Question: Where did the free agent quarterback acquired for the 2015 Buffalo Bills season play college football at?

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The 1984 Buffalo Bills season was the 25th season for the club and its 15th in the National Football League (NFL).  The team started the season with eleven consecutive losses before an upset home win over Dallas in Week 12.  The 1984 Bills gave up a team-record 454 points on defense, an average of more than 28 per game.  The Bills gave up 30+ points eight times and allowed fewer than 20 points in a game only three times all season.  The Bills also allowed 60 quarterback sacks, for a total of 554 yards, the most-ever at the time.  The Bills' 4,341 total yards gained was second-worst in the league in 1984 (only the Colts had fewer total yards gained).  The 1984 Bills are one of only two NFL teams to have been outscored by 25 points six different times during the season. The 2010 Buffalo Bills season was the team's 41st season in the National Football League and their 51st overall.  It was Buffalo's first season with Buddy Nix in the role of general manager and head coach Chan Gailey.  The Bills hoped to improve on their 6–10 record from the 2009 season, and attempt to make the playoffs for the first time since 1999, the longest standing playoff drought in the NFL.  The Bills had the 9th pick in the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft selecting C. J. Spiller, a running back from Clemson.  This season marks the first 0–8 start since 1984, in which they finished 2-14.  They were eliminated from playoff contention in Week 12, extending their playoff drought to 11 seasons.  Despite the poor start, Buffalo became largely competitive after the bye in Week 9.  Their next four losses were by only three points each, all to teams that made the playoffs in 2011—Baltimore, Kansas City, Chicago and Pittsburgh (three of these losses went to overtime).  The Bills eventually won four of their final eight games, which carried over into a strong start to the 2011 season.  The 2010 season was marked by the emergence of wide receiver Stevie Johnson, who gained 1,073 receiving yards and nose tackle Kyle Williams, an All-Pro in 2010 who gained status as an elite defensive tackle. The 1992 Buffalo Bills season was the 33rd season for the team in the National Football League.  The Buffalo Bills finished the National Football League's 1992 season with a record of 11 wins and 5 losses, and finished second in the AFC East division.  The Bills qualified for their third straight Super Bowl appearance. The 2000 Buffalo Bills season was the team's 41st and 31st as part of the National Football League.  The Bills total offense ranked 9th in the league and their total defense ranked 3rd in the league.  The 2000 season was the first since the 1987 season that long-time Bills players Bruce Smith, Andre Reed and Thurman Thomas were not on the team together, as all were released just days after the Bills were eliminated from the 1999 playoffs.  Smith and Reed signed with the Redskins, while Thomas signed with the Dolphins.  The Buffalo Bills finished in fourth place in the AFC East and finished the National Football League's 2000 season with a record of 8 wins and 8 losses.  Though the Bills were 7-4 after eleven games, they lost their next four in a row, only avoiding a losing season in the final game of the year.  The 2000 season marked a turning point in Buffalo's history.  From 2000 to present, the Bills have failed to make the playoffs.  After the 2000 season ended, general manager John Butler left the team to take the same position with the San Diego Chargers. The 1991 Buffalo Bills season was the 32nd season, and 22nd in the National Football League.  The Buffalo Bills finished the National Football League's 1991 season with a record of 13 wins and 3 losses, the same record as their previous year's record, and finished first in the AFC East division.  The Bills qualified for their second Super Bowl appearance. The 1993 Buffalo Bills season was the 34th season for the Buffalo, New York team in the National Football League.  The Buffalo Bills finished the National Football League's 1993 season with a record of 12 wins and 4 losses, and finished first in the AFC East division. The 2015 Buffalo Bills season was the franchise’s 56th overall season as a football team, 46th in the National Football League, third under leadership of general manager Doug Whaley and first under new head coach Rex Ryan, who signed a five-year, $27.5 million contract on January 12, 2015 after having previously spent the past six seasons coaching the division-rival New York Jets, leading them to two straight AFC Championship games in 2009 and 2010, becoming the franchise’s 18th head coach and the fifth in the past seven years in the process.  Ryan replaced Doug Marrone, who opted out of his contract on December 31, 2014 to take advantage of a contract loophole, fearing the Pegulas were going to fire him, hence the reason the Bills entered the 2015 season looking for a new head coach.  Despite the bold prediction made by Ryan at his introductory press conference, where he stated, “I’m not going to let our fans down.  I am not going to do that.  I know it’s been 15 years since the Bills made the playoffs.  Well, get ready, man, we’re going.  We are going,” the Bills were unable to make the playoffs in their first season with Ryan as head coach, finishing with a record of 8-8 (the team’s first since 2002), making it the 16th straight season without a playoff appearance, which became the longest active in major professional sports after Major League Baseball’s Toronto Blue Jays broke their 22-year playoff drought on September 25, 2015.  It was also the first full season under the ownership of Terry and Kim Pegula (whom also own the Buffalo Sabres), having purchased the Bills partway through 2014 after the death of longtime owner Ralph Wilson in March at the age of 95.  The Bills began their season with an open competition for the starting quarterback position after Kyle Orton, the starter for most of the 2014 campaign, retired during the offseason, so the team acquired free agent Tyrod Taylor, a former backup quarterback of the Baltimore Ravens, who won the competition over incumbent second-string quarterback EJ Manuel and trade acquisition Matt Cassel, the latter of whom the team later traded along with a seventh-round pick in 2017 to the Dallas Cowboys, in exchange for a fifth-round draft pick in 2017. The 2006 Buffalo Bills season was the franchise’s 47th season as a football team, 37th in the National Football League and first under both general manager Marv Levy and head coach Dick Jauron.  Levy, who previously coached the team from 1986-1997, leading them to four straight AFC Championships and four straight Super Bowl appearances from 1990-1993, replaced Tom Donahoe, who was fired shortly after the end of the 2005 season, with hopes that his 11 full seasons as Bills head coach would improve a franchise that failed to make the playoffs during Donahoe’s tenure.  Jauron, who previously coached the Chicago Bears from 1999-2003, replaced Mike Mularkey, who resigned shortly after Donahoe’s firing, citing family reasons and disagreement over the direction of the organization.  The Bills hoped to improve on their 5-11 record from 2005, while also hoping to make the playoffs for the first time since 1999, but a 30-29 loss to the Tennessee Titans eliminated the team from playoff contention, extending their playoff drought to seven straight seasons, tying a record set from 1967-1973.  For the second consecutive season, the Bills’ opening day starting quarterback was J. P. Losman. Tyrod Di'allo Taylor (born August 3, 1989) is an American football quarterback for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL).  He was the starting quarterback for the Virginia Tech Hokies football team from the start of the 2008 college football season through the 2011 Orange Bowl, the final game of the 2010 college football season for Virginia Tech.  He was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the sixth round of the 2011 NFL Draft and served as the backup to starting quarterback Joe Flacco, including during the Ravens' Super Bowl XLVII victory over the San Francisco 49ers.  Signed by Buffalo as a free agent in 2015, Taylor was named the starting quarterback for the Bills at the beginning of the 2015 NFL season. The 1970 Buffalo Bills season was the 11th season for the club and their first in the National Football League.  The team looked to improve on its 4-10 record from 1969 and make the playoffs for the first time since 1966.  However, the Bills started out on the wrong foot, losing 4 of its first 5 games.  After winning 2 straight road games against the Patriots and Jets and suffering a blowout loss to the Cincinnati Bengals, the Bills and Colts played to a 17-17 draw in week 9, Buffalo's first tie since 1968.  The Bills would then lose 5 straight to end the season and finish the season 3-10-1, in fourth place in the AFC East.  Their week 5 game against the Miami Dolphins would start a stage of futility in which the Bills would lose 20 straight games to the Dolphins.  The Bills would not beat the Dolphins at any point during the 70s and would not beat Miami again until 1980.  This would become known as "The Streak".

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 The Bills began their season with an open competition for the starting quarterback position after Kyle Orton, the starter for most of the 2014 campaign, retired during the offseason, so the team acquired free agent Tyrod Taylor, a former backup quarterback of the Baltimore Ravens, who won the competition over incumbent second-string quarterback EJ Manuel and trade acquisition Matt Cassel, the latter of whom the team later traded along with a seventh-round pick in 2017 to the Dallas Cowboys, in exchange for a fifth-round draft pick in 2017. Tyrod Di'allo Taylor (born August 3, 1989) is an American football quarterback for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL).  He was the starting quarterback for the Virginia Tech Hokies football team from the start of the 2008 college football season through the 2011 Orange Bowl, the final game of the 2010 college football season for Virginia Tech.