With Holieway established as the starting quarterback at OU, Aikman decided to transfer to UCLA. The team went on to win the 1985 National Championship. Switzer and offensive coordinator Jim Donnan were forced to switch back to the wishbone offense under freshman quarterback Jamelle Holieway. Aikman, who had been six of eight passing for 131 yards, would be out for the season. On October 19, Miami's Jerome Brown broke through the offensive line, sacked Aikman on the Sooners' 29-yard line, and broke Aikman's ankle. He also lost to his future teammate Michael Irvin and head coach Jimmy Johnson, who had also scouted him when he was the head coach of Oklahoma State.
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In 1985, his first full season as a collegiate starter, Aikman led the Sooners to victories over Minnesota, Kansas State, and #17 Texas in the Red River Shootout before losing to the Miami Hurricanes as he left the game with a broken ankle. In 1984, he became the first freshman to start at quarterback for Oklahoma since World War II. The New York Mets offered Aikman a contract out of high school, but instead of playing baseball he chose to pursue football and attended the University of Oklahoma under head coach Barry Switzer. Aikman also won the 1983 Oklahoma high school state championship in typing. At age 12, Aikman's family moved to Henryetta, Oklahoma, where he played football and baseball at Henryetta High School, and earned All-State honors. He spent the first part of his childhood in Cerritos, California.
Early life Īikman was born on November 21, 1966. Aikman was also a co-owner of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team Hall of Fame Racing from 2005 to 2009, along with fellow former Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach, and is a part-owner of the San Diego Padres in Major League Baseball (MLB). Īfter retiring in 2000, Aikman served as the color commentator of NFL on Fox from 2001 to 2021 and has served as the color commentator of Monday Night Football since 2022.
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Aikman was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2006 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 2008. He was also named MVP of Super Bowl XXVII, the franchise's first title in over a decade. Aikman was selected first overall in the 1989 NFL Draft by the Cowboys, received six Pro Bowl selections, and won three Super Bowls. After transferring from Oklahoma, he played college football at UCLA, where he won the Davey O'Brien Award as a senior. Troy Kenneth Aikman (born November 21, 1966) is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons with the Dallas Cowboys.
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