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Position: | Quarterback |
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Date of birth: | August 8, 1984 |
Place of birth: | San Rafael, California |
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Weight: | 225 lb (102 kg) |
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High school: | San Rafael (CA) Terra Linda |
College: | California |
Undrafted: | 2007 |
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Player stats at ArenaFan.com |
Joe Ayoob (born August 8, 1984) is a former arena football Quarterback. He was signed by the Central Valley Coyotes as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at California. He is also the current world record holder for throwing a John Collins designed paper airplane at 226 feet, 10 inches (≈69.14m).
Ayoob attended Terra Linda High School, where he was named First-team All-league in football, basketball and baseball. He played in the North Coast Section Championship football games in both his junior and senior seasons.
Ayoob originally attended the City College of San Francisco where he was regarded as one of the best junior college quarterbacks in the nation. He was also a teammate of future Cal player Desmond Bishop.
Ayoob helped lead the school to a 23-1 record over his two seasons, winning a national championship (12-0) in 2003. In 2004, he was named the state's community college Offensive Player of the year by the JC Athletic Bureau/California Community College Football Coaches Association. He earned First-team JC Gridwire All-America after completing 61.3% (217-of-354) of his passes for 3,679 yards and 35 touchdowns in 2004. He ranked #1 in the state in passing efficiency (177.5) and led the most prolific junior-college offense in California (500.1 yards-per-game). SuperPrep rated him the #2 junior college player in the nation in its postseason JuCo 100. Rivals.com ranked him #15 on its national JC list. He helped lead his team to an 11-1 record, with the team's only loss a 39-32 loss to College of the Canyons in the California state championship game. He was named the Offensive Player of the Game in loss, as he threw for 386 yards and four touchdowns and also rushed for 62 yards on seven carries. In his two seasons at CCSF, he completed 352-of-571 pass attempts (61.6%) for 5,790 yards and 55 touchdowns while rushing for an additional nine touchdowns. He also won the MVP award in the state championship game in each of his two seasons.