Bill Kenney William Patrick Kenney ( born January 20 , 1955 in San Francisco , California ) is a retired quarterback who spent 9 years in the National Football League with the Kansas City Chiefs from 1980 to 1988 and a former politician who spent 8 years as a Missouri State Senator . Kenney was originally drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the 12th round of the 1978 NFL Draft with the final selection , making him " Mr . Irrelevant " . High school / college . Kenney was born in San Francisco and graduated from San Clemente High School in 1973 . He originally received a scholarship to play at Arizona State University but transferred to small Saddleback College after one season . After graduating from Saddleback , a two year junior college , he spent the remainder of his college career at the University of Northern Colorado . NFL . Kenney was given the " honor " of being named Mr . Irrelevant in 1978 when he was drafted by the Miami Dolphins . The award traditionally is given to the last selection of the draft ; Kenney earned the award as the second - to - last selection when the last player taken suffered a back injury and failed to report to camp . He was cut from the Dolphins at the end of training camp , but he had more success two years later , when he made the Kansas City Chiefs roster as the backup to Steve Fuller . He ended up starting games late in the year because of an injury to Fuller and did acceptably well . His late season performance helped him to take over the starting job for good in 1981 . After an average 1982 season , Kenney was in line to be replaced by Todd Blackledge , whom the Chiefs drafted as part of the vaunted Quarterback class of 1983 . Kenney responded by having a breakout season , setting team records for passing yards ( 4 , 348 ) and completion s ( 346 ) in a season ; the latter was also good enough to lead the NFL . Kenney earned a Pro Bowl berth that season , and is the only Mr . Irrelevant to have been selected to one . At one point , he threw for over 300 yards in 4 games in a row , topping out at 417 yards in a loss to Seattle . Unfortunately for Kenney and the Chiefs , they would lose all four games . He did not come close to matching his 4 , 000 - yard output over the next four seasons , but he did enough to prevent Blackledge from starting when he was healthy ( in 1984 , he missed 7 weeks due to a thumb injury ) . He eventually gave up his starting job in 1988 when the Chiefs traded for Steve DeBerg . Kenney was released after failing to throw a touchdown pass in 114 attempts that season . He left the Chiefs as the second most prolific passer in team history behind Hall of Famer Len Dawson . He has been passed in most passing categories since then by Trent Green ; Green also broke Kenney ' s single season record for passing yards in 2004 . In 1989 , he signed with the Washington Redskins to be the third quarterback behind Mark Rypien and Doug Williams . He did not appear in any games with the ' Skins , however , and he retired after the season . Politics . Kenney took up residency in Lee ' s Summit , Missouri after his retirement . He turned his attention to politics at this time , and in 1994 , he successfully ran as a Republican to represent a portion of Kansas City and parts of suburban Jackson County in the Missouri State Senate . In 1996 , Kenney ran an unsuccessful campaign to become Missouri ' s Lieutenant Governor . In 2001 , Bill Kenney became the majority floor leader of the Missouri Senate , and held the position for two years . He left the Senate afterwards due to term limit s , and retired from politics altogether as a result .