▁St amp ed ers ▁on ▁December ▁ 3 , ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁off ensive ▁coordin ator ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Gi ants ▁of ▁the ▁NFL . ▁ ▁Play ing ▁career ▁H uf n ag el ▁was ▁an ▁All - American ▁at ▁P enn ▁State ▁University ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 2 , ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁starting ▁quarter back ▁for ▁three ▁seasons ▁ ▁with ▁a ▁ 2 6 – 3 ▁record ▁under ▁head ▁coach ▁Joe ▁Pat erno . ▁As ▁a ▁junior , ▁he ▁was ▁instrument al ▁in ▁the ▁N itt any ▁L ions ' ▁ 3 0 – 6 ▁Cot ton ▁Bowl ▁victory ▁in ▁Dallas ▁over ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Texas . ▁He ▁led ▁a ▁back field ▁which ▁included ▁Franco ▁Harris ▁and ▁L yd ell ▁Mitchell ▁and ▁P enn ▁State ▁finished ▁ 1 1 – 1 , ▁fifth ▁in ▁the ▁final ▁AP ▁poll . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 2 , ▁H uf n ag el ▁became ▁the ▁first ▁N itt any ▁Lion ▁quarter back ▁to ▁pass ▁for ▁more ▁than ▁ 2 , 0 0 0 ▁yards ▁in ▁a ▁season . ▁His ▁ 2 , 0 3 9 ▁passing ▁yards ▁set ▁P enn ▁State ' s ▁single - season ▁record ▁for ▁passing ▁yards ▁( since ▁broken ) ▁and ▁he ▁remains ▁among ▁the ▁top ▁ 1 0 ▁in ▁most ▁major ▁career ▁passing ▁categories . ▁He ▁finished ▁sixth ▁in ▁the ▁He is man ▁Tro phy ▁voting ▁that ▁year , ▁won ▁by ▁Johnny ▁Rod gers ▁of ▁Neb r aska ,