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Michael John "Mike" Kafka (born July 25, 1987) is an American football quarterback who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fourth round of the 2010 National Football League (NFL) draft. He played college football at Northwestern. Kafka attended St. Rita of Cascia High School in Chicago, Illinois, where he played both football and baseball. Kafka led St. Rita Cascia to three conference championships. He ended his high school football career with 1,816 total yards and 16 touchdowns. After his senior season, he moved on to Northwestern University. In 2007, Kafka was the backup to C. J. Bachér and played in only two games. Despite being the backup quarterback again in 2008, Kafka threw for 330 yards and finished second on the team in rushing yards with 321. Following Bachér's graduation after the 2008 season, Kafka became the starter for 2009. Against Syracuse he set the school record for most consecutive pass completions with 16. In the same game, he became the first Big Ten Conference player to score a passing, receiving, and rushing touchdown since Zack Mills from Penn State in 2004. He was named Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week for his performance. Kafka received second-team All-Big Ten honors in 2009. In the 2010 Outback Bowl against Auburn, Kafka set the all-time bowl record with 47 completions and 78 passing attempts. He set Northwestern and Outback Bowl records with 532 passing yards and an Outback Bowl record with five interceptions. During his career at Northwestern, Kafka threw for 4,265 yards with a completion percentage of 64.1%, 19 touchdowns and 20 interceptions. He rushed for 891 yards and 11 touchdowns on 268 carries, and caught a pass for 24 yards and a touchdown. Kafka spent two seasons as a member of the Eagles. In 2010 he was the third-string quarterback behind Michael Vick and Kevin Kolb but did not see playing time. He was mainly the third-string quarterback again in 2011 behind Vick and Vince Young, but saw some playing time in two games early in the season, both of which resulted in losses. He was expected to be the backup quarterback behind Vick in 2012 but a broken hand caused him to miss time in the preseason and was ultimately released in favor of rookie Nick Foles and veteran Trent Edwards. Kafka spent time on offseason rosters with the New England Patriots and Jacksonville Jaguars in 2013, before he was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2014. He spent the majority of the 2014 season on the Buccaneers' practice squad, but was not re-signed following the conclusion of the season. He participated in the first NFL veteran combine in 2015 and was subsequently signed by the Vikings. After playing in the preseason, the team released him. ==Early years== Kafka was born on July 25, 1987, in Chicago, Illinois, to Michael and Sandra Kafka. He attended St. Rita of Cascia High School in Chicago where he played football (coached by Todd Kuska) and baseball. He was the team captain for both teams. In football, he led the Mustangs to three conference championships and had a career record of 35–8. As a senior in 2004, Kafka completed 75 of 129 passes. In the season-opener against Homewood-Flossmoor High School, Kafka went up against H-F's quarterback Freddie Barnes and won the game, 52–28. Against Mt. Carmel High School, he ran for 164 yards and passed for 126 yards. Kafka passed for 1,004 yards and 10 touchdowns in 2004. He ran for 806 yards with a 5.6 yards per carry average, and five touchdowns on 144 carries. His career stats at St. Rita were 1,816 total offensive yards and 16 touchdowns.〔 Kafka made the school's Silver Honor Roll all four years of high school and was an Academic All-State. He was an All-area selection by ''Tom Lemming's Prep Football Report'' and was an honorable mention all-state selection. ''SuperPrep'' named him All-Midwest Region and Rivals.com placed him on the Top 25 dual-threat quarterbacks list. ''SuperPrep'' ranked him 25th among players from Illinois at all positions and 50th nationally among quarterbacks. He was ranked 20th in Illinois by Rivals.com and 25th nationally among dual-threat quarterbacks. Kafka was named Team Offensive MVP and Catholic Metro Blue Offensive MVP. He was an honorable mention all-area honoree by ''Chicago Sun-Times'' and ''Daily Southtown''.〔 Kafka committed to Northwestern University on December 10, 2004. He also received offers from Florida Atlantic University, the University of Pittsburgh and Stanford University.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://sports.yahoo.com/northwestern/football/recruiting/player-Mike-Kafka-28100;_ylt=AkGl8tQwlguQ2jX5HD1cUvAttJB4 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mike Kafka」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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