The seven BYU inductees into the College Football Hall of Fame
Detmer is BYU's only Heisman winner. He also won the Maxwell Award, two Davey O'Brien Awards, and set 59 NCAA records as a BYU quarterback. During his junior year, he threw for 5,188 yards and 41 touchdowns. By the end of his career, Detmer had passed for 15,031 yards and gained 14,665 yards in total offense, both NCAA records.
Detmer was drafted in 1992 by the Green Bay Packers and backed up Brett Favre until he left for the Philadelphia Eagles. He threw for 2,911 yards and 15 touchdowns in 1996 as the Eagles' QB. Before ending his career, Detmer also played for the 49ers and Browns.
Detmer's best-remembered victory in a BYU uniform came against then No. 1 Miami in Provo. Against the Hurricanes, Detmer threw for 406 yards and earned National Player-of-the-week honors.

Detmer was drafted in 1992 by the Green Bay Packers and backed up Brett Favre until he left for the Philadelphia Eagles. He threw for 2,911 yards and 15 touchdowns in 1996 as the Eagles' QB. Before ending his career, Detmer also played for the 49ers and Browns.
Detmer's best-remembered victory in a BYU uniform came against then No. 1 Miami in Provo. Against the Hurricanes, Detmer threw for 406 yards and earned National Player-of-the-week honors.

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I might be a lifelong Ute but Jim was amazing. Simply amazing.
Those 20+years of the Coach Edwards' era was pretty remarkable. Five quarterbacks into the college hall of fame. Congratulations! (And I am old enough to remember them all.)
Time for BYU to rethink inducting Big Jim into it's Football Hall of Fame while there is still time.
Great years for BYU fans and all very deserving of this honor.
Those were THE days. Makes you want to cry THESE days.