Randy Fasani is a former professional American football

American football

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 quarterback

Quarterback

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High school career

Fasani started his football days at Del Oro High School

Del Oro High School

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 in Loomis, California

Loomis, California

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. He finished his high school

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 career with 5,299 passing yards and 53 touchdowns, while rushing for 654 yards and 16 TDs. Fasani was lauded by many as the top QB in the nation, including Parade

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and USA Today

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. He was named to several All-America

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 teams.

College career

Fasani played college football

College football

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 at Stanford University

Stanford University

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, where he was the starting

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 quarterback his last two years. After redshirting

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 as a true freshman, he played as a goal-line quarterback and tight end

Tight end

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 the next season. During the 1999 season, he played inside linebacker

Linebacker

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 as well as quarterback, and made honorable mention on the Academic All-Pac-10 team. He started eight games his junior year, and finished the season with 1,400 passing yards, eleven touchdowns, and six interceptions. He also rushed for 123 yards and two touchdowns. He finished his college career with an honorable mention on the All-Pac 10 team, passing for 1,479 yards, 13 touchdowns and four interceptions.

NFL career

Fasani was selected in the fifth round of the 2002 NFL Draft

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 by the Carolina Panthers

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. He played in four games, going 15-44, 171 yards, 0 TDs and 4 INTs, while rushing for 95 yards. He later signed with the Buffalo Bills

Buffalo Bills

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 and New York Jets

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, but did not play in any regular season games.

After football

Following football, Fasani worked as a police officer in Visalia, California

Visalia, California

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, and since 2006, in Roseville, California

Roseville, California

-2010:The 2010 United States Census reported that Roseville had a population of 118,788. The population density was 3,279.4 people per square mile...

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As of the 2010–2011 season, he was the offensive coordinator for the Ripon Christian High School football team in Ripon, California

Ripon, California

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