Dan Whalen

Dan Whalen (born August 6, 1988) is a former American football quarterback from Willoughby, Ohio.

Dan Whalen
Position:Quarterback
Personal information
Born: (1988-08-06) August 6, 1988
Willoughby, Ohio
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High school:South (Willoughby, Ohio)
College:Case Western Reserve
Undrafted:2011
Career history
Career Arena statistics
Completions:23
Attempts:29
Yards:284
Touchdowns:6
Interceptions:1
Player stats at ArenaFan.com

High school career

Dan played high school football at Willoughby South High School. He only started one year, leading the Rebels to a 10-0 regular season while throwing for over 2,500 yards, 27 touchdowns and only 6 interceptions. In a first round playoff game against Olmsted Falls High School, Whalen threw for 356 yards and 5 touchdowns while only playing in the first half of a 49-10 win.[1]

College career

Whalen played at Case Western Reserve University under head coach Greg Debeljak. He was a four-year starter at Case throwing for 9,720 yards, with 742 completions from 1,229 attempts, and with 87 touchdowns, and graduated in 2009 as the school's all-time leader in pass attempts, completions, yards and touchdown passes. Whalen was named a first team All-American his senior season by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) and d3football.com. Dan was also a two-time finalist for the Gagliardi Trophy (Division III Player of the Year) and named University Athletic Association (UAA) Offensive Player of the Year three times. While the starting quarterback, Whalen led Case to 31 consecutive regular season wins, three straight perfect regular seasons, three straight UAA titles, and three straight NCAA postseasons.[1] Dan also played punter in college.[2]

Professional career

Cleveland Gladiators

Assigned (added to the roster) to the Cleveland Gladiators on Feb. 2, 2011[3] and removed from the Gladiator's roster on March 13, 2011. Whalen then returned to the roster two weeks later on March 25, 2011.[4]

Dan played in parts of six games for the Gladiators in the 2011 season, leading two come from behind wins and scoring 9 total touchdowns.[5]

Midway through the season, Whalen decided to leave the team to pursue his career as a writer.[6] He was reassigned on June 6, 2011.[7]

Orlando Predators

Assigned (added to the roster) to the Orlando Predators on March 20, 2012.[8]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 3, 2011. Retrieved June 9, 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Case Western Reserve". Case.edu. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 3, 2011. Retrieved June 9, 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 3, 2011. Retrieved June 9, 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved June 9, 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. Podolski, Mark (May 31, 2011). "Gladiators: Dan Whalen accepts advertising job in Kansas City". The News Herald. Journal Register. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  7. "Cleveland Gladiators June 2011 Transactions". Archived from the original on 2011-08-13. Retrieved 2011-06-09.
  8. FOX. "Fox 35 Orlando News and Weather | WOFL". Myfoxorlando.com. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
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