Age: 30
(Sept. 25)
8th
season in pro football (7th active), 5th with Seahawks
College: Boston
College
Height: 6’4” Weight: 223
Prelude:
The son of
Don Hasselbeck, who played tight end in the NFL, Hasselbeck passed for 4548
yards and 22 touchdowns in college and was chosen by the Green Bay Packers in
the sixth round of the 1998 NFL draft. He spent that year on the practice squad
and then saw scant action behind QB Brett Favre in 1999 and 2000. Hasselbeck
was traded to the Seahawks in 2001 and was mentored by veteran QB Trent Dilfer
while also training under Head Coach Mike Holmgren, formerly of the Packers. With
good size and arm strength, if not mobility, he developed into a Pro Bowl
quarterback in 2003 when he threw for 3841 yards and 26 TDs and the team
improved to 10-6 and reached the postseason. Hasselbeck followed up with a
somewhat lesser year in 2004, passing for 3382 yards and 22 touchdowns while
playing through injuries, but performed well down the stretch after an
inconsistent start and earned a contract extension.
2005 Season Summary
Appeared in all
16 games
[Bracketed
numbers indicate league rank in Top 20]
Passing
Attempts – 449
[14]
Most
attempts, game – 42 vs. Dallas 10/23
Completions –
294 [9, tied with Eli Manning]
Most
completions, game – 27 at St. Louis 10/9
Yards – 3459
[10]
Most yards,
game – 316 at St. Louis 10/9
Completion
percentage – 65.5 [6]
Yards per
attempt – 7.7 [4]
TD passes – 24
[4, tied with Jake Delhomme, Drew Brees & Eli Manning, 1st in
NFC]
Most TD
passes, game – 4 vs. San Francisco 12/11
Interceptions
– 9
Most
interceptions, game – 2 at Jacksonville 9/11, vs. Dallas 10/23, vs. St. Louis
11/13
Passer rating
– 98.2 [4, 1st in NFC]
300-yard
passing games – 1
200-yard
passing games – 11
Rushing
Attempts – 36
Most
attempts, game – 6 (for 7 yds.) at San Francisco 11/20
Yards – 124
Most yards,
game – 40 yards (on 4 carries) vs. Houston 10/16
Average gain
– 3.4
TDs – 1
Scoring
TDs – 1
Points – 6
Postseason: 3
G
Pass attempts
– 103
Most pass
attempts, game – 49 vs. Pittsburgh, Super Bowl
Pass
completions – 62
Most pass
completions, game – 26 vs. Pittsburgh, Super Bowl
Passing
yardage – 707
Most passing
yards, game – 273 vs. Pittsburgh, Super Bowl
TD passes – 4
Most TD
passes, game – 2 vs. Carolina, NFC Championship
Interceptions
– 1
Rushing
attempts – 15
Most rushing
attempts, game – 6 vs. Washington, NFC Divisional playoff
Rushing yards
– 83
Most rushing
yards, game – 35 vs. Pittsburgh, Super Bowl
Average gain
rushing – 5.5
Rushing TDs –
1
Awards & Honors:
1st
team All-NFC: Pro Football Weekly
Pro Bowl
Seahawks went
13-3 to finish first in the NFC West while leading the NFL in touchdowns (57)
and scoring (452 points) and the conference in total yards (5915). Won NFC
Divisional playoff over Washington Redskins (20-10) & NFC Championship over
Carolina Panthers (34-14). Lost Super Bowl to Pittsburgh Steelers (21-10).
Aftermath:
Hasselbeck
suffered through a rough year in 2006, missing four games due to a knee injury.
He bounced back in ’07 in achieving career highs with 562 pass attempts, 352
completions, 3966 yards, and 28 touchdowns and returned to the Pro Bowl. However,
he appeared in only seven games in 2008 due to injury and endured lesser years
in 2009 and ’10 before moving on to the Tennessee Titans and briefly
resurrecting his career as he passed for 3571 yards and 18 touchdowns in 2011. Hasselbeck
moved into a backup role in 2012 but started five games when second-year QB
Jake Locker was injured. Released following the season, he signed with the
Indianapolis Colts to provide a veteran backup to QB Andrew Luck and saw little
action during the next two years until 2015, when Luck was injured and
Hasselbeck started eight games, throwing for 1690 yards and 9 TDs in what
proved to be his last season at age 40. Overall, Hasselbeck completed 60.5
percent of his passes for 36,638 yards and 212 touchdowns while giving up 153
interceptions. Of those totals, a team-record 29,434 yards along with 174 TDs
and 128 interceptions came with the Seahawks. He added another 2741 yards and
18 touchdowns, with 9 interceptions, in 11 playoff games, all with Seattle.
Hasselbeck was a first-team All-NFC selection once and was chosen to three Pro
Bowls. His brother Tim also played quarterback in the NFL.
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Highlighted Years features players who were consensus
first-team All-League* selections or league* or conference** leaders in the
following statistical categories:
Rushing:
Yards, TDs (min. 10)
Passing:
Yards, Completion Pct., Yards per Attempt, TDs, Rating
Receiving:
Catches, Yards, TDs (min. 10)
Scoring: TDs,
Points, Field Goals (min. 5)
All-Purpose:
Total Yards
Defense:
Interceptions, Sacks
Kickoff
Returns: Average
Punt Returns:
Average
Punting:
Average
*Leagues
include NFL (1920 to date), AFL (1926), AFL (1936-37), AAFC (1946-49), AFL
(1960-69), WFL (1974-75), USFL (1983-85)
**NFC/AFC
since 1970
