27 Days, 27 Picks: QB Trent Dilfer
In 27 Days, 27 Picks, Bucs Wire will analyze the last 27 Tampa Bay Buccaneers first-round draft picks, one for each day leading up to the 2023 NFL draft. We’ll take a look at the player’s college stats, their pre-draft numbers (either via the NFL Combine or their Pro Day), their NFL stats, some player footage and analysis at the end on whether the pick itself was a good one.
At long last, our 27 Days, 27 Picks series comes to a close — tonight, a new name will (possibly, assuming the team doesn’t trade out like it did last year) be added to the list. Until then, though, we have one more player, and he isn’t quite as illustrious as the two we just went over.
Check out the draft rundown on Trent Dilfer below:
College Stats
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Trent Dilfer played college football at Fresno State. He was named first-team All-WAC twice, the WAC Player of the Year in 1993 and a first-team All-American in 1993.
Year | G | Cmp | Yds | Cmp% | TD | INT |
1991 | 9 | 69 | 832 | 63.3 | 2 | 3 |
1992 | 13 | 188 | 3000 | 52.2 | 21 | 14 |
1993 | 12 | 254 | 3799 | 64.1 | 30 | 5 |
Total | 34 | 511 | 7631 | 59.1 | 53 | 22 |
Pre-Draft Measurements
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Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span |
6 ft 3 1/4 in | 228 lb | 32 1/4 in | 9 5/8 in |
The following measurements were the only ones available from Dilfer’s combine.
Pick Selected
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Trent Dilfer was selected with the No. 6 pick in the 1994 NFL draft.
Player selected before him: LB Trev Alberts, Indianapolis Colts
Player selected after him: DT Bryant Young, San Francisco 49ers
NFL Stats
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Trent Dilfer played 14 seasons in the NFL. He played six for the Bucs, one for the Ravens, four for Seattle, one for the Browns and two for the 49ers.
Year | Team | G | Cmp | Att | Cmp% | Yds | TD | INT |
1994 | TB | 5 | 38 | 82 | 46.3 | 433 | 1 | 6 |
1995 | TB | 16 | 224 | 415 | 54.0 | 2774 | 4 | 18 |
1996 | TB | 16 | 267 | 482 | 55.4 | 2859 | 12 | 19 |
1997 | TB | 16 | 217 | 386 | 56.2 | 2555 | 21 | 11 |
1998 | TB | 16 | 225 | 429 | 52.4 | 2729 | 21 | 15 |
1999 | TB | 10 | 146 | 244 | 59.8 | 1619 | 11 | 11 |
2000 | BAL | 11 | 134 | 226 | 59.3 | 1502 | 12 | 11 |
2001 | SEA | 6 | 73 | 122 | 59.8 | 1014 | 7 | 4 |
2002 | SEA | 6 | 94 | 168 | 56.0 | 1182 | 4 | 6 |
2003 | SEA | 5 | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 31 | 1 | 1 |
2004 | SEA | 5 | 25 | 58 | 43.1 | 333 | 1 | 3 |
2005 | CLE | 11 | 199 | 333 | 59.8 | 2321 | 11 | 12 |
2006 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2007 | SF | 7 | 113 | 219 | 51.6 | 1166 | 7 | 12 |
Total | 130 | 1759 | 3172 | 55.5 | 20518 | 113 | 129 |
Pick Analysis
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Trent Dilfer, at any point in his career, never completed even 60% or more of his passes. His best season came in 1997, where he threw 21 touchdowns to 11 picks and completed just 56.2% of his passes.
Even in the year he won the Super Bowl with the Baltimore Ravens, he wasn’t signed to a second contract — the Ravens didn’t think it was worth it. He remains the sole Super Bowl-winning quarterback to achieve this distinction.
In closing: Maybe Mel Kiper was wrong about this one. So were the Buccaneers.
