NFL: 3rd Year with New England Patriots Drafted: First pick of the 1993 NFL Draft, New England
Patriots College: Washington State University
Career Acheivements
Records Held
NFL Individual Passing Records Held
Pass Attempts in a Single Season -- 691: 1994
Pass Attempts in a Game -- 70: 11/13/94
Pass Completions in a Game -- 45: 11/13/94
New England Patriots Passing Records Set
Pass Attempts in a Single Season -- 691: 1994
Pass Attempts in a Game -- 70: 11/13/94
Pass Completions in a Game -- 45: 11/13/94
Passing Yardage in a Single Season -- 4,555: 1994
Passing Yardage in a Game -- 426: 11/13/94
Consecutive 300-yard Games -- 4: 1/2/94 - 9/18/94
300-yard Passing Games in a Season -- 6: 1994
50+ Pass Attempt Games in One Season -- 5: 1994
Other Distinctions
Youngest player in NFL history to reach 7,000-yard mark: Age
22
5th on the Patriots all-time passing list
Fourth in the NFL in touchdown passes: 25
Four-time Miller Lite Player of the Game: 1994
Two-time AFC Player of the Week: 1994
Youngest quarterback to play in the Pro Bowl: 1995
Eighth-best passing season in NFL history (4,555 yards): 1994
Awards & Recognition
Drew Bledsoe's 1993 honors include:
Miller Lite Player of the Week: vs. Miami (1/2/94)
1776 Quarterback Club's Rookie of the Year
Drew Bledsoe's 1994 honors include:
AFC Pro Bowl Selection
UPI All-AFC--Second Team
Patriots Miller Lite Player of the Year
1776 Quarterback Club's Co-Offensive MVP
NFL's AFC Offensive Player of the Week: 10/2 & 11/13
Miller Lite Player of the Week: 10/2 & 11/13
Patriot's Miller LIte Player of the Game: vs. Miami (9/4);
vs. Buffalo (9/11); vs.Minnesota (11/13); & vs. Buffalo
(12/18)
Staples Star of the Game: vs. Miami (9/4); vs. Minnesota
(11/13)
Arthritis Foundation 1994 Athlete of the Year
Boston Press Photographer 1994 Sports Personality of the Year
College Career
Although only starting 28 games during his collegiate career
at Washington State University, Drew Bledsoe earned
the following distinctions:
2nd on the school's all-time passing list: 7,373 yards, 46
touchdowns, 532 completions
Second team All-American by The Poor Man's Guide to the NFL
Draft
All-Pac 10
Ninth in the nation in total offense: 247.0 yards per game
Pac-10 Player of the Week vs. Washington
WSU records: 476 yards (30 of 46) vs. Utah in Copper Bowl
Personal
Born Drew Bledsoe February 14, 1972 in Ellensburg, Wash.
Majored in education at WSU
Lettered in both footbal & basketball
Established the Albert
S. "Stu" Bledsoe $150,000 football scholarship in the name of his
grandfather
Internships
