Tom Ehrhardt

Thomas E. Ehrhardt (born ) is an American former football quarterback. He played college football for the C. W. Post Pioneers and Rhode Island Rams. After going undrafted in the 1986 NFL draft, he signed with the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He also played for the Cincinnati Bengals. His number twelve jersey is retired by the Rhode Island Rams.

Early life Ehrhardt was born in Queens, New York, and attended Holy Cross High School in Flushing, Queens. He played high school football in Flushing as a quarterback. He was a one-year starter for the school and lead them to the Catholic High School Football League championship game and was also named as a New York Newsday All-Queens selection in 1980. In his last game for the Pioneers, he threw for 432 yards and six touchdowns against Merchant Marine.

In 1984, Ehrhardt led the Rams to a 10–3 record and were named co-conference champions of the Yankee Conference. During his junior season, he earned the nickname Ehr Force due to how much the team threw the ball. He threw for 3,180 yards and thirty touchdowns during the regular season, which were all Yankee Conference single season records. Following the season, he was named as the conference's Offensive Player of the Year. In the first half against New Hampshire on November 2, he partially collapsed his lung in the first half. Despite his injury, he still threw for 446 yards and three touchdowns. During that game he set the New England passing record for touchdown passes in a season with forty and most attempts and completions in a game. He appeared in one preseason game before being released.

On February 7, 1987, Ehrhardt signed with the Cincinnati Bengals. He was waived on September 9, 1987

Personal life Ehrhardt has three brothers and three sisters. His brother, Bobby, was also a quarterback for Rhode Island. Their father died in 1969.