Before he was the Texas high school football player of the year, Ty Detmer helped himself land at Brigham Young University. "I didn't know very much about BYU, other than that they threw the ball ...

Ty Detmer never liked ending a drive with a field goal. He was all about scoring touchdowns and his school-record 121 passing touchdowns may stand forever. But in Detmer’s first big game at BYU ...

Depending on how you view Ty Detmer's win in 1990, Jeanty would be the first Heisman winner from a Group of Five school in history. (BYU played in the WAC back then, which was considered a major I ...

And Lordy, Lordy the Cleveland Browns hit 40. Much hay is being made about the fact that by appearing in the mercifully final outing of the season yesterday, Bailey Zappe became the 40th quarterback ...

Dillon Gabriel's father, Garrett, led Hawaii to back-to-back upsets of BYU in 1989 and 1990, the latter spoiling the Cougars' national title hopes and Ty Detmer's Heisman celebration. Now the ...

Smith wasn't the latest selection in a draft, however. Far from it, in fact; 1990 winner Ty Detmer wasn't picked until the ninth round of the 1992 NFL Draft. The winner in '92 was Geno Torretta ...