Thad Busby
{{Short description|American football player (born 1974)}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Thad Busby
| image =
| caption =
| position = Quarterback
| number = 17
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|11|25}}
| birth_place = Pace, Florida, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lbs = 219
| high_school = Pace
| college = Florida State
| undraftedyear = 1998
| pastteams =
- San Francisco 49ers ({{NFL Year|1998}})*
- Mobile Admirals (1999)
- Cleveland Browns ({{NFL Year|1999}})*
- Tampa Bay Storm ({{AFL Year|2000}})
| highlights =
- National champion (1993)
- ACC Offensive Player of the Year (1997)
- First-team All-ACC (1997)
- Second-team All-ACC (1996)
| aflstatlabel1 = Passing TDs–INTs
| aflstatvalue1 = 7–4
| aflstatlabel2 = Passing yards
| aflstatvalue2 = 604
| statlabel3 =
| statvalue3 =
| afl = 2377
}}
Thad Busby (born November 25, 1974) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback. He played college football for the Florida State Seminoles and played professionally in the Regional Football League (RFL) and Arena Football League (AFL).
Biography
Busby attended Pace High School in Pace, Florida, and was then drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the fourth round of the 1993 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign.[https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1994/01/22/busby-turns-down-blue-jays-to-play-qb-at-florida-state/ Busby Turns Down Blue Jays To Play Qb At Florida State] He attended Florida State University,[https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1996/08/21/i-have-arrived-2/ I Have Arrived] where he played both football and baseball and compiled a 19–2 record as the Seminoles' starting quarterback in 1996–97.[https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1995/02/24/fsus-busby-quits-baseball-to-concentrate-on-football/ Fsu's Busby Quits Baseball To Concentrate On Football]
After his college career, he was also a member of the San Francisco 49ers and Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL),[http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/NFL-NOTES-Busby-Among-49ers-Signings-3008289.php NFL NOTES / Busby Among 49ers' Signings][https://apnews.com/2493091172fa08db5c8885f7fd9af75f BROWNS SIGN FREE-AGENT QB THAD BUSBY] but did not make a regular season roster. He did play in the short-lived Regional Football League in 1999 for the Mobile Admirals,{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27660480/admirals_start_playoffs_today_against/ |title=Admirals start playoffs today against Toledo |newspaper=Pensacola News Journal |location=Pensacola, Florida |page=45 |date=June 12, 1999 |access-date=January 26, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}} and in the Arena Football League for the Tampa Bay Storm in 2000.[http://www.sptimes.com/News/032100/Sports/Storm_signs_ex_Semino.shtml Storm signs ex-Seminole QB Busby][http://www.sptimes.com/News/041300/news_pf/Sports/Storm_s_hopes_riding_.shtml Storm's hopes riding on former Seminole]
References
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{{1993 Florida State Seminoles football navbox}}
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{{Tampa Bay Storm starting quarterback navbox}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Santa Rosa County, Florida
Category:Players of American football from Florida
Category:American football quarterbacks
Category:Florida State Seminoles football players
Category:Florida State Seminoles baseball players
Category:San Francisco 49ers players
Category:Cleveland Browns players
Category:Tampa Bay Storm players
Category:Regional Football League players
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