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ALLEN PARK -- The Lions don't have a controversy about their starting quarterback, but they haven't stopped rearming the position.
Timmy Chang, who set the NCAA season record with 64 touchdown passes for Hawaii in 2004, worked out for Lions coaches and scouts after practice Thursday and signed a contract.
Despite his college production, Chang was bypassed in the draft. Arizona signed him as a free agent. He was released Aug. 9, five days before the Cardinals' first exhibition game.
Chang gives the Lions five quarterbacks. Joey Harrington has been named the starter and Jeff Garcia the backup by coach Steve Mariucci. Dan Orlovsky, a fifth-round draft pick from Connecticut, has played in both exhibition games. Rookie Todd Mortensen of San Diego also is in camp.
"The kind of college career he had and success he had, we just wanted to take a look at him, see his arm, watch him move around," team president Matt Millen said. "He made all the throws. It was a good little workout. There are a lot of guys we're going to bring through."
It's not clear what plans the Lions have for Chang, who is 6-foot-1 and 211 pounds. At Hawaii, he played in a hybrid of the run-and-shoot offense and operated from the shotgun formation. http://www.detnews.com/2005/lions/0508/28/D03-294035.htm
Timmy Chang, who set the NCAA season record with 64 touchdown passes for Hawaii in 2004, worked out for Lions coaches and scouts after practice Thursday and signed a contract.
Despite his college production, Chang was bypassed in the draft. Arizona signed him as a free agent. He was released Aug. 9, five days before the Cardinals' first exhibition game.
Chang gives the Lions five quarterbacks. Joey Harrington has been named the starter and Jeff Garcia the backup by coach Steve Mariucci. Dan Orlovsky, a fifth-round draft pick from Connecticut, has played in both exhibition games. Rookie Todd Mortensen of San Diego also is in camp.
"The kind of college career he had and success he had, we just wanted to take a look at him, see his arm, watch him move around," team president Matt Millen said. "He made all the throws. It was a good little workout. There are a lot of guys we're going to bring through."
It's not clear what plans the Lions have for Chang, who is 6-foot-1 and 211 pounds. At Hawaii, he played in a hybrid of the run-and-shoot offense and operated from the shotgun formation. http://www.detnews.com/2005/lions/0508/28/D03-294035.htm
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