Babe in Woods to NFL Standout

Even the Jaguars didn’t know what they were getting when they gave Green Bay a third- and fifth-round pick for quarterback Mark Brunell on the eve of the 1995 draft.

“I knew we had a good athlete and a great young man,” offensive coordinator Gilbride said. “We saw everything, but it was all preseason. Who knows how a guy is going to perform under fire? He was very much a babe in the woods trying to learn how to be a quarterback.”

In his first year as a full-time starter, Brunell led the NFL in yards passing with 4,367.