Bruce Eugene
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Born: | New Orleans, Louisiana | June 20, 1982
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Weight: | 283 lb (128 kg) |
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College: | Grambling State |
Position: | Quarterback |
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Bruce Eugene (born June 20, 1982) is a former American football quarterback who is currently a college football coach. He played college football for and graduated from Grambling State University.
College career
Standing six feet (1.83 m) tall, and weighing over 260 lb Eugene was given the nickname "Round Mound of Touchdown". He was much heavier than the typical quarterback, but proved to be exceptionally quick and agile for a man his size. He was also a very accurate passer, and was rated one of the top players in Division I-AA college football.
Injured in the first game of the 2004 season, Eugene sat out the entire remainder of the year. He received a sixth year of eligibility from the NCAA.
Eugene was a three-time finalist for the coveted Walter Payton Award, which is given annually to I-AA's top football player (the equivalent of the Heisman Trophy in Division I-A). In 2003, he threw for 3,805 yards with 34 TD vs 13 INT. He also ran for 412 yards with 6 TD. He followed that up with an amazing performance during the 2005 season throwing for 4,408 yards with 56 TD vs 6 INT while running for an additional 157 yards and 3 TD.
At the NFL combine, Eugene recorded a score of 41 on the Wonderlic test, one of the highest ever.
Professional career
Eugene was signed as a free agent by the New Orleans Saints within hours of the conclusion of the 2006 NFL draft. Bruce was released from the Saints on June 15, 2006. After a short stint with the Canadian Football League's Saskatchewan Roughriders he signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on January 11, 2007.
Eugene was assigned to the
Coaching career
Eugene moved into coaching, working at different schools in the Public Schools Athletic League (
In 2014, WGNO named him one of the best high school quarterbacks who played in the New Orleans metro in any of the previous 23 years. Eugene was a star quarterback at Walter Cohen High School of New Orleans.[2]
In December 2015, Eugene became the first
References
- ^ "Grand Street holds off Beach Channel" Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, MSG Varsity, September 16, 2012.
- ^ "Top 23 Quarterbacks: Cohen High School's Bruce Eugene". August 29, 2014.
- ^ "Grand Street Campus wins PSAL, but star Rahmel Ashby faces attempted murder charges". New York Daily News.
- ^ "HS Coach of the Year: Bruce Eugene, Grand Street Campus". Archived from the original on December 12, 2015. Retrieved December 14, 2015.