Aaron Garcia (arena football)

Aaron Garcia (born October 20, 1970), is a Mexican American AFL quarterback for the Jacksonville Sharks. He played college football at Sacramento State. He was originally signed by the Arizona Rattlers.

In his career, Garcia has also played for the Connecticut Coyotes, New Jersey Red Dogs, Iowa Barnstormers, and New York Dragons.

Garcia holds the current professional arena football record for passing yards (50,019), passing touchdowns (1,078), and total touchdowns (1,124).

High school career

Garcia attended Grant Union High School where he played high school football, with his father as coach, where he broke John Elway’s California state high school passing, yardage and touchdown records with a two-year prep total of 5,800 yards and 57 touchdown passes.

College career

He went to Washington State University in 1989, and started as a redshirt freshman, contributing 1,591 yards and 11 touchdown passes, leading the Pac-10 in passing efficiency that year. During that year, quarterbacking duties also were shared by junior Brad Gossen, who threw for 1,372 yards and nine touchdowns in an injury shortened season, prior to Garcia being named the starter. In 1990, a mid-season quarterback controversy erupted when second-year coach Mike Price benched veterans Gossen and Garcia in favor of true-freshman Drew Bledsoe.

After Bledsoe's emergence at Washington State in 1990, Garcia transferred to Division I-AA in Sacramento State and finished his college football...
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