David Duane Jaynes is a former American football

American football

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 quarterback

Quarterback

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 raised in Bonner Springs, Kansas

Bonner Springs, Kansas

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. He was All-American

1973 College Football All-America Team

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 for the University of Kansas

University of Kansas

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 in 1973.

During the early 1970s, Jaynes broke virtually every passing record in KU history. When he left KU, he was No. 1 in passing, with 5,132 yards (later broken by Frank Seurer

Frank Seurer

Frank Anthony Seurer , is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the 1984 NFL Supplemental Draft of USFL and CFL Players. He played collegiate football at the University of Kansas...

). Jaynes still holds the record for most career passing touchdown

Touchdown

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s, with 35. His most memorable game was in 1973 against Tennessee

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, when he completed 35 of 58 attempted passes for 394 yards. In 1973 KU finished 7-4-1 and went to the Liberty Bowl. Jaynes finished fourth in the voting that year for the Heisman Trophy

Heisman Trophy

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.

Jaynes was drafted in the third round (66th oveall) of the 1974 NFL Draft

1974 NFL Draft

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 by the Kansas City Chiefs

Kansas City Chiefs

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 with whom he played two games that season

1974 NFL season

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. He was also the first player selected in the inaugural World Football League

World Football League

The World Football League was a short-lived gridiron football league that played in 1974 and part of 1975. Although the league's proclaimed ambition was to bring American football onto a worldwide stage, the farthest the WFL reached was placing a team – the Hawaiians – in Honolulu, Hawaii. The...

 by the Houston Texans

Shreveport Steamer

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, but never signed with them.

In 2001, he married Cary Grant

Cary Grant

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's widow, Barbara Harris.