Mike Pagel

Michael Jonathan 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. At 6'2" and 206 lb (93 kg), Pagel played in 12 NFL seasons from 1982 to 1993.

Mike Pagel

No. 18, 10, 14
Position:	Quarterback
Personal information
Born:	(1960-09-13) September 13, 1960 (age 63) Douglas, Arizona, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:	206 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school:	Washington (Phoenix, Arizona)
College:	Arizona State
NFL draft:	1982 / Round: 4 / Pick: 84
Career history
Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts (1982–1985) Cleveland Browns (1986–1990) Los Angeles Rams (1991–1993) Massachusetts Marauders (1994)
Career highlights and awards
First-team All-Pac-10 (1981)
Career NFL statistics
TDs-INT: 49–63 Passing yards: 9,414 Passer rating: 63.3
Career Arena statistics
Completions: 205 Attempts: 380 Touchdowns: 46 Interceptions: 14 Passing yards: 2,713
Player stats at PFR · ArenaFan.com

Drafted the same year as Art Schlichter, Pagel was drafted to be groomed as a backup. Generally 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. 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.

Pagel finished up the last three years with the Los Angeles Rams, never garnering more than mop-up duties.

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. Sports is part of the family bloodline; Mike's brother Karl Pagel played baseball for the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians. His brother Rick was a starting defensive end for the United States Naval Academy and served over 20 years as a helicopter pilot in the Marine Corps. Two of his other brothers also played junior college sports. His brother, Bruce, played offensive line at Glendale (AZ) Community College, and is now a professor of political science at Santa Fe College. His brother, Ross, played quarterback for Phoenix College, and later played first base for the college baseball team. Washington High School in Phoenix Arizona named their football field after Mike Pagel.

NFL career statistics

Legend
Bold	Career high

Year	Team	Games			Passing									Rushing					Sacks
		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	0-0	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	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	0-0	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	0-0	11	27	40.7	150	5.6	30	2	0	83.9	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
1992	RAM	16	0	0-0	8	20	40.0	99	5.0	22	1	2	33.1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
1993	RAM	7	0	0-0	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

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