Ah yes, trusting Wikipedia.5$ wrote:This is from Jason Fife's entry in Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Fife:dd10snoop28 wrote:Ya but nobody overrates him. lol.5$ wrote:Jason Fife??? HELLO?!What else would you call that if it's not "overrated"?Fife played college football at the University of Oregon, backing up Joey Harrington until Harrington left for the 2002 NFL Draft and Fife became the starter. In 2002 Fife was ranked the #2 QB in the nation.
Jason Fife was not the #2 QB recruit in the nation in 2002 because he graduated HS in 1999.
He was a RS Freshman under Harrington in 2000, played in 2 games in 2001 before taking over a Starter for 2002 and 2003.
247 has a post-facto recruiting profile for him where he is ranked 0 stars.
https://247sports.com/player/jason-fife-74834/
This Wiki entry likely comes from a LA times article which stated that mid-way through the 2002 season Fife was #2 in the nation in passing efficiency.
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm ... story.htmlThe 6-foot-4, 219-pound Fife is ranked second in the nation in passing efficiency and has earned praise for his steady play from Coach Mike Bellotti, who says it’s difficult to compare Fife with Harrington
Here is Fife before his first start in his own words.
BTW, Jason Fife is a practicing DDS in Eugene in case anyone needs their smile fixed.Yes, those are big prints Harrington left behind - having led the Ducks to a No. 2 national ranking last year, back-to-back Pacific-10 Conference championships and a 25-3 record as a starter in three years - but Fife is ready to make his own way as the Ducks' offensive leader.
"I was not highly touted," Fife said of his high school career. "I was happy to have the opportunity to come to the Pac-10 and to Oregon. I knew once I got here I'd be able to work my little tush off and hopefully do some good things for us."