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No.
   College
0 Ruschard Dodd-Masters DB 6-0 180 05/02/82 UNLV One Year
1 Samora Goodson WR 6-3 205 10/07/84 Southeast Missouri State Two Years
3 Nich Pertuit K 5-11 195 04/07/83 UIW (San Antonio) One Year
4 Hank Edwards WR 6-3 215 06/02/83 Texas Southern Four Years
5 Andre Jones DB 5-11 195 05/25/85 Akron One Year
6 Vince Hill DB 6-0 190 11/22/85 Miles Two Years
8 Tim McGill DL 6-4 350 06/24/79 Illinois Six Years
9 James Roe WR 6-1 200 08/23/73 Norfolk State Ten Years
10 Joe Sykes DL 6-5 280 10/22/82 Southern One Year
12 Danny Southwick QB 6-2 200 09/28/81 Occidental One Year
16 Mark Grieb QB 6-2 200 05/23/74 UC-Davis 12 Years
17 Huey Whittaker WR 6-5 225 06/19/81 South Florida Five Years
20 Tanner Varner DB 6-0 200 07/13/84 Northern Iowa Two Years
37 Johnie Kirton FB 6-3 290 03/17/86 Washington Two Years
44 Dexter Jackson LB 6-2 280 03/19/88 Bethune-Cookman One Year
68 Robbie Powell OL 6-5 310 08/21/84 Purdue Two Years
70 Emmanuel Akah OL 6-3 335 02/08/79 Winston Salem State Three Years
73 Ako Poti OL 6-4 320 02/10/87 Penn State None
81 Mark Lewis OL 6-3 300 07/17/85 Oregon One Year
87 Jasper Harvey OL 6-3 315 04/08/03 San Diego State One Year
89 Taurus Johnson WR 6-1 215 04/13/86 South Florida None
95 Jermaine Smith DL 6-3 310 08/03/72 Georgia Nine Years
97 Gabe Nyenhuis DL 6-4 265 06/26/81 Colorado Four Years
98 Francis Maka LB 6-2 250 05/10/85 Hawaii One Year
Owner/Head Coach: Darren Arbet
Defensive Coordinator: Cedric Walker
Offensive Line Coach/Special Teams Coordinator: Jeff Jarnigan
Defensive Line Coach: Kerry Locklin

Mark Grieb #16 POSITION: QB
HEIGHT: 6-2 COLLEGE: UC-Davis
WEIGHT: 200 LBS EXPERIENCE: 12 Years
DOB: 05/23/74 ACQUIRED: Signed as a Free Agent in 2001

Career Highlights: Became first player in AFL history to throw for 4,000 yards in five consecutive seasons in 2008 and is the only quarterback to throw for 70+ touchdowns in seven consecutive seasons ... Surpassed 10,000 career passing yards in a win @ ARI on 2/2/03, 20,000 in a win vs. GR on 3/18/05, and 30,000 yards vs. UTH on 4/28/07 … Became the sixth quarterback in AFL history to throw for 35,000 yards vs. ORL (5/3/08), moving into fifth place on the all-time passing yards list, finishing the season with 36,846 … Threw his 300th career touchdown vs. CHI on 4/16/04, connected for his 500th career touchdown vs. AUS on 4/22/06 and completed his 700th career touchdown pass vs. TB on 6/14/08 … Grieb’s toughness and durability contributed to him starting 99 consecutive regular season games from 2003-08 ... Has the highest career quarterback rating in the history of the AFL for players with a minimum of 100 games at 123.2 ... Holds AFL career records in completion percentage at 67.3, fifth in pass completions (3,133) and touchdowns (751) ... Holds AFL postseason records for quarterback rating (123.9) and completion percentage (68.0) for players with at least 15 postseason games played ... Is second in AFL postseason history with 5,037 passing yards and 112 passing touchdowns ... Passed for 400 yards in a game three times with a career high 445 @ NO on 4/13/07 and surpassed 300 yards in 42 games, most recently @ TUL on 4/16/11 … Surpassed 3,000 completions for his career vs. KC on 3/18/11 … Started 100th consecutive game vs. IOW on 4/11/11 … Posted his 100th career regular season victory @ TUL on 4/16/11 … Won his 100th game with the SaberCats vs. PHI on 4/22/11.

2012: Opened the season with the honor of being named Russell Offensive Player of the Week for a 71-70
overtime win vs. ARI on 3/10 for completing 34-59 passes for 432 yards for nine touchdowns ... Finished 22-29 for 246 yards, five touchdowns and two interceptions on 3/24 @ UTAH ... Took home Russell Athletic Offensive Player of the Game honors, completing 28-41 passes for 315 yards and eight total touchdowns (one rushing) ... Was named National Guard MVP of the Game as well as the Russell Athletic Offensive Player of the Game on 4/6 vs. SA, when he completed 24-40 passes for 269 yards and had seven total touchdowns (one rushing) ... Completed 25-47 passes for 333 yards, five touchdowns and three interceptions in a loss @ PHI on 4/14 ... Took home National Guard MVP of the Game, completing 24-29 passes for 315 yards and six touchdowns (to five different receivers) on 4/21 vs. KC ... Completed 19-24 passes for 219 yards and six touchdowns @ IOWA on 4/28 ... Completed 30-39 passes for 388 yards and seven touchdowns with no interceptions and passed Clint Dolezel for second all-time in Arena Football League history for passing yardage and passed Sherdrick Bonner for third all-time in touchdown passes on 5/5 @ ARI ... Finished 19-28 for 236 yards and six touchdowns on 5/11 vs. UTAH.
Last Game: 5/11/12 vs. UTAH; COMP: 225; ATT: 335; TD: 57; INTS: 9; ATT: 3; Yds: 27; TD: 2

2011 AFL: Earned Offensive Player of the Game honors, completing 21-25 passes (84.0%) for 222 yards and six touchdowns and a league-high passer rating of 143.2 vs. SPO on 3/11 … Threw for 279 yards and three touchdown passes @ CHI on 3/25 ... Threw for 391 yards and nine
touchdowns vs. IOW on 4/1 ... Named Russell Athletic Offensive Player of the Game after completing all 16 pass attempts in the first half and finished with 279 yards and six touchdowns vs. UTH on 4/8 ... Won his 100th game with the SaberCats and threw for 221 yards and four touchdowns and rushed for another in a win vs. PHI on 4/22 … Registered career-high third rushing touchdown of season vs. ARI on 5/7 ... Threw for 294 yards on 27-41 attempts (65.9%) and four touchdowns @ PIT on 5/14 ... Posted 44th career 300-yard passing game with 329 yards and seven scores @ UTH on 5/21 ... Passed for 358 yards and five touchdowns vs. GEO on 5/28 … Threw for six touchdowns @ DAL on 6/4 ... Was 26-39 for 285 with six touchdowns and one interception on 6/18 @ ARI … Passed for 203 yards on 20-34 passing with one touchdown and three interceptions on 6/25 @ CLE … Threw for 402 yards and 9 touchdowns and rushed for another score on 7/1 vs. JAC … Went 26-32 for 295 yards and five scores on 7/9 vs. ORL … Threw for 315 yards, seven touchdowns and no interceptions on 32-44 passing @ SPO on 7/16 … Went 25-43 for 315 yards and five scores in the regular season finale @ TB on 7/23.
   
2008 AFL: Started all 16 games for the sixth straight season … Threw for 4,613 yards and AFL-leading 100 touchdowns, becoming the second player in league history to throw for over 100 in consecutive seasons ...  Became sixth quarterback in AFL history to throw for over 35,000 yards and moved into fifth place all-time with 36,846 … Threw for over 4,000 yards (4,613) for an AFL record fifth consecutive season …Tied an AFL record after throwing for more than 70 touchdowns for a seventh consecutive season … Placed second in the AFL with a team record 415 completions and record-tying 606 attempts … Extended string of 96 consecutive regular season starts and 107 overall (since 2003) … Named Offensive Player of the Game with six touchdown passes on 22-36 for 228 yards with no interceptions @ GR on 3/10 … Threw for 355 yards, the tenth highest game total in team history and his 38th career 300-yard game, on 34-45 passing with 6 TDs and no interceptions vs. DAL  on 3/22 … Established team records and career-highs with 38 completions, tied for second most in AFL history, and 55 attempts for 330 yards, his 39th career 300-yard game, and six touchdowns @ NO on 4/5 ... Passed the 35,000 mark (35,075) in career passing yards, throwing for 231 and five touchdowns on 5/3 @ ORL ... Totaled 289 yards, moving past John Kaleo (35,244) into  fifth place in career AFL yards with 35,366, on 28-35 passing with eight touchdowns and no interceptions for Offensive Player of the Game on 5/9 @ ARI ... Tossed eight touchdown passes, reaching 70 for a seventh straight season, on 23-30 passing for 271 yards, earning Offensive Player of the Game, vs. COL 5/24 … Played 150th career regular season game, throwing nine touchdown passes for the sixth time in his career, surpassing the 700 career plateau (706) on 26-38 passing for 274 yards earning Offensive Player of the Game for a fifth straight game vs. TB on 6/14 … Threw nine touchdown passes in a game for the seventh time in his career and reached 100 for the second straight season, completing 27 passes for 354 yards, his 41st career 300-yard game, earning Offensive Player honors vs. GEO on 6/21 ... Playoffs: Went 25-34 for 283 yards and seven touchdowns in a 64-51 win vs. COL on 7/5 … Threw eight touchdowns and went 24-30 for 255 yards in leading SJ to the ArenaBowl with an 81-55 win over GR on 7/12 … Threw for 299 yards and eight touchdowns in a 59-56 loss in ArenaBowl XXII vs. PHI on 7/27.

2007 AFL: Started all 16 games for a fifth straight season, setting team game records for most completions (37), attempts (54 twice), yards (445) and touchdowns (ten) … Became second player in AFL history to throw for 70 or more touchdowns in six straight seasons and the fifth player to throw 100 touchdown passes in a season ... Threw for 4,608 yards, setting an AFL record with his fourth consecutive 4,000-yard passing season ... Placed second in the AFL with a team record 399 completions ... Became fifth quarterback in AFL history with 600 TD passes (615) and sixth to surpass the 30,000 mark in career passing yards ... Threw the 500th touchdown pass of his San Jose career, leading team to its first opening day win since 2004 @ LA on 3/4 ... Completed a team record and career-high 37 passes on a team-record 54 attempts for 346 yards on 3/9 @ CHI ... Threw for a team record and career-high 445 yards, marking the tenth highest single-game total in AFL history @ NO on 4/13 … Eclipsed the 30,000 mark in career passing yards, throwing for 250 vs. UTH on 4/28 … Accounted for all eight of team’s touchdowns (seven passing, one rushing) on 5/5 @ ARI … Tossed nine touchdown passes to surpass John Kaleo for fifth on AFL’s career list vs. GR on 5/19 … Set team record by throwing a career-high ten touchdown passes, including the 600th of his career @ UTH on 6/9 … Connected on his 100th touchdown pass of the season @ LV on 6/25 ... Playoffs: Started all three games, completing 75.7 percent of his passes (81-107) with 19 touchdowns … Moved into second place with 90 career playoff touchdown passes … Tied AFL postseason record with nine touchdown passes and had his sixth career 300-yard playoff game vs. COL on 7/7 ... Threw for 291 yards and six touchdowns on 7/14 vs. CHI … Completed an ArenaBowl record 82.7 percent of his passes (24-of-29) with four touchdowns for Offensive and Game MVP honors vs. CLB on 7/29 in an ArenaBowl XXI win.

2006 AFL: Broke his own 2005 league record (4,796) for passing yards in a season with 4,841 … Threw the 500th touchdown of his career and set a team season record for pass attempts (606) … Set team record and led the AFL with eight, 300-yard passing games, while placing in the top five in seven quarterback categories … Played in his 100th regular season game with San Jose tossing his 450th career touchdown @ CHI on 2/26 ... Named Offensive Player of the Game after throwing for 295 yards with eight touchdowns on 3/4 @ UTH ... Surpassed the 25,000 mark in career pass yards with 337 on 30 completions vs. GEO 3/17 … Tossed a season high nine touchdowns passes on 4/2 vs. ARI … Threw for 388 yards setting a team season record with his sixth 300-yard game and 28th of his career vs. LV on 4/14 ... Connected on his 500th career touchdown pass vs. AUS on 4/22 ... Moved passed Todd Hammel into sixth place in AFL career passing yards vs. COL on  5/6 ... Threw for 302 yards to set a new AFL record for most in a season with 4,841 vs. CLB on 5/13 ... Playoffs: Started both games, completing 52-70 attempts for 634 yards with 13 touchdowns while rushing for two scores ... Threw for 320 yards, his fourth career 400-yard playoff game, with eight touchdowns and scored his third career playoff rushing touchdown vs. ARI on 5/27 …Totaled 314 yards, his fifth career 300-yard playoff game and scored his fourth career playoff rushing touchdown on 6/3 in a 59-56 loss vs. CHI.

2005 AFL: Set an AFL single season record for passing yards with 4,796, breaking Jim Kubiak’s 2003 record of 4,762 … Started all 16 games for the third season in a row ... Led the AFL in total offense (4,816), passing yards/game (299.8), completion percentage (68.5), passer rating (122.0), yards (4,796) and yards/attempt (8.8) … Completed 374-546 attempts with five 300-yard games and 84 touchdowns ... Reached the 2,000 mark for career passing attempts vs. LV on 2/5 ... Completed the 1,500th pass of his San Jose career @ ORL on 3/6 … Became eighth player in AFL history with 20,000 career passing yards on 3/18 vs. GR … Became the eighth player in AFL history to throw 400 career touchdown passes vs. DAL on 4/15 … Named Offensive Player of the Game after notching a perfect passer rating of 158.3 by completing all 15 of his attempts, eclipsing the previous AFL mark of 11-11 set by Carolina’s Carlos Garay in 2000, for 331 yards and eight touchdowns in three quarters on 4/22 @ COL … Tied Todd Hammel for sixth on AFL’s career touchdown pass list and completed his first eight passes to run his streak of consecutive completions to 28 vs. NSH on 4/29 … Playoffs: Completed 34 passes, the second-highest playoff total in AFL history, for 392 yards, the fourth-most in a league playoff game on 55 attempts in a loss at COL on 5/29.

2004 AFL: Named to the All-Arena second team after completing 335-459 passes for 4,111 yards and 75 touchdowns with just seven interceptions … Started all 16 games for the second straight season … Set an AFL record with a completion percentage of 73.0% ... Established a new league mark with a 133.5 passer rating ... Selected as Offensive Player of the Month twice (February and April) and Offensive Player of the Week twice (Weeks 6 and 13) … Became the 12th quarterback in league history with 300 career touchdown passes ... Reached 15,000 passing yards after throwing for 292 yards and six touchdowns, completing 18-22 passes for a perfect passer rating of 158.3 on 3/14 vs. COL ... Followed up his perfect performance with another one the following game, throwing for 228 yards and three touchdowns vs. LV on 3/20 … Became the 12th player in AFL history with 300 career touchdowns passes vs. LA on 3/26 ... Playoffs: Completed 76-108 attempts for 824 yards and 17 touchdowns without an interception … Named Offensive MVP of ArenaBowl XVIII after a title game record eight touchdown passes @ ARI on 6/27.

2003 AFL: Completed 310-476 for 3,966 yards and 72 touchdowns … Started all 16 games … Threw for 160 yards to pass Kurt Warner for 15th place on the all-time passing yardage list @ GEO on 2/16 … Completed the 1,000th pass of his career on 5/11 @ TB … Set season-highs of 30 completions on 43 attempts for 339 yards with six touchdowns vs. LA on 5/17 … Playoffs: Connected on 18-23 passes for 318 yards and four touchdowns vs. GEO on 5/31 …Threw for seven touchdowns and 254 yards in semifinal loss to ARI on 6/8.
   
2002 AFL: Named AFL’s Offensive Player of the Year after completing 64.7 percent of his pass attempts for 3,346 yards and 70 touchdowns with just five interceptions in 13 games ... Tabbed co-offensive Player of the Month for May by completing 76-112 passes for 948 yards and 23 touchdowns … Led the AFL in passer rating for the second time in three seasons with a 126.4 ... Placed third in completion percentage, fourth in touchdowns passes, sixth in passing yards and total offense (3,359) and ninth in pass completions … Missed the final regular season game after sustaining a fractured clavicle @ ARI 7/12 … Threw for his 150th career touchdown pass and became team’s career leader in pass attempts vs. GEO on 5/4 … Had his string of 19 consecutive regular season starts with a completion percentage of at least 60 broken @ ORL on 5/17 … Threw first interception in 268 attempts and two in a game for just the second time in his San Jose career, still throwing for 211 yards to reach 8,000 for his career on 5/25 vs. DAL … Attempted 1,000th pass of his career @ LA on 6/8 … Tied a season-high with seven touchdown passes on 6/15 vs. CHI … Tossed 200th touchdown pass of his career after throwing for 254 yards and six touchdowns @ ARI on 7/12 … Playoffs: Missed entire postseason with broken clavicle.
   
2001 AFL: Completed 68.6 percent of his passes (157-229) for 2,331 yards and 47 touchdowns with just four interceptions in eight games (six starts) … Led the league with a 133.9 passer rating … Became team’s leader in passing yards and touchdowns ... Twice threw for over 400 yards in a game, becoming the third player in league history with multiple 400-yard passing games, after totaling 418 yards in an overtime win on 6/30 vs. FLA … Threw a season-high nine touchdowns @ ARI on 7/6 … Connected on 17-22 passes for 294 yards and eight touchdowns for a passer rating of 158.2 in just three quarters vs. HOU on 7/21 … Playoffs: Started both games throwing for 571 yards and 14 touchdowns with no interceptions ... Tossed eight touchdown passes and threw for 280 yards on 8/4 vs. ARI … Tallied six touchdown passes and 291 yards in a semifinal loss @ NSH on 8/11.

2000 AFL: Totaled 2,258 passing yards and 47 touchdowns for a 70.7 completion percentage (167-233) over the final nine games of the season … Played in all 14 games (13 starts), throwing for 62 touchdowns and just three interceptions ... Did not throw an interception over his final 122 regular season attempts ... Registered a passer rating of 125.0 or higher in 11 of 14 games, including the last nine ... Named game’s MVP five times during the season, including three consecutive games @ BUF on 5/19, vs. LA on 5/27 and @ ARI on 6/1 … Playoffs: Started the first postseason games of his career, leading San Jose to its first ever playoff win by  throwing for 226 yards and five touchdowns with a rushing score vs. OKL on 8/4 … Completed just 18-37 passes for 160 yards and two interceptions in a semifinal playoff loss to NSH on 8/12.

1999 AFL: Played in 12 games making one start, after being acquired in a trade with BUF … Completed 17-45 attempts for 135 yards and a pair of touchdowns on the year … Saw action as the team’s quarterback in four games ... Played first game as a SaberCat tossing a 17-yard touchdown pass in his only series of action … Hit 15-41 attempts for 124 yards and two touchdowns, including the game-winner with 18 seconds remaining, and rushed for nine yards leading SJ to its second-ever win over ARI, 54-50, in his only start of the year on 5/15.

1997 AFL: Played in eight games with the Anaheim Piranhas and threw for 1,003 yards and 20 touchdowns … Completed 55.7 percent of his passes (88-158) on the year … Placed ninth in the AFL with a passer rating of 104.0 … Set team single-game records for passing yards (361) and touchdowns (eight), and completed 25-34 passes vs. NSH on 6/14.

Other Professional Experience: 2001: XFL: Signed by the Las Vegas Outlaws on 2/18 and played four games, making two starts ... Completed 37-78 passes for 408 yards and three touchdowns ... 1998: NFL Europe: Played with the Scottish Claymores and made two starts completing 38-72 passes for 499 yards and three touchdowns ... Earned game MVP honors in his first start by hitting 15-25 passes for 231 yards and two touchdowns in a win over Barcelona.

College: Played three years at UC-Davis, ending his career ranked in the top ten in six different offensive categories … 1996: A Harlon Hill Award (Div. II MVP) finalist his senior year after throwing for a school record 3,320 yards and 25 touchdowns ... A first-team CoSIDA all-region pick and a Football Gazette honorable mention All-America … Only 26th football player to earn NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship ... 1995: Completed 57 percent of passes (163-286) for 2,226 yards and 17 touchdowns ... Threw only six interceptions ... Set record for single-game completions with 33 ... 1994: Threw for 505 yards and one touchdown as a backup quarterback for the Aggies.

Personal: A three sport star at San Jose’s Oak Grove High School, also playing basketball and baseball ... Majored in biochemistry at UC-Davis and earned a Master’s degree in Education from Stanford … Served as a graduate assistant football coach ... Has identical twin daughters, Ava and Madeline, with his wife Erin ... From 2009-2011, earned teaching credential and taught high school biology in Southern California.

 

Mark Grieb
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