Dan Fouts is a retired Hall of Fame American football quarterback in the National Football League. Fouts played his entire professional career with the San Diego Chargers, from 1973 through 1987. He was one of the most prolific passing quarterbacks during the 1970s and 1980s, but the Chargers were unable to make it to the Super Bowl during his fifteen-year career. He is currently a color commentator for NFL games on CBS. Dan is the son of Bay Area Radio Hall of Famer Bob Fouts. Fouts was somewhat of an unknown when he accepted a scholarship offer from the University of Oregon. Things were quite different after the All-Pac 8 quarterback's career where he set 19 school records, including those for career passing yardage (5,995) and total offense (5,871). He was inducted into the University of Oregon Hall of Fame in 1992. Drafted in the third round of the 1973 NFL Draft, Fouts helped lead the Chargers to the playoffs from 1979 to 1982 and twice to the AFC title game in 1980 and 1981. He led the league four times in passing yards, ending his career with over 40,000, the third player to surpass that landmark. Fouts was a 6-time Pro Bowl selection, and was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1993. From 1988 through 1993, Fouts started his career as an analyst on NFL on CBS and worked with variety of play-by-play announcers including Dick Stockton, James Brown, Verne Lundquist, Brad Nessler, Jim Nantz, Jack Buck, and Tim Ryan. Fouts's post-NFL career also included a well-received commentator role on ABC's Monday Night Football, alongside famed MNF anchor Al Michaels and comedian Dennis Miller. He then served as a college football analyst alongside Brent Musburger and Keith Jackson after his MNF departure. In 2006, Fouts became a play-by-play announcer for ABC, adding his own commentary on the game at times since he was a former player and analyst. He returned to CBS in 2008 to cover NFL games with a variety of play-by-play announcers including Don Criqui, Bill Macatee, and Dick Enberg. In 2009, he was moved to partner with Dick Enberg as the #3 broadcasting team for the NFL on CBS. Following Enberg's retirement after the 2009 season, Fouts presently teams with Ian Eagle. He also calls the occasional game for Westwood One radio.
