Joe Flacco

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Full Name: Joseph Vincent Flacco College: University of Delaware Height/Weight: 6'6"/236 Position: Quarterback Birthdate: January 16, 1985 Birthplace: Audubon, NJ

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Joe Flacco is a senior quarterback at the University of Delaware. He initially went to the University of Pittsburgh, but, after finding limited playing time in in 2004 behind starter Tyler Palko, Flacco transferred to UDel. Flacco was unable to get out of his scholarship at Pitt, so was ineligible for action in the 2005 season with UD.

Flacco saw his first full time action during the 2006 season. He put up good numbers with nearly 3,000 yards, and 18 touchdowns with 10 interceptions. However, due to injury of starting running back Omar Cuff, Delaware struggled to a 5-6 record, missing the playoffs.

In 2007, Flacco led his team to the 2007 Division-II title game versus Appalachian State University, but Delaware lost, 49-21. Arguably his best game came against Navy where he threw for 434 yards and four touchdowns. For the season, Flacco completed 63.5% of his passes for a total of 4,263 yards, racking up 23 touchdowns to only 5 interceptions.

Flacco projects as a late-first/early-second day prospect in the 2008 NFL Draft.

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• 2004 (at Pitt): 1 completion for 11 yards on four attempts.
• 2006: 264-for-417, 2783 yards, 63.3 completion percentage, 6.67 yards per attempt, 18 TD, 10 INT.
• 2007: 331-for-521, 4263 yards, 63.5 completion percentage, 8.18 yards per completion, 23 TD, 5 INT.

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Flacco has one of the strongest arms of any quarterback in the nation, D-I or D-II. He is a good runner who has the speed to move to the outside but is also hard to bring down. Teammates call him a natural leader.

If Flacco goes in the first two rounds of the NFL Draft, he'll be only the second D-II quarterback to do so in a decade -- the other being Tarvaris Jackson. Because of the question marks surrounding Jackson, some GMs may be reluctant to take Flacco on day one.

Flacco's teammate, Omar Cuff, ran for 1,935 yards and 35 TDs in 2007, leading some to believe that Flacco's stats are as much a function of defenses scheming to stop Cuff as anything else.

Flacco has drawn comparisons to Ben Roethlisberger.

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