Dan LeFevour

Dan LeFevour (born March 19, 1987 in Downers Grove, Illinois) is an American football quarterback currently playing for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the sixth round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He played college football at Central Michigan University. Known as a dual-threat quarterback, LeFevour had the most total touchdowns in NCAA history until being surpassed by Case Keenum in 2011.

He has also been a member of the Cincinnati Bengals, Indianapolis Colts and Jacksonville Jaguars.

Early years
LeFevour graduated from Benet Academy in Lisle, Illinois in 2005. He started his high school career as the freshman team running back. Due to injuries at quarterback on the freshman team Dan stepped up in the final game and led the team successfully as their signal caller. After success at quarterback, he joined the varsity team his sophomore year. LeFevour became the full-time starting quarterback midseason. He continued on to start both his junior and senior years and was named the Offensive Player of the Year during his senior campaign. During his career at Benet, he threw for 2,929 yards (3rd most in school history), and completed 173 passes, 24 for touchdowns. His senior season, LeFevour passed for 945 yards and 7 touchdowns while compiling 634 rushing yards and 13 rushing touchdowns. LeFevour broke the all-time touchdown record for Benet with 54 scores in his career. He was named to the ESCC All-Conference team his senior year, and was also recognized as honorable mention all-state.

On February 4, 2011 Dan had his number 11 jersey retired at Benet, becoming the first football player to have that honor.

College career
LeFevour led CMU to a bowl victory in the 2006 Motor City Bowl. He was named the bowl game's MVP, winning as a redshirt freshman. Dan was one of 35 players named to the Manning Award Watch List in August 2007. He was named Mid-American Conference West Division Player of the Week for two consecutive weeks in October 2007, and again in the second week of November. LeFevour also garnered USA Today's Player of the Week for the week of October 16, 2007. On December 1, 2007 LeFevour became the second player in Division I FBS history to pass for over 3,000 yards and rush for over 1,000 yards in a single season (Vince Young was the first). On September 12, 2009 at Michigan State, LeFevour passed Byron Leftwich to take over as the MAC all-time leader in total offense in a career. He currently holds Mid American Conference records for career completions, attempts, passing yards, passing touchdowns, total touchdowns, and total offensive yards. LeFevour is the only player in NCAA history with over 12,000 passing yards and 2,500 rushing yards and currently sits 2nd all time in total offensive yards. He was responsible for 150 total touchdowns, placing him in second place among FBS quarterbacks.

Chicago Bears
LeFevour was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the sixth round (181st overall) of the 2010 NFL Draft. He struggled through the 2010 preseason, completing 19 of 41 passes (46.3%), with 204 pass yards, 1 TD 1 int, 6 Sacks, and 38 rush yards. Chicago signed veteran Todd Collins to be the 3rd string quarterback, and waived LeFevour after the 2010 preseason in hopes of placing him on the practice squad.

Cincinnati Bengals
LeFevour was claimed off waivers by the Cincinnati Bengals the next day, and spent the 2010 season as the third string quarterback, but did not see any action. He was waived on September 4, 2011, but was signed to the practice squad the next day. On September 6, he was released from the practice squad in favor of quarterback Zac Robinson, formerly of the Detroit Lions.

Indianapolis Colts
LeFevour was signed to the Indianapolis Colts' practice squad on November 8, 2011.

Jacksonville Jaguars
On November 25, 2011, the Jacksonville Jaguars signed LeFevour off of the Colts' practice squad. He was released on May 7, 2012.

Hamilton Tiger-Cats
On June 4, 2012, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League signed LeFevour as a free agent.

Awards and accolades

 * 2006 MAC Freshman of the Year
 * 2006 All-MAC first team selection
 * 2006 Honorable mention Freshman All-American by Sporting News
 * 2006 Academic All-MAC honoree
 * 2006 Motor City Bowl MVP
 * 2007 USA Today Player of the Week
 * 2007 MAC Offensive Player of the Year
 * 2007 MAC Championship Game MVP
 * 2007 All-MAC first team selection
 * 2008 All-MAC second team selection
 * 2009 MAC Offensive Player of the Year
 * 2009 All-MAC first team selection
 * 2009 MVP of the MAC Championship Game
 * 2010 GMAC Bowl MVP
 * 2010 Senior Bowl North team most outstanding player
 * 2010 set the NCAA record for most total touchdowns by a Quarterback. 150. (102 passing, 47 rushing, 1 receiving)
 * Most TDs in a Career - 150 - Dan LeFevour, Central Michigan, 2006-2009
 * Most Points Responsible For, Career - 910 - Dan LeFevour, Central Michigan, 2006–2009