Chad May was an American football

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 quarterback

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 for the Minnesota Vikings

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 in the National Football League

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 in 1995 and the Arizona Cardinals

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 in 1996. He joined the World League of American Football

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's Frankfurt Galaxy

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 in 1997. May played for the Arizona Rattlers

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 in the Arena Football League in 1999 and 2001. He played college football at Kansas State

Kansas State University

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 in 1993 and 1994.

High school career

May attended Damien High School

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 in La Verne, California

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. While there, he completed 126-of-254 passes for 1,801 yards and 12 touchdowns as a senior. He earned all-league, all-city and All-San Gabriel Valley honors. He also earned all-league honors as a shortstop on the baseball team, hitting .489 as a senior.

College career

May iniitally played as a freshman at Cal State Fullerton in 1991, and won the starting job in the third game of the season and guided Fullerton to a 17-10 win over Cal State Northridge. He completed 97 of 233 passes (41.6%) on the year for 1,066 yards and threw four touchdowns and nine interceptions. He transferred to Kansas State

Kansas State University

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 prior to the 1992 season. He sat out the entire season due to NCAA rules.

May earned All-Big Eight honors in 1993 and 1994 while leading Kansas State to back-to-back bowl appearances. He threw for a school-record 2,682 yards (a mark since broken by Michael Bishop

Michael Bishop (football player)

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 followed by Josh Freeman

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-2009:On November 8, 2009, Freeman started his first professional game at home against the Green Bay Packers. The Buccaneers won, ending an 11-game losing streak. He completed 14 out of 31 passes for 205 yards, 3 passing touchdowns, and 1 INT, including a fourth down touchdown pass to rookie Sammie...

) in 1993 as Kansas State went 9-2-1 with a 52-17 Copper Bowl

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 victory over Wyoming

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 in the Wildcats' first bowl appearance in 11 years. He passed for 2,571 yards in 1994 as Kansas State went 9-3 and lost 12-7 to Boston College

Boston College

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 in the 1994 Aloha Bowl

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. He also set a school single-game record with 489 passing yards in a 45-28 loss to Nebraska

Nebraska Cornhuskers football

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 in 1993.

College statistics

		Passing
Season	Team	GP	Att	Comp	Pct	Yds	TD	Int	Long
1993 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season The 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season saw Florida State crowned national champions, but not without controversy.Under the Bowl Coalition, undefeated Big 8 champ and #2 ranked Nebraska hosted ACC champ and #1 ranked Florida State in the Orange Bowl...	Kansas State Wildcats 1993 Kansas State Wildcats football team The 1993 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the college football season of 1993. The team's head football coach was Bill Snyder. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium. 1993 saw the wildcats finish with a record of 8-2-1, and a 4-2-1 record in...	11	350	185	52.9	2,682	10	16	70
1994 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season The 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season saw yet another controversial finish as both Nebraska and Penn State finished undefeated, and yet Penn State finished a distant second in the final AP and UPI polls. The controversial finish, however, could have been an even worse morass if not for some...	Kansas State Wildcats 1994 Kansas State Wildcats football team The 1994 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the college football season of 1994. The team's head football coach was Bill Snyder. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium. 1994 saw the wildcats finish with a record of 9-3, and a 5-2 record in Big...	11	337	200	59.4	2,571	18	6	59
Career		22	687	385	56.0	5,253	28	22	70