Jay Schroeder had a 10 year NFL career, in which his teams won 61 games and lost 38 games he started. He won a Super Bowl ring with the Washington Redskins in 1988 after taking them to the championship game the prior year. He attempted 2,808 passes and completed 1,426 of them. He threw 114 touchdown passes and 108 interceptions.
You’re probably asking yourself: Why in the hell are we talking about Schroeder, a UCLA Bruins graduate on a Notre Dame site?
Good question!
Schroeder’s career stats are going to help me make a point about the significance of numbers.