Hungary’s Györ Sharks sign Chris Jeffrey as their QB for 2021
The Györ Sharks of the Hungarian Football League, have signed quarterback Chris Jeffrey for the 2021 season.
The Sharks finished the 2019 season with a 1-4 regular season record and were bumped out of the wild card playoffs by the Kiev Capitals.
Jeffrey had signed to play for the Toluca Osos who play in Mexico’s Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA), but that season was canceled due to the pandemic.
The 6′, 190 pound, 27 year old, a coach’s son from Washington, DC, (his father coached at Howard University), spent the 2019 season with the Rostock Griffins in the GFL2 throwing for 1,812 yards and 19 touchdowns while rushing for another 661 and six touchdowns. The year before he helped the Warsaw Eagles win the Polish crown while throwing for 1.333 yard and 20 touchdowns. He started his European career in Serbia in 2017, quarterbacking the Novi Sad Dukes to the Serbian championship game, throwing for 892 yards and 12 touchdowns in six games.