Corte McGuffey (born June 19, 1977) is a former quarterback for the New York/New Jersey Hitmen of the XFL. In 1999, he won the Harlon Hill Trophy as the NCAA Division II Player of the Year.
McGuffey was a dentist. He now lives in Wyoming.
High School career McGuffey played Quarterback at Riverton High School where he lead the team to its first Class 3A Football State Championship in 1994. During his senior season, McGuffey threw for over 2,000 passing yards and more than 20 touchdowns, powering Riverton to a 9-2 regular-season record.
He was twice named all-state quarterback and was recognized as the 1994 Wyoming Offensive Player of the Year.
College career McGuffey joined Northern Colorado and redshirted during the 1995 season. In 1997, McGuffey led the Bears to an NCAA Division II football championship game victory over New Haven. In 1998, McGuffey was named honorable mention FB Gazette All-American. In games against Western State and Adams State, McGuffey threw a program record six touchdown passes. In 1999, McGuffey was named First-team Daktronics, CoSIDA, Burker King, AFCA, AP and FB Gazette. He also won the Harlon Hill Trophy for Player of the Year in NCAA Division II. In both his junior and senior seasons he was named First-team All-NCC.
As of 2025, McGuffey is still the program leader in career passing yards (8,677), total yards (9,722), and touchdowns (93). He also still holds the Bears single season record for passing yards (3,376), total yards (3,537), and touchdowns (36).
On November 10, 2007, McGuffey's number 12 was retired by Northern Colorado.
Professional career On April 17, 2000, McGuffey was signed by the St. Louis Rams. After the Rams third preseason game, McGuffey was released on August 20, 2000.
On October 30, 2000, McGuffey was selected 279th overall in the 2001 XFL draft by the New York/New Jersey Hitmen. McGuffey signed with the Hitmen and began the season as the backup quarterback to Charles Puleri. In the second half of season opener against Las Vegas, McGuffey relieved Puleri and went 9-of-16 passing for 103 yards while adding another 19 rushing yards. After the team started 0–3, head coach Rusty Tillman elected to go with Wally Richardson as starting quarterback. McGuffey did not record another statistic until Richardson was ruled out with a leg injury heading into the week nine matchup against Chicago. In his first professional start, McGuffey was 13-of-22 passing for 146 yards and two interceptions. After losing to the Enforcers 18–23, the Hitmens' postseason hopes were still alive and McGuffey remained the starter. McGuffey started the season finale against Birmingham, but was removed in favor of Puleri after going 3-of-10 passing for 85 yards.
Career statistics
College Season Team Games Passing Rushing 1995 Northern Colorado Redshirt 1996 Northern Colorado ? 0 — 2 4 50.0 17 4.3 0 0 85.7 3 -2 -1.5 0 1997 Northern Colorado 15 15 13–2 160 254 63.0 2,312 9.1 18 10 155.0 121 451 3.7 6 1998 Northern Colorado 13 13 11–2 236 382 61.7 3,061 8.0 39 9 158.1 67 346 5.2 6 1999 Northern Colorado 13 13 11–2 222 351 63.2 3,376 9.6 36 13 170.5 90 161 1.8 2Career ? 41 35–6 620 991 62.6 8,766 8.8 93 32 161.4 281 956 3.4 14
XFL Season Team Games Passing Rushing GP GS Record Cmp Att Pct Yds Avg TD Int Rtg Att Yds Avg TD 2001 NY/NJ 3 2 1–1 25 48 52.1 329 6.8 0 2 56.7 8 33 4.1 0 Career 3 2 1–1 25 48 52.1 329 6.8 0 2 56.7 8 33 4.1 0
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