Hugh Millen Hugh Breedlove Millen ( born November 22 , 1963 ) is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the third round of the 1986 NFL Draft . A 6 ' 5 " , 216 - lb . quarterback from the University of Washington , Millen played mainly as a backup in 10 NFL seasons from 1986 to 1995 for the Rams , Atlanta Falcons , New England Patriots , New Orleans Saints and Denver Broncos . Millen currently works as a football analyst for KJR - AM radio and KCPQ television in Seattle , Washington . He now lives with his family in Snoqualmie , Washington . Additionally , he has helped Baden and Adidas develop a better football . College career . Millen started 17 of the 20 games he appeared in for the Washington Huskies , throwing for 2 , 657 yards and winning the Orange Bowl in 1985 as a junior , in the infamous " Sooner Schooner " game . This win would propel Washington to the # 2 national ranking behind unbeaten Brigham Young University . He attended Santa Rosa Junior College out of Roosevelt High School in Seattle before playing for the Huskies . Coming in as a walk - on , he beat out Chris Chandler for the starting job . Chandler would later become the Huskies starting quarterback himself , before going on to a successful NFL career . Professional career . Early professional career . After being drafted by Los Angeles Rams in the third round of the 1986 NFL Draft , Millen missed his entire rookie season with the Rams in 1986 after fracturing an ankle and landing on injured reserve for the entire season . In 1987 , Millen missed most of the season with a back injury and only had one pass attempt for the season . By this time , Jim Everett – who the Rams had traded for with the Houston Oilers after being the # 3 pick in the 1986 NFL Draft – had become entrenched as the Rams starter , and Millen would soon be heading out the door . After being released by the Rams , Atlanta picked him up off waivers , and he ended up playing in three games for the Falcons in 1988 , throwing for 215 yards on the year . The following season , he played in five games – with one start - and completed 62 % of his passes for 432 yards . In 1990 , he started two games for the Falcons – winning both – completing 54 % of his throws for 427 yards . New England . Millen signed with the New England Patriots on April 1 , 1991 , as a Plan B free agent . In the fourth week of 1991 season , Millen replaced Tommy Hodson as the starting quarterback for the Patriots . Millen ' s record as the starter was 5 - 7 , and the Patriots overall record for that year was 6 - 10 ; a vast improvement from their 1 - 15 record from a season ago . For the season , Millen threw for 3 , 073 yards with 9 touchdown passes and 18 interceptions . It marked only the fifth time in team history that a quarterback had thrown for 3 , 000 yards in a season . Millen had several notable performances that season , starting off with his first start against the Houston Oilers where he led New England to a 24 - 20 upset win by completing 22 of 33 passes for 244 yards and a 34 - yard game - winning touchdown strike to Greg McMurtry with 34 seconds left in the game . He had his first career 300 - yard passing performance against Minnesota on October 22 – when he was 22 out of 32 for 326 yards and a touchdown pass . He was named player of the game two consecutive weeks in November when he completed 20 out of 26 passes for 257 yards and a touchdown pass against Miami , then completed 30 passes for 372 yards and a touchdown throw the following week against the Jets . The next week , he scored his first touchdown rushing , with a one - yard sneak in a 16 - 13 win against Buffalo . Then on December 8 – he completed 21 of 40 passes for 330 yards for two touchdowns , including a 45 yard game winning strike to WR Michael Timpson in overtime against Indianapolis . During the 1992 season , Millen shared quarterback duties with three others ; Tommy Hodson , Scott Zolak and Jeff Carlson . He led all Patriot quarterbacks with 1 , 203 passing yards and eight touchdown passes , but New England ' s final record was a miserable 2 - 14 . Millen suffered a third degree separated shoulder on the seventh play of the season . The Patriots 2 - 14 record led to a complete overhaul of the team and franchise in 1993 . Millen was traded to Dallas and with the # 1 overall pick in the 1993 Draft , New England selected Washington State QB Drew Bledsoe . Later career . Millen was traded to the Super Bowl champion Dallas Cowboys in June 1993 as insurance for injured starter Troy Aikman , who had just undergone surgery for a herniated disk . Steve Beuerlein – the backup quarterback from the previous year – had signed with the Phoenix Cardinals as a free agent . Aikman was expected to miss six to 12 weeks at the time , as he rehabbed from his surgery , while Millen and Jason Garrett would fill the void in the meantime . Millen himself had separated his left shoulder three times during the previous season . As it turned out , Millen never did attempt a pass in the regular season , as Aikman healed well from his injury , and eventually the Cowboys signed Bernie Kosar as their third quarterback – along with Aikman and Garrett – after Kosar had been released by the Cleveland Browns midway during the 1993 season . Millen would play his final two years in the NFL as a backup to John Elway in Denver during 1994 and 1995 . He played in eight games for the Broncos , starting twice , and throwing for 1090 yards with three touchdown passes and a 63 % completion percentage .