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Browning Nagle #7, Quarterback for the University of Louisville Cardinals calls the play on the line of scrimmage against the University of Alabama Crimson Tide during their NCAA Southeastern Conference Sunkist Fiesta Bowl championship football game on 1st January 1991 at the Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona, United States. The Louisville Cardinals won the game 34 - 7. (Photo by Mike Powell/Allsport/Getty Images) | Getty Images
Former Louisville quarterback Browning Nagle died on Friday following a bout with colon cancer. He was 57-years-old.
Nagle, who played two seasons at West Virginia before transferring to U of L, was the quarterback of Louisville’s 1990 team, one of the best in school history. He led the Cardinals to a 10-1-1 record and was named the MVP of U of L’s 34-7 Fiesta Bowl trouncing of Alabama. He threw for a Fiesta Bowl record 451 yards and three touchdowns in the game.
After college, Nagle was taken 34th overall by the New York Jets in the 1991 NFL Draft. He spent four seasons with the Jets before playing two seasons each with the Indianapolis Colts and the Atlanta Falcons.
Louisville head coach Jeff Brohm, who became U of L’s starting QB after Nagle’s graduation, shared some thoughts about the news on Twitter.
Nagle’s wife, Michelle, also posted on Instagram about his passing.
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