Tavares Bolden
American gridiron football player (born 1979)
| Born: | (1979-06-08) June 8, 1979 (age 45) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
|---|---|
| Career information | |
| Status | Retired |
| CFL status | American |
| Position(s) | QB |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
| Weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
| College | Toledo |
| High school | Glenville (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| Career history | |
| As player | |
| 2002–2004 | Montreal Alouettes |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| |
| Career stats | |
| Comp-Att | 20–33 |
| Passing yards | 176 |
| TD-INT | 1–3 |
| Rushing attempts | 16 |
| Rushing yards | 93 |
Tavares Bolden (born June 8, 1979) is an American former professional Canadian football quarterback who played in the Canadian Football League (CFL).
Early life and high school
Bolden was born and grew up in Cleveland, Ohio and attended Glenville High School. He did not join the school's football team until his junior year and became the Tarblooders' starting quarterback, passing for 2,800 yards and 31 touchdowns in two seasons.[1]
College career
Bolden was a member of the Toledo Rockets for five seasons, redshirting as a freshman. He became the team's starting quarterback midway through his sophomore year, becoming the first player from a Cleveland Public School to become an FBS starting quarterback since Benny Friedman in 1926.[1] As a junior, Bolden passed for 1,597 yards with 13 touchdown passes and four interceptions while rushing for 464 yards and five touchdowns and was named first team All-Mid-American Conference (MAC).[2] In his senior season he was named second team All-MAC after completing 214-of-319 pass attempts for a then-MAC record 67.1% completion percentage and 2,466 yards with 13 touchdowns and also rushed for 335 yards and four touchdowns. He finished his collegiate career with 5,282 passing yards and 34 touchdown passes and 1,065 rushing yards and nine touchdowns.[3] Bolden was inducted into Toledo's Varsity ‘T’ Hall of Fame in 2015.[4]
Professional career
Bolden was signed by the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL) on April 24, 2002.[5] Bolden played three seasons with Montreal as a backup quarterback.[6]
References
- ^ a b Musselman, Ron (August 28, 2001). "UT QB anxious to run new offense against Gophers". Toledo Blade. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
- ^ "Rocket thrills, dad skill". Toledo Blade. November 2, 2001. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
- ^ Musselman, Ron (February 22, 2002). "CFL interested in former Rocket quarterback Bolden". Toledo Blade. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
- ^ Helgren, Paul (January 12, 2015). "University to induct 2015 class for Varsity 'T' Hall of Fame". News.UToledo.edu. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
- ^ "UT's Bolden signs with Alouettes". Toledo Blade. April 24, 2002. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
- ^ "Tavares Bolden". JustSportsStats.com. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
External links
- Toledo Rockets Hall of Fame bio
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Montreal Alouettes 90th Grey Cup champions
- 1 Tavares Bolden
- 3 Sylvain Girard
- 4 Thomas Haskins
- 5 Éric Lapointe
- 6 Keith Stokes
- 7 Matt Lytle
- 8 Reggie Durden
- 9 Wayne Shaw
- 10 Terry Baker
- 11 Lawrence Phillips
- 13 Anthony Calvillo
- 15 Eric Kresser
- 16 Pat Woodcock
- 17 Patrick Dorvélus
- 18 William Loftus
- 20 Perry Carter
- 23 Mark Washington
- 26 Dan Dericott
- 27 Mike Pringle
- 31 Barron Miles
- 33 Bruno Heppell
- 34 Tim Fleiszer
- 35 Stéphane Fortin
- 38 Timothy Strickland
- 43 Kevin Richards
- 44 Kevin Johnson
- 47 Stefen Reid
- 53 Uzooma Okeke
- 54 Marc Megna
- 57 Scott Flory
- 58 Anwar Stewart
- 61 Luke Fritz
- 64 Rick Cunningham
- 65 Kevin Lefsrud
- 66 Neal Fort
- 68 Bryan Chiu
- 75 Ed Philion
- 78 Adriano Belli
- 80 Jeremaine Copeland
- 83 Darran Hall
- 86 Ben Cahoon
- 91 Mat Petz
- 94 Robert Brown
- 96 Phil Gibson
- 99 Reggie Lowe
- -- Kevin Johnson
- Head coach: Don Matthews
- Coaches: Jim Barker
- Doug Berry
- Ted Gill
- Chris Jones
- Glenn Rogers
- Kevin Strasser
- Noel Thorpe
