[Mick]

Cottrell had a memorable game in 1981 substituting for an injured John Elway vs. ASU. In barely more than a half of action, he was 21 of 34 passes for 311 yards and two touchdowns.  But ASU shredded Stanford's defense like Kleenex and won 62-36.

I found an article that listed Cottrell as 5'10" tall. Can that be correct?

I don't know his height.  But I liked the fact that he appeared in relief duty in seven games in 1983 as a senior and his five TD passes ranked #9 in the Pac-10.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/con...aders.html

Note how many Pac-10 QBs on that list played in the NFL.  Gilbert, Neuheisel, Pelluer, Miller, Bono, Salisbury, Turner, Crawford, Hons.  Todd Hons was the TD leader, but played in the NFL for just a year, as did Turner and Crawford.  Still, more than half the list got there in one form or another.  I imagine some of the others were like Paye and got invited to an NFL camp.

[Mick]

Cottrell had a memorable game in 1981 substituting for an injured John Elway vs. ASU. In barely more than a half of action, he was 21 of 34 passes for 311 yards and two touchdowns.  But ASU shredded Stanford's defense like Kleenex and won 62-36.

I found an article that listed Cottrell as 5'10" tall. Can that be correct?

I don't know his height.  But I liked the fact that he appeared in relief duty in seven games in 1983 as a senior and his five TD passes ranked #9 in the Pac-10.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/con...aders.html

Note how many Pac-10 QBs on that list played in the NFL.  Gilbert, Neuheisel, Pelluer, Miller, Bono, Salisbury, Turner, Crawford, Hons.  Todd Hons was the TD leader, but played in the NFL for just a year, as did Turner and Crawford.  Still, more than half the list got there in one form or another.  I imagine some of the others were like Paye and got invited to an NFL camp.