Chris Hixson
In 1993, Chris finished his high school career with a completion percentage of 82%, of which the team was named “The Best Team In Washington State History.” Turning down offers to Division 1A schools, he selected The University of Rhode Island for the fantastic opportunity of starting all 4 years.
Chris started his whole career in college and set a number of school records, notably throwing for 8,574 yards. Chris earned many weekly and season Yankee Conference and Eastern Athletic Conference Association awards. Also, he was awards the Golden Helmet, of which is an extremely coveted achievement that so few receive. In 1995, Chris led his team to 6 last minute drives to victory.
The Arena Football League was Chris’ next stop. This league teaches unbelievably good characteristics for the position of Quarterback, namely because of throwing almost every down. His team went to the Arena Bowl twice in his AFL career.
Having 25 plus years of football experience, and most of those years with the position of Quarterback, Chris is an absolute expert on being a technician of fundamentals, throwing technique, and teaching the game of football to anyone on any level!
University of Rhode Island Rams School Passing Records:
-Most Career Passing Yards with 8574
-Most Career Passing Touchdowns with 54
-Most Career Attempts with 1060
-Most Career Completions with 636
-Most Career Plays Played
-Most Career Starts with 41
Noteably:
-Started as a True Freshman
-Yankee Conference Rookie of the Year
-ECAC Rookie of the Year
-4 Time Yankee Conference Rookie of the Week
-8 Time Yankee Conference Offensive Player of the Week
-3 Time Yankee Conference Player of the Week
-Golden Helmet Award Winner
-2 Time Yankee Conference Honorable Mention
-1 Time Yankee Conference Second Team
-Won Yankee Conference Northern Division
-9 time 2 minute come from behind victories
-Bellevue High School Wolverines
-9 and 1 as starter
-Named best team in Washington State’s History
-82% Completion
-Average Score was 42 to 6
-Second team Quarterback
-Second Team Kicker
-Multiple Weekly Awards
-Athlete of the Year Finalist for Washington State
Teams
‘06 Amarillo Dusters Off. Coord. AFL2
‘05 Arizona Rattlers QB – AFL
‘04 Georgia Force QB – AFL
‘03 Arizona Rattlers QB – AFL
‘02 Arizona Rattlers QB – AFL
‘01 Tallahassee Thunder QB – AFL2
‘97 8 NFL Teams Emergency Call List
‘93-’96 University of Rhode Island QB
Coached / Trained by (notables):
-Danny White- H.C. Arizona Rattlers,
-Dallas Cowboys QB
-Gene McDowell- H.C. Tallahassee Thunder,
-H.C. Univ. of Central Florida
-Jim Garrett- Senior Scout Dallas Cowboys
-Boomer Esiason- Cincinnati Bengals QB
-Floyd Keith- H.C. Univ. Rhode Island
-Steve Moore- Off. Coord. Seattle Seahawks
-Mark Rypien- Washington Redskins QB
-Billy White Shoes- Atlanta Falcons WR
-James Lofton- NFL WR, Hall of Famer
Trained With (notables):
-Jason Garrett- Off Coord. Dallas Cowboys,
-Dallas Cowboy QB
-Sed Bonner- AFL 14 yr QB, NFL 3 yr QB
-Rodney Peete- NFL QB
Achievements (notables):
-2 Arena Bowl Appearances
-Multiple Arena Football Game Honors
-Southeastern Division Title AFL2
-ECAC and Yankee conf Rookie Of The Year
-Multiple Yankee Conference Honors
-Golden Helmet Award Winner
-Own majority of URI Passing Records
-Named Best High School Team in WA State History
