Mike Pagel

Mike John Pagel (born September 13, 1960) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Arizona State Sun Devils and was selected by the Baltimore Colts in the fourth round of the 1982 NFL draft.

Professional career Baltimore Colts Drafted the same year as Art Schlichter, Pagel was drafted to be groomed as a backup. Generally, however, he out-played Schlichter. Pagel bounced in and out of the starting quarterback job for the Colts in his four seasons with the team, alternating with Schlichter, Matt Kofler, and Mark Herrmann. He was the last Colt to wear #18 before Peyton Manning.

Cleveland Browns He was traded to Cleveland for the 1986 season and served for the next five years there strictly as a backup. In 1988, he took over for an injured Bernie Kosar and Don Strock and played well in a playoff loss to the Houston Oilers.

Los Angeles Rams Pagel finished up the last three years with the Los Angeles Rams, never garnering more than mop-up duties.

Life after football Pagel now resides in suburban Cleveland, Ohio, and is a project manager for AT&T. He also serves as analyst for the pregame, halftime and postgame shows on WTAM and WMMS during Browns games and offers television color commentary on college games on Fox Sports Network. Pagel also provides video commentary on his own site Pagel On Point. In addition, he presently is the quarterback coach at Normandy High School in Parma, Ohio.

NFL career statistics Legend Bold Career high

Year Team Games Passing Rushing Sacks 1982 BAL 9 9 0−8−1 111 221 50.2 1,281 5.8 53 5 7 62.4 19 82 4.3 32 1 16 129 1983 BAL 15 15 7−8 163 328 49.7 2,353 7.2 72 12 17 64.0 54 441 8.2 33 0 40 278 1984 IND 11 9 3−6 114 212 53.8 1,426 6.7 54 8 8 71.8 26 149 5.7 23 1 28 201 1985 IND 16 14 5−9 199 393 50.6 2,414 6.1 80 14 15 65.8 25 160 6.4 29 2 25 180 1986 CLE 1 0 − 2 3 66.7 53 17.7 45 0 0 109.7 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1987 CLE 4 0 − 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1988 CLE 5 4 2−2 71 134 53.0 736 5.5 28 3 4 64.1 4 1 0.3 5 0 1 9 1989 CLE 16 0 − 5 14 35.7 60 4.3 18 1 1 43.7 2 -1 -0.5 4 0 0 0 1990 CLE 16 3 0−3 69 148 46.6 819 5.5 32 3 8 48.2 3 -1 -0.5 0 0 5 40 1991 RAM 16 0 − 11 27 40.7 150 5.6 30 2 0 83.9 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1992 RAM 16 0 − 8 20 40.0 99 5.0 22 1 2 33.1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 1993 RAM 7 0 − 3 9 33.3 23 2.6 10 0 1 2.8 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Career 132 54 17−36−1 756 1,509 50.1 9,414 6.2 80 49 63 63.3 136 831 6.1 33 4 115 837