Birth Date: | 3 February 1969 |
Birth Place: | Americus, Georgia, U.S. |
Number: | 11 |
Position1: | Quarterback |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 0 |
Weight Lb: | 199 |
College: | Florida State |
Nfldraftedyear: | 1992 |
Nfldraftedround: | 4 |
Nfldraftedpick: | 102 |
Playing Years1: | 1992 |
Playing Team1: | Philadelphia Eagles |
Playing Years2: | 1993–1996 |
Playing Team2: | Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
Playing Years3: | 1996 |
Playing Team3: | Barcelona Dragons |
Playing Years4: | 1997 |
Playing Team4: | San Diego Chargers |
Playing Years5: | 1998–2000 |
Playing Team5: | Washington Redskins |
Playing Years6: | 2001 |
Playing Team6: | Birmingham Thunderbolts |
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Nfl: | WEL205052 |
Databasefootball: | WELDOCAS01 |
William Casey Weldon (born February 3, 1969) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Florida State Seminoles in the late-1980s and early-1990s. During his senior season in 1991, Weldon was a first-team All-American and finished runner-up in the Heisman Trophy balloting to Desmond Howard of Michigan. Weldon was selected in the fourth round of the 1992 NFL draft by the Philadelphia Eagles.[1] He also played in the World League and for the Birmingham Thunderbolts of the XFL.
Weldon played high school quarterback at North Florida Christian High School, and he returned there as the varsity head football coach in 2006. On December 12, 2007, and after getting NFC to the Florida division 1A state championship game twice in his two years as head coach, but losing both times, NFC fired him and rehired former NFC head coach Tim Cokely. Weldon finished his two-year NFC career with an overall record of 23–5. In May 2008 he was hired as the new offensive coordinator at Leon High School.