 6-1, 195 lbs University of Mississippi

Professional Info

Signed by the Vikings as a rookie free agent on May 9, 2001...Will compete for the third quarterback spot with Billy Cockerham...Talented college passer who left Mississippi holding several school records and a 22-13 record as a starter.

College Info

Ranks first in Ole Miss history in passing yards (6,311), TD passes (43), 200 yard passing games (18) and 250-yard passing games (8)...Ranks 18th on the Southeastern Conference all-time honor roll...Tied school record for 300-yard passing games with three...Ranks second in school history in completions (497), attempts (902) and total offense (6,413 yards)...Is the only Rebels player to pass for 2,000 yards in two separate seasons...His 18 TD passes as a senior tied Charlie Conerly's 1947 school record and was the third-best total in the SEC in 2000...Posted at least five games with 200+ passing yards in 1998, '99 and 2000, the first player in school history to accomplish the feat.

2000: Became the first QB in Ole Miss history and the 15th in SEC history to throw 40 TDs when he connected with a pair of scoring passes against Arkansas...Went 161-of-295 for 2,012 yards and 18 TDs on the season...Posted a season-best 302 passing yards in the season opener vs. Tulane...Threw for 287 yards against LSU on 20-of-37 passing...Ran for a career-high 60 yards on four attempts against Mississippi State and caught his first career TD pass when Deuce McAllister hit him with a 20-yard halfback pass...Selected by the Ole Miss Quarterback Club as Offensive Player of the Week vs. Tulane and Kentucky and shared the honor with McAllister for the Mississippi State game...Served as a team captain.

1999: Started all 12 games...Candidate for the Davey O'Brien Award...Completed 54.4 percent of his passes on the season...Went 147-of-270 for 1,999 yards and 14 TDs...Threw a TD pass in eight straight games, tying the school record held by Archie Manning...Threw for 200+ yards in five games on the season...Had a season-high 232 passing yards against Arkansas...Threw a career-long 78-yarder on a screen pass against Vanderbilt...Went over the 200-yard passing mark against Oklahoma in the Sanford Independence Bowl.

1998: Saw action in 11 games...Was named Offensive Player of the Game in helping Ole Miss upset Texas Tech in the Sanford Independence Bowl, 35-18...Set an Independence Bowl record with three TD passes in the game...Went 184-of-326 for 2,273 yards and 11 TDs on the season...Threw for over 2,200 yards in his first season as the Rebels' starter and missed the season finale at Mississippi State with a broken collarbone...Went over the 200-yard passing mark seven times on the season...Ranked fourth in the SEC with 227.3 passing yards per game and 230.6 yards of total offense...Had the best debut by a Mississippi quarterback in school history with 332 yards and two TDs on 26-of-40 passing against Memphis...Set his career-high with 351 yards on 32-of-51 passing against SMU and engineered the biggest comeback in school history.

1997: Backup quarterback as true freshman...Played in three games and completed five of 11 passes for 27 yards.

Personal Info

Named the 1996 Mississippi Player of the Year as a senior...Parade and SuperPrep All-America and ranked as the fourth-best quarterback prospect in the nation by SuperPrep...Threw for over 9,000 yards, 89 TDs, and ran for another 38 TDs to set a Mississippi state record with 127 total TDs...Set state single-season record as a senior with with 38 TD passes, 3,579 yards, 4,643 yards of total offense and was responsible for 51 TDs...Drafted in the 15th round by the Milwaukee Brewers in 1997...Honor roll student...Majored in radio and television...Selected to Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.

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