Hockey Operations Suspended Indefinitely
Date: May 1, 2014
John Fourcade, former quarterback for the Mississippi Firedogs indoor football team and New Orleans Saints, will join Surge fans at the game on Sunday, March 16th. Fourcade will be one of the games honorary puck droppers to kick off the action.
Read more about the former NFL star's career:
John Charles Fourcade, Jr. (born October 11, 1960 in Gretna, Louisiana) is a former professional American football quarterback in the National Football Leaguefor the New Orleans Saints. Fourcade was the most valuable player of the 1982 Senior Bowl after passing for 115 yards and running for 33 yards and two touchdowns. He had gained 6,713 yards at Ole Miss from 1978–1981, breaking the career record of Archie Manning.
Fourcade played as an undrafted free agent in 4 games as a backup to Joe Paopaofor the British Columbia Lions in 1983. As a career journeyman quarterback, he played for the 1984 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL) and the 1985 Memphis Showboats (USFL) before being signed as a free agent by the New York Giants in May 1986. He then played for the 1987 Denver Dynamite in the Arena Football League. In 1987, he led the Saints to a 2-1 replacement game record and made the regular roster. Over his career, Fourcade passed for 2,312 yards in 24 games for the Saints, with a passer rating of 70.1. He was waived by the Saints in Jul. 1991.[1] In 1993 he played for the Miami Hooters of the AFL. In 2001, he was the general manager, head coach and played in the National Indoor Football League for theMississippi Fire Dogs.