Aaron Garcia ( American football ) Aaron Garcia ( born October 20 , 1970 ) is an American arena football quarterback , who is currently a member of the San Jose SaberCats of the Arena Football League . He played college football at Sacramento State . He was originally signed by the Arizona Rattlers . In his career , Garcia has also played for the Connecticut Coyotes , New Jersey Red Dogs , Iowa Barnstormers , New York Dragons , and the Jacksonville Sharks . Garcia holds two current professional arena football records with 52 , 056 passing yards and 1 , 172 total touchdowns ( 1 , 125 pass , 46 rush , 1 fumble ) . High school career . Garcia attended Grant Union High School where he played high school football , and basketball with his father as coach , where he broke John Elway ’ s California state high school passing , yardage and touchdown records with a two - year prep total of 5 , 800 yards and 57 touchdown passes . College career . He went to Washington State University in 1989 , and started as a redshirt freshman , contributing 1 , 591 yards and 11 touchdown passes , leading the Pac - 10 in passing efficiency that year . During that year , quarterbacking duties also were shared by junior Brad Gossen , who threw for 1 , 372 yards and nine touchdowns in an injury shortened season , prior to Garcia being named the starter . In 1990 , a mid - season quarterback controversy erupted when second - year coach Mike Price benched veterans Gossen and Garcia in favor of true - freshman Drew Bledsoe . After Bledsoe ' s emergence at Washington State in 1990 , Garcia transferred to Sacramento State in Division I - AA and finished his college football career as the starter there , throwing for 1 , 798 yards and 13 touchdowns in his senior season . Professional career . Following his college career , he turned to Arena Football . He played for the Arizona Rattlers in 1995 , and then moved on to the Connecticut Coyotes in 1996 . He would change teams again in 1997 , playing for the New Jersey Red Dogs . He played for the Red Dogs for a year and a half before joining the Iowa Barnstormers during the 1998 season . Garcia finally settled down in Iowa , and found his greatest success when the Barnstormers became the New York Dragons in 2001 . In the 2001 season , Garcia threw a league record 104 touchdown passes , but this was passed by Clint Dolezel in 2006 . Garcia briefly left the AFL in 2002 , when he was signed by the NFL ' s San Francisco 49ers . He was released in the summer , and returned to the Dragons , who finished 3 - 11 that year . On February 26 , 2006 , Garcia suffered a fractured tibia and fibula , ending his season . He was replaced by Juston Wood and later Nick Browder . At the time of the injury , Garcia had thrown more touchdown passes than any pro quarterback , however , Andy Kelly and Clint Dolezel moved ahead of Garcia while he was injured . On June 2 , 2007 , Garcia became the fourth quarterback in AFL history to throw 800 touchdowns , joining Dolezel , Sherdrick Bonner , and Kelly . In 2008 , Garcia led the Dragons to the playoffs despite finishing the season with an 8 - 8 record . In the first round playoff game , Garcia and the Dragons defeated a heavily favored Dallas Desperados team who finished the year at 12 - 4 . Garcia and Dolezel squared off at quarterbacks against each other , and Garcia out dueled Dolezel throwing nine touchdown passes to Dolezel ' s seven . The following week , New York lost on the final play off the game to the Philadelphia Soul , who would go on to win ArenaBowl XXII . The Arena Football League suspended operations in 2009 . On January 21 , 2010 , Garcia signed with the expansion Jacksonville Sharks when the Arena Football League reformed in 2010 . On May 1 , 2010 , Garcia threw his 900th touchdown pass to Sale ' Key in a 62 - 60 win over the Tulsa Talons . On June 5 , 2010 , Garcia became the all - time leader in passing touchdowns in Arena Football history , with 932 touchdown passes thrown . On April 30 , 2011 , Garcia connected with Jeron Harvey for his 1 , 000th career touchdown pass . Jacksonville Sharks went on to beat in - state rival Orlando Predators 76 - 55 . On July 22 , 2011 , Garcia became the first AFL quarterback to cross the 50 , 000th yard milestone in a 75 - 56 victory over the Spokane Shock . On August 12 , 2011 , with two seconds remaining in the 4th quarter , Garcia threw the winning touchdown pass as time expired in Arena Bowl XXIV to win his first Arena Bowl title for the Jacksonville Sharks . On September 27 , 2011 , Garcia was officially announced as the first player to sign with the relocated San Antonio Talons franchise . On March 29 , 2012 , Garcia was strip sacked on the six yard line but was able to recover the ball and go into the end zone for a fumble recovery score in a 47 - 34 road victory over the Orlando Predators . On November 8 , 2012 , Garcia signed with the San Jose Sabercats .