Jim graduated from Albuquerque’s Eldorado High School where he played basketball, wrestling, golf and football. Only a starter at quarterback his senior year (1980), he led the team to a 13-0 record and a New Mexico State Championship in football under Coach Jerry Hall for a 14-11 victory over Clovis (11-2). In that game, Everett also played safety on defense. The same two teams had met in the championship two years earlier with Clovis taking a close 7-3 victory. Jim attended Purdue University on a football scholarship where after redshirting his freshman year, he went on to pass for 7,411 yards and 572 completions in 965 attempts (7.7 yards per attempt), 43 touchdowns. His senior year numbers were outstanding with 3,651 passing yards and 285 completions in 450 attempts. Everett finished 6th in the 1986 Heisman Trophy balloting behind winner Bo Jackson and such other players as Miami’s Vinnie Testaverde. Everett was selected in the 1986 NFL draft by the Houston Oilers, the third player taken in the first round, but was traded to the Los Angeles Rams in September. He became the Ram’s starting quarterback, going on to pass for 3,000 yards in five consecutive seasons with the club. He played 8 seasons in all for the Rams (1986-1993), three seasons for the New Orleans Saints (1994-1996) before retiring after the 1997 season with the San Diego Chargers. In Everett’s 12 year NFL career, he was selected to the Pro Bowl in 1990 and the UPI Second Team All NFC in 1988. He amassed 34,837 passing yards (20th in the NFL) with 2,842 completions in 4,923 attempts, 203 touchdowns against 175 interceptions. Everett appeared in 158 games, starting all but five of them. His career passing completions and attempts rank rank 23rd and 22nd in the NFL, respectively. Jim earned a BS degree in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University, minoring in Computer Science and an MBA from Pepperdine University. He is now a Registered Investment Advisor and for many years has headed up his own firm, The Jim Everett Company. He is active in local charities through the Jim Everett Charity Foundation and is a founder and board member of Quarterback Greats, which represents the NFL group rights to outstanding retired NFL quarterbacks.
0 Comments
Pardon our construction. The blog has moved.
Please see this post at http://nmsportsblog.com/2014/01/28/animas-winning-streak/record. McDonald was born in Roy, NM (Harding County) where he attended school through his freshman year in high school, before moving to Albuquerque and graduating from Highland High School. He then attended Oklahoma University. At OU, he was a Consensus All-American (1955 and 1956) and won the Maxwell Award in 1956 as Best Collegiate Player. Tommy scored touchdowns in 20 of his 21 games in college. He was primarily a running back at Oklahoma under Coach Bud Wilkinson, having the distinction of playing on a college team that went undefeated his entire three years on the varsity squad. Two of those years (1955 and 1956), the Sooners won the National Championship. In 1956, he finished third in the Heisman Trophy voting behind winner Paul Hornung of Notre Dame and Johnny Majors of Tennessee, ahead of such other notable players as Jimmy Brown of Syracuse and John Brodie of Stanford. He also won the MVP award in the North South Shrine Game in Miami. Tommy was a third-round draft pick of the NFL Philadelphia Eagles in 1957, and spent most of his career with Philadelphia. In the NFL, he was primarily used as a wide receiver, selected for the Pro Bowl six times (1959-1963 and 1966). Following his time with the Eagles, he played one year with the Dallas Cowboys (1964), two years with the Los Angeles Rams (1965-1966), another year with the Atlanta Falcons (1967) before retiring after his final year (1968) with the Cleveland Browns. During his years with the Eagles, they won one NFL Championship in 1960, defeating the Green Bay Packers 17-13. Twice (1958 and 1960), he led the league in receptions for touchdown and once (1960) for receiving yards. His NFL statistics include appearing in 152 games in 12 seasons, gaining 8410 yards on 495 receptions (17 yards per reception) and scoring 84 touchdowns. Used on special teams early in his career, he had 72 put returns for 404 yards and 1 TD and 51 kickoff returns for another 1,055 yards. In 1985, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. In 1988, he was inducted into the Philadelphia Eagles Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame in 1991. Tommy was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1998, along with such other players as Mike Singletary, Anthony Muñoz, Paul Krause and Dwight Stephenson. Coach Jim Bradley of Las Cruces was a living legend, having won over 300 games in New Mexico high school football and state championships at two schools. He is second only to Eric Roanhaus of Clovis in total wins among New Mexico high school coaches. Bradley’s career began in the 1950s when he served as an assistant football coach under Rudy Camunez at Las Cruces High School beginning in 1958. He later served as Offensive Coordinator under Coach Ed Boykin until 1965. During that period, he also served as Head Baseball Coach, compiling a record of 98-16. Bradley was hired as the first head football coach at Mayfield High School in Las Cruces in 1965, a post he held until 1972, where he led the Trojans to a state championship in 1971. From 1973 to 1977 he served as head football coach at New Mexico State University. While at NMSU, the Aggies tied for second place in the Missouri Valley Conference in 1974 and 1975 and tied Tulsa for first place in 1976. Following his stint at NMSU, he became head coach at Roswell High from 1980 to 1993. His Roswell Coyote teams earned 2 state championships during his tenure. Upon leaving Roswell High, Bradley resumed coaching at Mayfield, where he again served as head coach from 1994 until 2005. His Mayfield teams secured 4 state championships during this period. Coaching honors earned by Bradley include being named to the New Mexico High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame and Hall of Honor, being named Coach of the Year numerous times, receiving Distinguished Service Awards from the National High School Coaches Association. Coach Bradley has served several times on the NMHSCA board of directors and has also served as President of that organization. Coach Jim Bradley has served the student athletes and the State of New Mexico for the better part of six decades. He has three sons who have also been coaches, two of whom are currently head coaches in New Mexico. Sons Michael Bradley and Gary Bradley each led their Farmington and Mayfield teams to State Championships in 2013. To the best of our knowledge, this has never before occurred in New Mexico High School football. In addition to his sons, numerous other coaches have served with him including current Hatch Valley coach Jack Cisco, current Las Cruces coach Jim Miller and former Cleveland head coach Kirk Potter. Coach Bradley passed away in 2015 after an illness. Hank is a Clovis native, graduating from high school in 2001. While in high school, he lettered in football, basketball and track. Hank set the state record for New Mexico high jump at 7’0”, a record which was tied later that year, but which still stands as of this writing. He also earned All-State honors while playing football for the Wildcats as a punter and wide receiver. He continued his career at University of New Mexico where he was the leading receiver in 2004 and 2005. In addition, he was Offensive Player of the Year during that period. Hank was selected as All-Mountain West Conference having 67 receptions for 1,071 yards and 9 touchdowns. While at UNM, Hank’s career highs were as follows: Highest number of receptions – 11 vs. BYU on 10/8/05 Most receiving yards: 209 yards vs. Missouri on 9/10/05 Longest passing play: 69 yards vs. Colorado State on 10/30/04 His college play was exemplary, totaling 140 receptions for 2,288 yards and 17 touchdowns and averaging 16.3 yards per carry, gaining over 100 yards in 9 games. Hank also completed in track and field for UNM, twice qualifying for the NCAA Midwest regionals. Hank was an outstanding student who was a four time academic all-MSC honoree, graduating from UNM in 2005 with a degree in General Management. Hank played with three NFL teams during his five year professional career: the Minnesota Vikings, Philadelphia Eagles and Indianapolis Colts from 2006 to 2010, being on the Philadelphia roster some time each year. He appeared in 67 games, 11 as a starter, and had 77 receptions for 1,098 yards. As of this writing, Baskett resides in California and is married with one son. |
Welcome
We post articles of general interest about New Mexico athletes, coaches and sports. Some names will already be familiar to you. Others are perhaps not as well known, but we hope you enjoy them all. Archives
December 2015
© 2014, all rights reserved. Categories
All
|