James MacPherson (American football)
{{Short description|American gridiron football player and coach (born 1980)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = James MacPherson
| image =
| number = 16
| position = Quarterback
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|9|2}}
| birth_place =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lbs = 197
| high_school = Tucson (AZ) Mountain View
| college = Wake Forest
| undraftedyear = 2003
| pastteams =
- Indianapolis Colts ({{NFL Year|2003}})*
- Hamilton Tiger-Cats ({{CFL Year|2004}})*
- Colorado Crush ({{AFL Year|2005}})*
- Philadelphia Soul ({{AFL Year|2006}})*
- Green Bay Blizzard ({{Af2 Year|2006}})
- Georgia Force ({{AFL Year|2007}})
- Grand Rapids Rampage ({{AFL Year|2007}}–{{AFL Year|2008}})
| pastcoaching =
- Mountain View Mountain Lions (2003–2004)
- Tortolita Junior High School (2006)
- Mountain View Mountain Lions (2008)
- Pima Aztecs (2009) (QB)
- Florida Tuskers ({{UFL Year|2010}}) (assistant)
- Sacramento Mountain Lions ({{UFL Year|2011}}–{{UFL Year|2012}}) (RB)
- Pima Aztecs (2013) (QB)
| aflstatlabel1 = Comp. / Att.
| aflstatvalue1 = 321 / 471
| aflstatlabel2 = Passing yards
| aflstatvalue2 = 4,011
| aflstatvalue3 = 88–16
| aflstatlabel4 = QB rating
| aflstatvalue4 = 119.79
| aflstatlabel5 = Rushing TDs
| aflstatvalue5 = 8
| afl = 4934
}}
James MacPherson (born September 2, 1980) is an American former professional football quarterback who played two seasons in the Arena Football League (AFL) with the Georgia Force and Grand Rapids Rampage. He played college football at Wake Forest University. He was also a member of the Indianapolis Colts, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Colorado Crush, Philadelphia Soul and Green Bay Blizzard.
Early life
MacPherson played high school football at Mountain View High School in Tucson, Arizona, where he was a three-year letterman at quarterback. He also earned All-Southern Arizona honors as both a quarterback and punter in 1997. MacPherson recorded 2,500 passing yards and 800 rushing yards during his career. He completed more than 56 percent of his passes. He earned all-region honors as a shortstop and pitcher in baseball. MacPherson also earned a spot on the honor roll and was named a "Scholar-Athlete" by the Arizona Interscholastic Association.{{cite web|url=http://www.wakeforestsports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/macpherson_james00.html |title=James MacPherson |publisher=wakeforestsports.com |accessdate=December 31, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231151337/http://www.wakeforestsports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/macpherson_james00.html |archivedate=December 31, 2014 }}
College career
MacPherson played for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons of Wake Forest University from 1999 to 2002. He was redshirted in 1998. He recorded 16 touchdowns on 4,716 passing yards for the Demon Deacons.{{cite web | url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/james-macpherson-1.html | title=James MacPherson | publisher=Sports Reference LLC | work=sports-reference.com | accessdate=December 31, 2014 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721002459/http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/james-macpherson-1.html | archivedate=July 21, 2015 | url-status=dead}} MacPherson earned MVP honors in the 2002 Seattle Bowl. He was also named to the Academic All-ACC Team as a senior and finished his career ranked No. 7 all-time in school history for passing yards.{{cite web|url=https://www.deaconclub.com/donor-spotlights.cfm?profile=4 |title=James MacPherson |publisher=deaconclub.com |accessdate=December 31, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231152047/https://www.deaconclub.com/donor-spotlights.cfm?profile=4 |archivedate=December 31, 2014 }} He also occasionally served as the team's punter during his college career.
=Statistics=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan=2 | Year !! rowspan=2 | Team !! colspan=8 | Passing !! colspan=4 | Rushing !! colspan=3 | Punting | ||||||||||||||||
| {{tooltip|Cmp|Passes completed}} | {{tooltip|Att|Passes attempted}} | {{tooltip|Pct|Completion percentage}} | {{tooltip|Yds|Passing yards}} | {{tooltip|Y/A|Yards per passing attempt}} | {{tooltip|TD|Passing touchdowns}} | {{tooltip|Int|Interceptions}} | {{tooltip|Rtg|Passer rating}} | {{tooltip|Att|Rushing attempts}} | {{tooltip|Yds|Rushing yards}} | {{tooltip|Avg|Yards per rushing attempt}} | {{tooltip|TD|Rushing touchdowns}} | {{tooltip|Pnt|Punts}} | {{tooltip|Yds|Punting yards}} | {{tooltip|Avg|Yards per punt}} | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Wake Forest | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 | 270 | 45.0 |
| 2000 | Wake Forest | 113 | 207 | 54.6 | 1,324 | 6.4 | 3 | 6 | 107.3 | 24 | -57 | -2.4 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 36.0 |
| 2001 | Wake Forest | 113 | 209 | 54.1 | 1,555 | 7.4 | 5 | 11 | 113.9 | 63 | 111 | 1.8 | 1 | 12 | 509 | 42.4 |
| 2002 | Wake Forest | 123 | 223 | 55.2 | 1,837 | 8.2 | 8 | 4 | 132.6 | 68 | 177 | 2.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| class="sortbottom" style="background:#eee;"
| colspan=2 | Career | 349 | 639 | 54.6 | 4,716 | 7.4 | 16 | 21 | 118.3 | 155 | 231 | 1.5 | 2 | 19 | 815 | 42.9 |
Professional career
=Indianapolis Colts=
MacPherson spent the 2003 off-season with the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL) after going undrafted in the 2003 NFL draft. He played in all four preseason games and was released by the team on August 31, 2003.{{cite web|url=http://jamesmacphersonfootball.com/coaches/ |title=James MacPherson |publisher=jamesmacphersonfootball.com |accessdate=December 31, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231151822/http://jamesmacphersonfootball.com/coaches/ |archivedate=December 31, 2014 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.kffl.com/player/7773/nfl/news/james-macpherson |title=James MacPherson |publisher=kffl.com |accessdate=December 31, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231151827/http://www.kffl.com/player/7773/nfl/news/james-macpherson |archivedate=December 31, 2014 }}
=Hamilton Tiger-Cats=
He signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League in March 2004 and was released by the Tiger-Cats on June 9, 2004.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27872-2004Mar26_2.html |title=Friday's Sports Transactions |newspaper=Washington Post |accessdate=December 31, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231161310/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27872-2004Mar26_2.html |archivedate=December 31, 2014 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/activity/article18266834/ |title=Canadian Football League |publisher=theglobeandmail.com |accessdate=December 31, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231160816/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/activity/article18266834/ |archivedate=December 31, 2014 }}
=Colorado Crush=
MacPherson was signed by the Colorado Crush of the Arena Football League (AFL) on January 6, 2005 and released by the team on January 20, 2005.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55242-2005Jan7_3.html |title=Thursday's Sports Transactions |newspaper=Washington Post |accessdate=December 31, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822103706/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55242-2005Jan7_3.html |archivedate=August 22, 2016 }}{{cite web | url=http://www.arenafan.com/teams/?page=transactions&type=old&team=98 | title=Historical Team Transactions | publisher=arenafan.com | accessdate=December 31, 2014}}
=Philadelphia Soul=
He signed with the Philadelphia Soul of the AFL on January 12, 2006 and was released on January 20, 2006.{{cite web | url=http://www.arenafan.com/teams/?page=transactions&type=old&team=99 | title=Historical Team Transactions | publisher=arenafan.com | accessdate=December 31, 2014}}
=Green Bay Blizzard=
He played for the Green Bay Blizzard of the af2 in 2006, recording 36 touchdowns on 2,241 passing yards as the Blizzard advanced to ArenaCup VII.{{cite web|url=http://www.greenbayblizzard.com/NewsDetail.php?ID=90 |title=MacPherson and Bowers Find New Homes in AFL |publisher=greenbayblizzard.com |date=November 19, 2007 |accessdate=December 31, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231152840/http://www.greenbayblizzard.com/NewsDetail.php?ID=90 |archivedate=December 31, 2014 }}
=Georgia Force=
MacPherson played for the Georgia Force of the AFL in 2007 and was the backup to Chris Greisen.
=Grand Rapids Rampage=
James signed with the Grand Rapids Rampage of the AFL on October 31, 2007.{{cite web | url=http://www.arenafan.com/teams/?page=transactions&type=old&team=40 | title=Historical Team Transactions | publisher=arenafan.com | accessdate=December 31, 2014}} He recorded 88 touchdowns on 4,011 passing yards while also scoring eight rushing touchdowns for the Rampage in 2007.{{cite web | url=http://www.arenafan.com/players/?page=players&player=4934&pageview=career | title=James MacPherson | publisher=arenafan.com | accessdate=December 31, 2014}}
=AFL statistics=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan=2 | Year !! rowspan=2 | Team !! colspan=7 | Passing !! colspan=3 | Rushing | |||||||||||
| {{tooltip|Cmp|Passes completed}} | {{tooltip|Att|Passes attempted}} | {{tooltip|Pct|Completion percentage}} | {{tooltip|Yds|Passing yards}} | {{tooltip|TD|Passing touchdowns}} | {{tooltip|Int|Interceptions}} | {{tooltip|Rtg|Passer rating}} | {{tooltip|Att|Rushing attempts}} | {{tooltip|Yds|Rushing yards}} | {{tooltip|TD|Rushing touchdowns}} | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Georgia | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 146.88 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | Grand Rapids | 318 | 467 | 68.1 | 3,970 | 87 | 16 | 119.56 | 34 | 115 | 8 |
| class="sortbottom" style="background:#eee;"
| colspan=2 | Career | 321 | 471 | 68.2 | 4,011 | 88 | 16 | 119.79 | 34 | 115 | 8 |
Coaching career
=Mountain View High School=
MacPherson was a coach for the Mountain View Mountain Lions of Mountain View High School from 2003 to 2004.
=Tortolita Junior High School=
He coached at Tortolita Junior High School in 2006.{{cite web|url=http://tucson.com/sports/football/mountain-view-graduate-has-persevered-as-pro-qb/article_23ae97a5-d52a-54d4-b260-38a1ca4f0797.html |title=Mountain View graduate has persevered as pro QB |publisher=tucson.com |date=July 11, 2007 |accessdate=December 31, 2014 |author=Hansen, Tyler |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820055539/http://tucson.com/sports/football/mountain-view-graduate-has-persevered-as-pro-qb/article_23ae97a5-d52a-54d4-b260-38a1ca4f0797.html |archivedate=August 20, 2016 }}
=Mountain View High School (second stint)=
=Pima CC=
MacPherson was quarterbacks and offensive quality control coach for the Pima Aztecs of Pima Community College in 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.greenbayblizzard.com/NewsDetail.php?ID=768 |title=Former Blizzard QB Hired By San Diego Chargers |publisher=greenbayblizzard.com |date=May 27, 2014 |accessdate=December 31, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240527045736/https://www.webcitation.org/6VEbQcxIy?url=http://www.greenbayblizzard.com/NewsDetail.php%3FID=768 |archivedate=May 27, 2024 }}
=Florida Tuskers=
He served as offensive quality control coach for the Florida Tuskers of the United Football League (UFL) in 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.teamrisingsun.com/2010/09/our-2010-tuskers-roster-personnel.html |title=Here are Our 2010 Florida Tuskers |publisher=teamrisingsun.com |accessdate=December 31, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231154615/http://www.teamrisingsun.com/2010/09/our-2010-tuskers-roster-personnel.html |archivedate=December 31, 2014 }}{{cite web|url=http://footballscoop.com/the-scoop/the-scoop-20100526-075659/ |title=The Scoop |publisher=footballscoop.com |date=May 26, 2010 |accessdate=December 31, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231160355/http://footballscoop.com/the-scoop/the-scoop-20100526-075659/ |archivedate=December 31, 2014 }}
=Sacramento Mountain Lions=
He was running backs coach of the Sacramento Mountain Lions of the UFL from 2011 to 2012.{{cite web|url=http://archive.nflgridirongab.com/2012/08/10/cbs-sports-network-will-carry-the-2012-season-of-ufl-football/ |title=CBS Sports Network Will Carry the 2012 Season of UFL Football |publisher=nflgridirongab.com |date=August 10, 2012 |accessdate=December 31, 2014 |author=Bach, Chris |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231155449/http://archive.nflgridirongab.com/2012/08/10/cbs-sports-network-will-carry-the-2012-season-of-ufl-football/ |archivedate=December 31, 2014 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4295269 |title=Mountain Lions Game Notes for September 17 Game Vs. Las Vegas |publisher=oursportscentral.com |date=September 15, 2011 |accessdate=December 31, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231155450/http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4295269 |archivedate=December 31, 2014 }}
=Pima CC (second stint)=
MacPherson returned as quarterbacks coach of the Pima Aztecs in 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.pima.edu/current-students/athletics/mediaguide/football-media-guide.pdf |title=James MacPherson, Quarterbacks Coach |publisher=pima.edu |accessdate=December 31, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231155755/https://www.pima.edu/current-students/athletics/mediaguide/football-media-guide.pdf |archivedate=December 31, 2014 }}
Scouting career
MacPherson was hired as a college scout for the San Diego Chargers in May 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.chargers.com/team/staff/james-macpherson/30a8b957-568a-4bc7-918d-40fbc68bdc8b |title=JAMES MACPHERSON |publisher=chargers.com |accessdate=December 31, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231160319/http://www.chargers.com/team/staff/james-macpherson/30a8b957-568a-4bc7-918d-40fbc68bdc8b |archivedate=December 31, 2014 }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=macphjam001 Stats Crew profile]
- [https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/james-macpherson-1.html College stats]
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