Craig Whelihan
Craig Dominic Whelihan
Born: April 15, 1971
Santa Clara, CA USA
Position: QB
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 220
College: Oregon St., Pacific
High School: Santa Teresa (San Jose, CA)
Career: 1997-2007
Drafted: 1995 in Round 6, #197 overall by the San Diego Chargers
Craig Whelihan played from 1997 to 2007 during his career with the Chicago Enforcers, Indiana Firebirds, Las Vegas Gladiators, Memphis Maniax, Orlando Predators, San Diego Chargers and San Jose SaberCats. Whelihan threw for 9,168 yards in his career, completing 745 of 1,365 passes with 124 touchdowns and 57 interceptions. He also ran for 86 yards in 85 attempts with 11 rushing touchdowns.
 San Diego Chargers |
 Orlando Predators |
 Memphis Maniax |
 Chicago Enforcers |
 Indiana Firebirds |
 Las Vegas Gladiators |
 San Jose SaberCats |
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 237 | 118 | 49.8 | 1357 | 5.7 | 6 | 2.5 | 10 | 4.2 | 61 | 21 | 168 | 58.3 |
| 1998 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 320 | 149 | 46.6 | 1803 | 5.6 | 8 | 2.5 | 19 | 5.9 | 55 | 15 | 111 | 48.0 |
| 2001 | Arena Orlando Predators | 377 | 224 | 59.4 | 3004 | 8.0 | 60 | 15.9 | 12 | 3.2 | 111.1 | |||
| 2001 | XFL Chicago Enforcers | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 30 | 6.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 91.7 |
| 2003 | Arena Indiana Firebirds | 73 | 42 | 57.5 | 461 | 6.3 | 6 | 8.2 | 3 | 4.1 | 86.6 | |||
| 2004 | Arena Orlando Predators | 18 | 7 | 38.9 | 50 | 2.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 |
| 2005 | Arena Las Vegas Gladiators | 92 | 58 | 63.0 | 684 | 7.4 | 13 | 14.1 | 2 | 2.2 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 116.1 |
| 2006 | Arena Las Vegas Gladiators | 222 | 130 | 58.6 | 1667 | 7.5 | 30 | 13.5 | 11 | 5.0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 101.1 |
| 2007 | Arena San Jose SaberCats | 21 | 13 | 61.9 | 112 | 5.3 | 1 | 4.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 91.8 | |||
| NFL | 557 | 267 | 47.9 | 3160 | 5.7 | 14 | 2.5 | 29 | 5.2 | 61 | 36 | 279 | ||
| XFL | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 30 | 6.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arena League | 803 | 474 | 59.0 | 5978 | 7.4 | 110 | 13.7 | 28 | 3.5 | 45 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 1365 | 745 | 54.6 | 9168 | 6.7 | 124 | 9.1 | 57 | 4.2 | 61 | 36 | 279 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 13 | 29 | 2.2 | 7 | 0 |
| 1998 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 18 | 38 | 2.1 | 13 | 0 |
| 2001 | Arena Orlando Predators | 25 | 20 | 0.8 | 6 | |
| 2001 | XFL Chicago Enforcers | 4 | -2 | -0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003 | Arena Indiana Firebirds | 2 | -7 | -3.5 | 0 | |
| 2004 | Arena Orlando Predators | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| 2005 | Arena Las Vegas Gladiators | 7 | 2 | 0.3 | 0 | |
| 2006 | Arena Las Vegas Gladiators | 13 | 1 | 0.1 | 5 | |
| 2007 | Arena San Jose SaberCats | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| NFL | 31 | 67 | 2.2 | 13 | 0 | |
| XFL | 4 | -2 | -0.5 | 2 | 0 | |
| Arena League | 50 | 21 | 0.4 | 0 | 11 | |
| Totals | 85 | 86 | 1.0 | 13 | 11 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 7 | 2 | -11 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1998 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 9 | 3 | -21 | 0 | |||||
| 2001 | Arena Orlando Predators | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2006 | Arena Las Vegas Gladiators | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| NFL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | -32 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Arena League | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5 | -32 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1998 | NFL San Diego Chargers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 2001 | Arena Orlando Predators | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| 2006 | Arena Las Vegas Gladiators | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| NFL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Arena League | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | |
| Totals | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 68 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 9 | 7 |
| 1998 | NFL | San Diego Chargers | 10 | 7 |
| 2001 | Arena | Orlando Predators | 12 | |
| 2001 | XFL | Chicago Enforcers | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | XFL | Memphis Maniax | 5 | 0 |
| 2003 | Arena | Indiana Firebirds | 5 | |
| 2004 | Arena | Orlando Predators | 6 | |
| 2005 | Arena | Las Vegas Gladiators | 14 | |
| 2006 | Arena | Las Vegas Gladiators | 16 | |
| 2007 | Arena | San Jose SaberCats | 16 |
