A skilled passer with pin-point accuracy, he set the NCAA pass completion percentage record when he was successful on 104 of 151 attempts (68.9 %) in 1974.He also established a Boston College passing standard with 225 career completions in 337 attempts (66.8 %).A team captain in his senior year, Boston College football teams won 22 of 33 games during his varsity career.He earned All-East honors and won the O'Melia Award as the outstanding player in the 1974 BC-Holy Cross game and the Bulger Lowe Award as the best college football player in New England in 1975.Played professional football with the Super Bowl Champion Pittsburgh Steelers and later with the Washington Redskins before entering a collegiate coaching career.Inducted into the Boston College Varsity Club Athletic Hall of Fame in 1981.