In Week 9 of the 2017 AFL regular season, the Philadelphia Soul won yet another game and earned one of four spots in the post season. Thanks to head coach Clint Dolziel‘s willingness to throw the pigskin, quarterback Dan Raudabaugh rewrites record books. But how did he get to this point?
Philadelphia Soul Quarterback Dan Raudabaugh Rewrites Record Books
In March of 1987, Raudabaugh was born in Coppell, TX. It’s also the place where he grew up. When he was in high school, he attended Coppell High School where he completed in football and basketball. After his senior year, he became one of the top quarterbacks in the nation.
He attended the University of Miami in Ohio. After his four years, he decided to declare for the NFL Draft.
When the 2010 Draft rolled around, Raudabaugh did not get drafted and he also did not sign with an NFL team as a undrafted free agent. Due to this, he turned to the Arena Football League. In 2010, he signed with the newly formed Dallas Vigilantes. Ironically, that was also where Dolziel was the head coach.
From 2010-2011, he was Dallas’s quarterback. That is until they folded. Since Dallas was out of the league, both Raudabaugh and Dolziel had to find a new home. They both decided on the Philadelphia Soul. With the Soul, the duo won an Arena Bowl title.
History in the making
On June 10, the Philadelphia Soul was at home against the Cleveland Gladiators. In that game, he went 20/27, throwing for 303 yards and two touchdowns. Those are impressive numbers, but he also did something else impressive. Raudabaugh rewrote the history books. Here is what he accomplished:
At the age of 30 and 72 days, Raudabaugh became the youngest person in Arena Football history to get 30,000 yards, fourth in AFL history to get 30,000 yards in just 110 games, and his 30,149 yards passing is 10th all time.
