Mike Pagel - Misplaced Pages

American football player (born 1960)

This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)

This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous.
Find sources: "Mike Pagel" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (May 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (May 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

(Learn how and when to remove this message)

American football player

Mike Pagel

No. 18, 10, 14

Position:

Quarterback

Personal information

Born:

(1960-09-13) September 13, 1960 (age 64)
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 (1978-1981)

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
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Career Arena League statistics

Completions:	205
Attempts:	380
Touchdowns:	46
Interceptions:	14
Passing yards:	2,713
Stats at ArenaFan.com

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.

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

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
Year	Team	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

References

v t e Arizona State Sun Devils 1981 College World Series champions
4 Donnie Hill 5 Stan Holmes (College World Series MOP) 12 Kevin Romine 20 Mike Pagel 23 Lemmie Miller 28 Ricky Nelson
Head coach: 33 Jim Brock
Regular season NCAA tournament College World Series

v t e Arizona State Sun Devils starting quarterbacks
Cecil Coleman (1947–1949) Dave Graybill (1954–1956) John Hangartner (1956–1958) Fran Urban (1959) Joe Zuger (1959–1961) John Jacobs (1962–1963) John Torok (1963–1964) John F. Goodman (1965–1966) Ed Roseborough (1967–1968) Joe Spagnola (1968–1970) Danny White (1971–1973) Grady Hurst (1971) Dennis Sproul (1974–1977) Mark Malone (1978–1979) Mike Pagel (1978, 1980–1981) Todd Hons (1982–1983) Jeff Van Raaphorst (1984–1986) Daniel Ford (1987–1988) Paul Justin (1988–1990) Bret Powers (1990–1991) Grady Benton (1992–1993) Garrick McGee (1992) Troy Rauer (1992) Jake Plummer (1993–1996) Ryan Kealy (1997–2000) Jeff Krohn (2000–2001) Andrew Walter (2001–2004) Sam Keller (2004–2005) Rudy Carpenter (2005–2008) Danny Sullivan (2009) Samson Szakacsy (2009) Steven Threet (2010) Brock Osweiler (2010–2011) Taylor Kelly (2012–2014) Mike Bercovici (2014–2015) Manny Wilkins (2016–2018) Brady White (2016) Dillon Sterling-Cole (2016) Jayden Daniels (2019–2021) Joey Yellen (2019) Emory Jones (2022) Trenton Bourguet (2022–2023) Jaden Rashada (2023) Drew Pyne (2023) Jalin Conyers (2023) Cam Skattebo (2023) Sam Leavitt (2024) Jeff Sims (2024)

Arizona State Sun Devils starting quarterbacks

Cecil Coleman (1947–1949)
Dave Graybill (1954–1956)
John Hangartner (1956–1958)
Fran Urban (1959)
Joe Zuger (1959–1961)
John Jacobs (1962–1963)
John Torok (1963–1964)
John F. Goodman (1965–1966)
Ed Roseborough (1967–1968)
Joe Spagnola (1968–1970)
Danny White (1971–1973)
Grady Hurst (1971)
Dennis Sproul (1974–1977)
Mark Malone (1978–1979)
Mike Pagel (1978, 1980–1981)
Todd Hons (1982–1983)
Jeff Van Raaphorst (1984–1986)
Daniel Ford (1987–1988)
Paul Justin (1988–1990)
Bret Powers (1990–1991)
Grady Benton (1992–1993)
Garrick McGee (1992)
Troy Rauer (1992)
Jake Plummer (1993–1996)
Ryan Kealy (1997–2000)
Jeff Krohn (2000–2001)
Andrew Walter (2001–2004)
Sam Keller (2004–2005)
Rudy Carpenter (2005–2008)
Danny Sullivan (2009)
Samson Szakacsy (2009)
Steven Threet (2010)
Brock Osweiler (2010–2011)
Taylor Kelly (2012–2014)
Mike Bercovici (2014–2015)
Manny Wilkins (2016–2018)
Brady White (2016)
Dillon Sterling-Cole (2016)
Jayden Daniels (2019–2021)
Joey Yellen (2019)
Emory Jones (2022)
Trenton Bourguet (2022–2023)
Jaden Rashada (2023)
Drew Pyne (2023)
Jalin Conyers (2023)
Cam Skattebo (2023)
Sam Leavitt (2024)
Jeff Sims (2024)

v t e Baltimore Colts 1982 NFL draft selections
Johnie Cooks Art Schlichter Leo Wisniewski Rohn Stark Jim Burroughs Mike Pagel Terry Crouch Pat Beach Fletcher Jenkins Tony Loia Tony Berryhill Tom Deery Lamont Meacham Johnnie Wright

v t e Indianapolis Colts starting quarterbacks
Played in Baltimore (1953–1983)
Fred Enke (1953–1954) George Taliaferro (1953) Ed Mioduszewski (1953) Gary Kerkorian (1954) Cotton Davidson (1954) George Shaw (1955–1956, 1958) Johnny Unitas (1956–1967, 1969–1972) Gary Cuozzo (1965–1966) Tom Matte (1965) Earl Morrall (1968–1971) Marty Domres (1972–1974) Bert Jones (1973–1981) Bill Troup (1978) Mike Kirkland (1978) Greg Landry (1979–1980) David Humm (1981) Mike Pagel (1982–1985) Mark Herrmann (1983–1984, 1992) Art Schlichter (1984–1985) Matt Kofler (1985) Jack Trudeau (1986–1990, 1992–1993) Gary Hogeboom (1986–1988) Blair Kiel (1987) Chris Chandler (1988–1989) Tom Ramsey (1989) Jeff George (1990–1993) Jim Harbaugh (1994–1997) Don Majkowski (1994) Browning Nagle (1994) Craig Erickson (1995) Paul Justin (1995–1997) Kelly Holcomb (1997) Peyton Manning (1998–2010) Kerry Collins (2011) Curtis Painter (2011) Dan Orlovsky (2011) Andrew Luck (2012–2016, 2018) Matt Hasselbeck (2015) Josh Freeman (2015) Scott Tolzien (2016–2017) Jacoby Brissett (2017, 2019) Brian Hoyer (2019) Philip Rivers (2020) Carson Wentz (2021) Matt Ryan (2022) Sam Ehlinger (2022) Nick Foles (2022) Anthony Richardson (2023–2024) Gardner Minshew (2023) Joe Flacco (2024–present)

Indianapolis Colts starting quarterbacks

Played in Baltimore (1953–1983)

Fred Enke (1953–1954)
George Taliaferro (1953)
Ed Mioduszewski (1953)
Gary Kerkorian (1954)
Cotton Davidson (1954)
George Shaw (1955–1956, 1958)
Johnny Unitas (1956–1967, 1969–1972)
Gary Cuozzo (1965–1966)
Tom Matte (1965)
Earl Morrall (1968–1971)
Marty Domres (1972–1974)
Bert Jones (1973–1981)
Bill Troup (1978)
Mike Kirkland (1978)
Greg Landry (1979–1980)
David Humm (1981)
Mike Pagel (1982–1985)
Mark Herrmann (1983–1984, 1992)
Art Schlichter (1984–1985)
Matt Kofler (1985)
Jack Trudeau (1986–1990, 1992–1993)
Gary Hogeboom (1986–1988)
Blair Kiel (1987)
Chris Chandler (1988–1989)
Tom Ramsey (1989)
Jeff George (1990–1993)
Jim Harbaugh (1994–1997)
Don Majkowski (1994)
Browning Nagle (1994)
Craig Erickson (1995)
Paul Justin (1995–1997)
Kelly Holcomb (1997)
Peyton Manning (1998–2010)
Kerry Collins (2011)
Curtis Painter (2011)
Dan Orlovsky (2011)
Andrew Luck (2012–2016, 2018)
Matt Hasselbeck (2015)
Josh Freeman (2015)
Scott Tolzien (2016–2017)
Jacoby Brissett (2017, 2019)
Brian Hoyer (2019)
Philip Rivers (2020)
Carson Wentz (2021)
Matt Ryan (2022)
Sam Ehlinger (2022)
Nick Foles (2022)
Anthony Richardson (2023–2024)
Gardner Minshew (2023)
Joe Flacco (2024–present)

v t e Cleveland Browns starting quarterbacks
Cliff Lewis (1946–1947, 1949) Otto Graham (1946–1955) George Ratterman (1953–1956) Babe Parilli (1956) Tommy O'Connell (1956–1957) Milt Plum (1957–1961) Len Dawson (1961) Jim Ninowski (1962–1963, 1965) Frank Ryan (1962–1968) Gary Lane (1967) Bill Nelsen (1968–1972) Mike Phipps (1970–1976) Don Gault (1970) Brian Sipe (1974–1983) Will Cureton (1975) Dave Mays (1977) Terry Luck (1977) Paul McDonald (1982–1984) Gary Danielson (1985–1988) Bernie Kosar (1985–1993) Jeff Christensen (1987) Mike Pagel (1988, 1990) Don Strock (1988) Mike Tomczak (1992) Todd Philcox (1992–1993) Vinny Testaverde (1993–1995) Mark Rypien (1994) Eric Zeier (1995) Ty Detmer (1999) Tim Couch (1999–2003) Doug Pederson (2000) Spergon Wynn (2000) Kelly Holcomb (2002–2004) Jeff Garcia (2004) Luke McCown (2004) Trent Dilfer (2005) Charlie Frye (2005–2007) Derek Anderson (2006–2009) Brady Quinn (2008–2009) Ken Dorsey (2008) Bruce Gradkowski (2008) Jake Delhomme (2010) Seneca Wallace (2010–2011) Colt McCoy (2010–2011) Brandon Weeden (2012–2013) Thad Lewis (2012) Brian Hoyer (2013–2014) Jason Campbell (2013) Johnny Manziel (2014–2015) Connor Shaw (2014) Josh McCown (2015–2016) Austin Davis (2015) Robert Griffin III (2016) Cody Kessler (2016) DeShone Kizer (2017) Kevin Hogan (2017) Tyrod Taylor (2018) Baker Mayfield (2018–2021) Case Keenum (2021) Nick Mullens (2021) Jacoby Brissett (2022) Deshaun Watson (2022–2024) Dorian Thompson-Robinson (2023–2024) P. J. Walker (2023) Joe Flacco (2023) Jeff Driskel (2023) Jameis Winston (2024) Bailey Zappe (2024)

Cleveland Browns starting quarterbacks

Cliff Lewis (1946–1947, 1949)
Otto Graham (1946–1955)
George Ratterman (1953–1956)
Babe Parilli (1956)
Tommy O'Connell (1956–1957)
Milt Plum (1957–1961)
Len Dawson (1961)
Jim Ninowski (1962–1963, 1965)
Frank Ryan (1962–1968)
Gary Lane (1967)
Bill Nelsen (1968–1972)
Mike Phipps (1970–1976)
Don Gault (1970)
Brian Sipe (1974–1983)
Will Cureton (1975)
Dave Mays (1977)
Terry Luck (1977)
Paul McDonald (1982–1984)
Gary Danielson (1985–1988)
Bernie Kosar (1985–1993)
Jeff Christensen (1987)
Mike Pagel (1988, 1990)
Don Strock (1988)
Mike Tomczak (1992)
Todd Philcox (1992–1993)
Vinny Testaverde (1993–1995)
Mark Rypien (1994)
Eric Zeier (1995)
Ty Detmer (1999)
Tim Couch (1999–2003)
Doug Pederson (2000)
Spergon Wynn (2000)
Kelly Holcomb (2002–2004)
Jeff Garcia (2004)
Luke McCown (2004)
Trent Dilfer (2005)
Charlie Frye (2005–2007)
Derek Anderson (2006–2009)
Brady Quinn (2008–2009)
Ken Dorsey (2008)
Bruce Gradkowski (2008)
Jake Delhomme (2010)
Seneca Wallace (2010–2011)
Colt McCoy (2010–2011)
Brandon Weeden (2012–2013)
Thad Lewis (2012)
Brian Hoyer (2013–2014)
Jason Campbell (2013)
Johnny Manziel (2014–2015)
Connor Shaw (2014)
Josh McCown (2015–2016)
Austin Davis (2015)
Robert Griffin III (2016)
Cody Kessler (2016)
DeShone Kizer (2017)
Kevin Hogan (2017)
Tyrod Taylor (2018)
Baker Mayfield (2018–2021)
Case Keenum (2021)
Nick Mullens (2021)
Jacoby Brissett (2022)
Deshaun Watson (2022–2024)
Dorian Thompson-Robinson (2023–2024)
P. J. Walker (2023)
Joe Flacco (2023)
Jeff Driskel (2023)
Jameis Winston (2024)
Bailey Zappe (2024)

v t e Detroit Drive / Massachusetts Marauders starting quarterbacks
Rich Ingold (1988) Todd Hons (1988) Michael Trigg (1989) Tony Burris (1989) Art Schlichter (1990–1991) Gilbert Renfroe (1992–1993) Ron Adams (1992) Mike Pagel (1994)

Categories: