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| 1996 Yards per Game (NFL rank) - 1996 Record: 9-7 (third) |
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Rushing | Passing | Total |
| OFFENSE | 90.5 (28) | 206.0 (16) | 296.5 (25) |
| DEFENSE | 110.0 (18) | 227.7 (23) | 337.7 (22) |
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Quarterback U? |
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In 1987 Bears VP of player personnel Bill Tobin used a first-round draft choice to select a quarterback from Michigan, a school that had previously produced only three players with as many as 100 career NFL passes and no such players since the early 1950s. Tobin, now with the Colts, is reaping the rewards of that risk-taking, as Indy QB Jim Harbaugh tops a group of three former Wolverines passers in the NFL.
NFL Players from Michigan with at Least 100 Career NFL Passes |
| | NFL career | Att. | Comp. | Pct. | Yds. | TDs | Int. | Rating |
| Jim Harbaugh | 1987-present | 2,680 | 1,580 | 59.0 | 18,212 | 89 | 78 | 78.5 |
| Elvis Grbac | 1993-present | 430 | 284 | 66.0 | 3,098 | 18 | 16 | 85.6 |
| Harry Newman | 1933-35 | 258 | 97 | 37.6 | 1,496 | 12 | 36 | 33.5 |
| Benny Friedman* | 1927-34 | 167 | 70 | 41.9 | 929 | 10 | 19 | 60.2 |
| Chuck Ortmann | 1951-52 | 154 | 61 | 39.6 | 744 | 3 | 14 | 23.8 |
| Todd Collins | 1995-present | 128 | 69 | 53.9 | 851 | 4 | 6 | 65.6 |
| *Friedman's first NFL season was 1927, but the league did not compile passing stats until 1932. |
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