Danny Wuerffel, whose full name is Daniel Carl Wuerffel, is an American former football quarterback, born on May 27, 1974, who played college football for the Florida Gators and professional football in the National Football League. Under coach Steve Spurrier he led the NCAA in touchdown passes in 1995 and 1996, won the Heisman Trophy in his senior year of 1996 while leading the Gators to their first national championship, and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2013. The New Orleans Saints selected him in the 1997 draft and he spent six years in the league with four teams. Before the pickleball craze hit the United States he was one of the first celebrity players trying to grow the game; in 2022 he hosted the first Picklebowl, a celebrity pro-am, and won it with Kyle Yates, repeating the win in 2023.
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Wuerffel was born in Pensacola, Florida, in 1974, the son of a Lutheran minister
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Wuerffel was one of the first celebrity players trying to grow the game
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