Munachiso Onuoha and Dallas Cowboy Hall of Famer Troy Aikman

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(Free-Press-Release.com) February 18, 2010 -- Munachiso Onuoha and Dallas Cowboy Hall of Famer Troy Aikman


Football is a very popular American sport. Heck, if you don’t think so then why is the Super Bowl the most watched television program every year? This proves that Americans are indeed football fans, especially Munachiso Onuoha. In this article you will learn some information about Troy Aikman and how he made it to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.

Munachiso Onuoha: How it all Began

In college, Aikman was the 1988 Davey O'Brien Award winner and College Quarterback of the Year. He was a Heisman finalist his senior season, and led the Bruins to a Cotton Bowl win over Arkansas.

The outlook wasn't particularly encouraging for Troy Aikman following the 1989 season, going from the high of being the first overall pick in the draft to what would be maybe the toughest rookie season any NFL quarterback has ever endured. Even through the tough times, Troy held his act together and continued his career.

First-year Cowboys Coach Jimmy Johnson decided not to slowly develop Aikman, instead throwing him right into the games. He stumbled to an 0-11 record (155 of 293 for 1,749 yards, 9 TDs, 18 INTs) as the starter his rookie season while Cowboys went 1-15.

Ever since his first year playing ball, to today, Troy been inducted into the Cowboys Ring of Honor in 2005 and a year later becoming the one of nine Dallas Cowboys to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. This, to Munachiso Onuoha, is quite an accomplishment for a football player to make during his ball playing years.

As time went on, Aikman eventually won three Super Bowl rings with the Cowboys, and led the team to four consecutive NFC championship games - 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995 seasons, with victories in 1992, 1993, and 1995. This is truly impressive, even for a single quarter back.

He was selected to six straight Pro Bowls from 1992-97. In the 1990s he would become the winningest quarterback of any decade with 90 wins in the 10-year span, all while compiling 47 Cowboys passing records, including resetting the bar in completions (2,742), passing yards (32,942) and touchdown passes (165). The standards for all others that follow after him will surely be big, because it is truly hard to find your hero in someone else.

On September 19, 2005, at halftime of the Cowboys-Redskins game, Aikman was inducted into the Cowboys Ring of Honor, along with his longtime teammates Michael Irvin and Emmitt Smith.

Munachiso Onuoha: Continuing His Rein

He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, on Feb. 4, 2006, his first year eligible and was inducted on Aug. 5. In his third season (1991), Aikman and the Cowboys had turned the franchise's dismal fortunes completely around from the rough start his rookie year. The Cowboys qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 1985, Aikman turning in a passer rating of 86.7 while throwing for 2,754 yards, 11 touchdowns and completing 65.3 percent of his passes.

That high completion percentage would become an Aikman staple, the UCLA product finishing his 12-year NFL career fourth in all-time career completion percentage (61.5 percent). "I appreciate Troy Aikman because he resurrected the Dallas Cowboys in the 1990s, and he made it fun to watch them again," said fellow Hall-of-Fame Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach.

In 1992 Aikman led the Cowboys to a Super Bowl win over Buffalo and earned the game's MVP honors while throwing for 3,445 yards and 23 scores that year. The team would go on to win three titles in four years.

After Aikman was named to the Hall of Fame, Johnson said the MVP performance in the first win over Buffalo cemented Aikman as "a championship quarterback, the greatest team player I was ever associated with. In my mind, I always judge a quarterback by how he plays in the big games. How does he perform in the playoffs? Troy Aikman always came up big in the big games."

“ He was such a good player and always thought about his boys out on the field. That kind of spirit is hard to find in most people.” said Munachiso Onuoha after watching the Cowboys’ 1993 game victory.

Personnel changes would plague the Cowboys for the remainder of Aikman's tenure. His pass protection failed him repeatedly as the team began a decline, last winning a playoff game during his career following the 1996 season. Then on Dec. 10, 2000, at Texas Stadium, Washington Redskins linebacker LaVar Arrington sacked Aikman on a rollout pass, causing him to suffer his 10th concussion of his career. That would be his last NFL play, Aikman calling it quits the following off-season.

In 1997, his work with The Troy Aikman Foundation earned him the NFL's Walter Payton Man of the Year award, and marked his sixth consecutive season as a finalist for the honor.

What makes a good quarterback? A strong arm? Good throw? Sure all of these are apart of what makes a quarterback successful, but what also contributes to the making of a good player is leadership, and love for the sport. Munchiso Onuoha would like to thank you for reading this article. Hopefully it helped inform you about what you needed to know about Troy Aikman.

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