Before Lane Kiffin became the head coach at Florida Atlantic—and prior to his stints with USC, Tennessee and the Raiders—he was a quarterback at Fresno State, suiting up for the Bulldogs from 1994-96. But his playing career came to an abrupt end before the 1997 season.
Former Fresno State and Houston Texans quarterback David Carr detailed the final day of Kiffin's playing career in a new video for Stadium. As Carr tells it, Kiffin was a fifth-year senior when Carr entered the program, quickly losing his spot on the QB depth chart to the freshman. Kiffin, not too pleased by the development, showed up to Fresno-State practice without pads or his uniform, telling head coach Jeff Tedford, "I figured I could show up in shorts and a t-shirt, because you're just going to give my reps to [Carr].