Personal
- Born in San Marcos, Texas
- Recruited by Miami, UCLA, Michigan, Texas A & M and BYU
- Married to the former Kim Herbert in July, 1991
- Earned a bachelor's degree in recreation administration from BYU
Career Highlights
- Selected in the 1992 NFL draft by the Green Bay Packers
- 1990 Heisman Trophy winner (finished ninth in voting 1989 and third in 1991)
- Two-time Davey O'Brien Award winner ('90,'91)
- Broke 59 NCAA records and tied three others
- Third in NCAA with 15,031 career passing-yards
- Had 14,665 career yards in total offense
- The Cougars were invited to four bowl games with him and compiled a record of 37-13-2 during the Detmer years, including a 28-21 victory over top-ranked Miami(Florida) on September 8, 1990 in Provo, one of the biggest wins in BYU history
- During the nationally-televised victory over the Hurricanes, Detmer threw for 406 yards and earned National Player-of-the-Week honors
Before BYU
- Texas Player of the Year and prep All-America at Southwest High
- Committed to BYU in the fall of senior year
- Coached by his father
- Lettered three times in football,basketball, baseball and golf, plus once in track
- All-state in baseball and all-district in basketball
After BYU
- Selected in the 1992 NFL draft by the Green Bay Packers
- Signed with the Philadelphia EaglesĀ
- Signed with the San Francisco 49ers in 1998, joining fellow Cougar quarterback Steve Young
- Acquired by the expansion Cleveland Browns in 1999
Post BYU Honors and Societies
- Was the top backup behind All-Pro quarterback Brett Favre
- Finished the 1996 season with 2,911 yards passing and 15 touchdowns
- His quarterback rating was 80.8, fourth best in the NFC that season (1996)
- Started on game for the 49ers and completed the season with 312 yards passing, four touchdowns and a 63.2 completion percentage
- Started two games and saw action in three others for the Browns
- Finished the season with 548 yards passing
- Inducted into the BYU Hall of Fame in 2000
- Was BYU's offensive coordinator from 2016-17
Stats
DETMER'S CAREER STATSYR GM ATT-CMP-INT PCT YDS TD LNG AVG/G1988 10 153-83-1 54.2 1252 13 71t 125.21989 12 412-265-15 64.3 4560 32 76t 380.01990 12 562-361-28 64.2 5188 41 69t 432.31991 12 403-249-12 61.8 4031 35 97t 335.9*statistics do not include bowl games