Koy Detmer

TD–INT:	10–14
Passing yards:	1,944
Passer rating:	61.2
Rushing attempts:	31
Rushing yards:	30
Rushing touchdowns:	1
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

Koy Detmer
	Detmer before the Eagles' 2006–07 NFC Wild Card game
No. 10
Position:	Quarterback
Personal information
Born:	July 5, 1973 (age 51); San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:	195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school:	Mission (Mission, Texas)
College:	Colorado
NFL draft:	1997 / round: 7 / pick: 207
Career history
As a player:
	Philadelphia Eagles (1997–2006); Minnesota Vikings (2007);
As a coach:
	Mission (TX) (2016–2020); Head coach; Somerset High School (TX) (2021–present); Head coach;
Career highlights and awards
	First-team All-Big 12 (1996);
Career NFL statistics
TD–INT:
TD–INT:	10–14
Passing yards:	1,944
Passer rating:	61.2
Rushing attempts:	31
Rushing yards:	30
Rushing touchdowns:	1
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

Koy Dennis Detmer (born July 5, 1973) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Colorado Buffaloes. Detmer was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the seventh round of the 1997 NFL draft. He is the younger brother of former NFL quarterback and Heisman trophy winner Ty Detmer.

Early life

Detmer played at Mission High School, in Mission, Texas. He led the Eagles to the 5A playoffs in 1990 and 1991. The 1990 team lost in the semifinals against eventual state champion Aldine Mustangs (54–21). With Detmer at quarterback, Mission High established a state record with 4,829 passing yards for a season in 1990.

College career

At Colorado, Detmer threw for 5,390 yards.^[1] He also set a school record in passing for 40 touchdowns.^[2]

College statistics

Season	Team	Passing								Rushing
Season	Team	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	TD	Int	Rtg	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
1992	Colorado	67	117	57.3	962	8.2	8	10	131.8	23	-5	-0.2	0
1994	Colorado	10	19	52.6	171	9.0	2	1	152.4	3	16	5.3	0
1995	Colorado	65	95	68.4	1,101	11.6	8	2	189.4	14	-36	-2.6	0
1996	Colorado	208	363	57.3	3,156	8.7	22	12	143.7	36	-6	-0.2	3
Career^[1]		350	594	58.9	5,390	9.1	40	25	148.9	76	-31	-0.4	3

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
Height	Weight	Arm length	Hand span	40-yard dash	10-yard split	20-yard split	20-yard shuttle	Three-cone drill	Vertical jump
6 ft 0+7⁄8 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	32+7⁄8 in (0.84 m)	8 in (0.20 m)	5.14 s	1.76 s	2.97 s	4.37 s	7.79 s	28.5 in (0.72 m)

Selected in the seventh round of the 1997 NFL Draft, Detmer spent the next ten years in Philadelphia.^[3] He spent most of his career as a backup to quarterback Donovan McNabb and as the place-kick holder for David Akers.^[2] His action as a starter was limited to five games in the 1998 season and one game in the 2002 season, in which McNabb was out with a broken ankle. Detmer played well in that game, going 18 of 26 for 227 yards and three total touchdowns (two passing and one rushing). He dislocated his elbow in the fourth quarter of that game and was replaced by third-string quarterback A. J. Feeley. Detmer healed enough to play in the final games of 2002, but head coach Andy Reid decided to stay with Feeley, who was having success. He also saw sporadic playing time in the 2004 and 2005 seasons.

Prior to the 2006 season, Detmer was released after the Eagles brought back A. J. Feeley and signed former Pro Bowl quarterback Jeff Garcia as the backups. He was re-signed on January 2, 2007, by the Eagles to provide a third quarterback for the team's playoff push, with Donovan McNabb out with injury. He was also re-signed to be the kick holder for the Eagles.

Detmer had his NFL career extended for a few days by signing with the Minnesota Vikings on November 6, 2007. The Vikings needed a second quarterback behind Brooks Bollinger while Tarvaris Jackson and Kelly Holcomb recovered from injuries. Detmer was reunited with Vikings head coach Brad Childress, who had been with the Eagles as the offensive coordinator. Detmer's stint with the Vikings was his first professional experience not in an Eagle uniform.^[4] The Vikings released Detmer on November 10, 2007, once Holcomb had recovered sufficiently to play.^[5]

In 103 NFL games, Detmer has a career passer rating of 61.2 with ten career touchdowns and 14 interceptions thrown.^[6] Despite poor passing numbers, Detmer managed to have an 11-year career due to his ability to hold for place-kicks; then-Eagles special teams coach John Harbaugh and Pro Bowl kicker David Akers both spoke highly of Detmer's talent and skill in this area.^[7]

NFL career statistics

Year	Team	Games		Passing								Rushing
Year	Team	GP	GS	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	Rtg	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
1998	PHI	8	5	97	181	53.6	1,011	5.6	5	5	67.7	7	20	2.9	0
1999	PHI	1	1	10	29	34.5	181	6.2	3	2	62.6	2	-2	-1.0	0
2000	PHI	16	0	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	1	8	8.0	0
2001	PHI	16	0	5	14	35.7	51	3.6	0	1	17.3	8	6	0.8	0
2002	PHI	14	1	19	28	67.9	224	8.0	2	0	115.8	2	4	2.0	1
2003	PHI	16	0	3	5	60.0	32	6.4	0	0	78.8	0	0	0.0	0
2004	PHI	16	1	18	40	45.0	207	5.2	0	2	40.3	10	-7	-0.7	0
2005	PHI	16	0	32	56	57.1	238	4.3	0	3	45.1	1	1	1.0	0
Career^[8]		103	8	184	354	52.0	1,944	5.5	10	14	61.2	31	30	1.0	1

Personal life

In 2016, Mission CISD named Detmer the Mission High School football coach. He is married to Monica Miller Detmer, a teacher and high school girls' basketball coach in Mission. In 2021, Detmer became the head coach of the football team at Somerset High School (Somerset, Texas), succeeding his father, Sonny Detmer. Koy Detmer was previously an offensive coordinator on the coaching staff.^[9]

In 2015, Detmer's son, Koy Jr., committed to Ty Detmer's alma mater, Brigham Young University, as a walk-on quarterback for the 2015 season.^[10]

In popular culture

The speculative fiction work 17776 mentions a scavenger hunt played in the far future in which players try to find every football autographed by Detmer.^[11] It assumes that Detmer signed a total of 43 footballs throughout his career, poking fun that it would be far fewer than his brother, Ty.

References

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^ ^a ^b "Koy Detmer". Philadelphia Eagles. Archived from the original on June 23, 2007. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
^ "1997 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on April 4, 2024. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
^ Seifert, Kevin (November 7, 2007). "Vikings send rescue call to Detmer". Minneapolis Star Tribune. Archived from the original on October 11, 2008. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
^ Seifert, Kevin (November 13, 2007). "Vikings: Detmer was a costly insurance policy". Minneapolis Star Tribune. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
^ "ESPN player page". Archived from the original on December 22, 2007. Retrieved December 21, 2006.
^ "Eagles Look to the Past to Bring Future Success (Published 2007)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 25, 2021.
^ "Koy Detmer". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
^ Cely, Andrew (January 11, 2021). "Koy Detmer, son of late great Sonny Detmer, hired as Somerset's head football coach". KSAT-TV. Archived from the original on April 8, 2023. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
^ "BYU football recruiting: 2015 QB Koy Detmer Jr. officially chooses to walk on at BYU". February 2, 2015. Archived from the original on August 22, 2015. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
^ Bois, Jon (July 5, 2017). "What football will look like in the future". SBNation.com. Archived from the original on September 1, 2017. Retrieved September 6, 2017.