Background
Ware grew up in the Galveston, Texas region, hoping to play football at the University of Texas.
Ware grew up in the Galveston, Texas region, hoping to play football at the University of Texas.
In the 1990 NFL Draft, Ware was the first round selection (#7 overall) of the Detroit Lions. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2004. He said "I was going to Texas.
All they had to do was lie to me and tell me I was going to play quarterback once I got there.
Thank goodness they told me the truth they were going to move me to defense". That year, his junior year, he threw for 4,699 yards, 44 touchdowns, and set 26 National Collegiate Athletic Association records.
Many of the records were thanks to the innovative use of the Run & Shoot offense, which his successor, David Klingler, also used to great effect. The Cougars ended the season ranked the #14 team in the nation by the Associated Press.
He then declared for the NFL Draft, foregoing his senior year.
Ware spent four years with Detroit, playing 14 games and starting six: then-coach Wayne Fontes insisted on starting the oft-injured Rodney Peete, and usually replacing Peete with Erik Kramer when Peete was hurt or played poorly. Fontes generally only played Ware when the Lions were out of the playoffs or already losing a game by a wide margin. The loss came on Monday Night Football to the San Francisco 49ers.
He began 1994 on the roster of the Los Angeles Raiders, but was released after several games.
In 1995 he was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars, one of the NFL"s two expansion teams that year. Ware is now part of the Houston Texans" radio broadcast team
He is teamed up with Marc Vandermeer and previously he was paired with Gary Thorne, for college football games on Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, ESPN2 and Entertainment and Sports Programming Network on American Broadcasting Company. In July 2009, Entertainment and Sports Programming Network announced that Ware will team up with long-time Securities and Exchange Commission broadcaster Dave Neal in the fall of 2009 as color commentator for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network Regional Television"s coverage of Southeastern Conference Football. He also appears as a player in All-Pro Football 2K8.
In 2004 he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
On February 29, 2012, he was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame. Moore. Junior., Bubba Smith, Dave Parks, and Tobin Rote.
Other members of his class include Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University Women"s basketball Coach Gary Blair, Shawn Andaya, University of Texas Football Coach Mack Brown, Fred Couples, Coach Lovie Smith, Georgia