Franco Harris Football League
12-06-2116
#18|Dave Compton Quarterback
Nashville Orcas (1990, Age 38)
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
Total Rating B-  Help Conditioning 95%
Status Deceased (01-31-2022) Potential B 
Age at Death 69 Born 10-30-1952 in Opelousas, LA
Drafted Round 3, Pick 95 (1976) Experience 13 Years (271 Wks)
College Delaware University, 1976 Salary 845 ($1511.359M/2116 $)
OFFENSE DEFENSE SPEC TEAMS
Throw Power B  Catching D  Pass Cover D- Kick Power F 
Throw Acc B+ Pass Blocking F  Run Cover F  Kick Acc D+
Carrying C- Run Blocking F  Tackling D  Kick Return D-
        Pursuit D+    
PHYSICAL MENTAL DEXTERITY
Speed C- Stamina C  Execution B  Agility D 
Strength C+ Health F  Aggressiveness D+ Hands B-
Jumping D-     Attitude A+ Break Tackle F 
ROLES
QB B- C D+ DT D+ SS D  K F  GUN D+
WR D  G D  DE D  FS D  P D  KR D 
HB/TB D  T D  ILB D+ CB D  LS C- KRB D 
FB D  TE D- OLB D+ H C+ HT C  KOS D-
Year Team G GS ATT CMP PCT A20-39 C20-39 PCT A40+ C40+ PCT ATT/G YDS AVG YDS/G INT SCK TD 1ST 1ST% RAT
1976 PIT 15 6 204 104 51.0 15 1 6.7 2 0 0.0 13.6 1101 5.4 73.4 5 15 7 52 25.5 68.3
1977 PIT 16 13 340 195 57.4 33 8 24.2 1 0 0.0 21.2 1829 5.4 114.3 8 24 9 91 26.8 71.3
1978 PIT 16 15 309 181 58.6 47 15 31.9 5 0 0.0 19.3 1907 6.2 119.2 7 15 15 95 30.7 83.4
1979 PIT 15 14 373 213 57.1 41 17 41.5 4 1 25.0 24.9 2299 6.2 153.3 12 28 12 118 31.6 72.7
1980 PIT 16 16 260 168 64.6 12 3 25.0 1 0 0.0 16.2 1730 6.7 108.1 4 17 6 85 32.7 84.9
1981 PIT 16 12 339 194 57.2 42 13 31.0 4 0 0.0 21.2 2007 5.9 125.4 11 24 6 99 29.2 66.8
1982 PIT 15 15 366 233 63.7 21 9 42.9 2 1 50.0 24.4 2233 6.1 148.9 5 26 8 112 30.6 82.1
1983 PIT 16 14 257 153 59.5 22 8 36.4 3 0 0.0 16.1 1363 5.3 85.2 8 21 1 76 29.6 62.1
1984 STL 16 16 447 287 64.2 31 10 32.3 1 0 0.0 27.9 2620 5.9 163.8 8 23 17 137 30.6 85.2
1985 STL 16 16 437 277 63.4 30 5 16.7 2 0 0.0 27.3 2749 6.3 171.8 6 19 17 148 33.9 88.4
1986 STL 16 16 465 281 60.4 32 13 40.6 8 0 0.0 29.1 2993 6.4 187.1 11 34 22 156 33.5 85.2
1987 STL 16 16 448 293 65.4 29 8 27.6 4 0 0.0 28.0 3024 6.8 189.0 5 21 18 153 34.2 93.5
1988 STL 5 3 117 58 49.6 13 1 7.7 0 0 -- 23.4 648 5.5 129.6 5 5 3 32 27.4 57.2
Total   194 172 4362 2637 60.5 368 111 30.2 37 2 5.4 22.5 26503 6.1 136.6 95 272 141 1354 31.0 79.5

Career Transactions
DateTransaction
02-28-1991Dave Compton has retired from the St. Louis Lions.
09-02-1990The St. Louis Lions have moved Bennie Blades, Cliff Avril, Dre Bly, Chris Claiborne, Jeff Backus, Haloti Ngata, Scott Mitchell, and Golden Tate to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Tim Toone, Dave Compton, Scott Conover, Devon Taylor, Alfonso Boone, Rashean Mathis, Jamaal Alexander, and George Smith to the inactive roster.
08-12-1990The St. Louis Lions have moved George Smith, Kalimba Edwards, Gerald Alexander, Rashean Mathis, Dave Compton, Scott Conover, Tim Toone, Brian Calhoun, and Jerry Stehouwer to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Jeff Backus, Golden Tate, Bennie Blades, Cliff Avril, Spain Laughlin, Dre Bly, Chris Claiborne, Scott Mitchell, and Theo Riddick to the inactive roster.
09-03-1989The St. Louis Lions have moved Bennie Blades, Dre Bly, Haloti Ngata, Scott Mitchell, Carl Treu, Golden Tate, David Sloan, and Laken Tomlinson to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Dave Compton, Alfonso Boone, Ladrian Waddle, Rashean Mathis, Derrick Williams, Jeff Lamana, Jamaal Alexander, and Jerry Stehouwer to the inactive roster.
08-14-1989The St. Louis Lions have moved Dave Compton, Stan Baska, Bruce Molesworth, Bubba Dodd, James James, Dave Campbell, Jim Hogue, Ladrian Waddle, Elvis Bowling, Jeff Lamana, and Lindsay Graves to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Bennie Blades, Darius Slay, Haloti Ngata, Scott Mitchell, Carl Treu, David Sloan, Ryan Broyles, and Laken Tomlinson to the inactive roster.
12-26-1988The St. Louis Lions have moved Earl Fawcett to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Dave Compton to the inactive roster.
09-05-1988The St. Louis Lions have moved Carl Treu, Kevin Jones, Dave Compton, Laken Tomlinson, Darius Slay, Bennie Blades, Chris Claiborne, and Ryan Broyles to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Elvis Bowling, Adam Moran, Ty Talton, Jeff Lamana, Ladrian Waddle, Earl Fawcett, Bill Bentley, and Ray Wilson to the inactive roster.
08-14-1988The St. Louis Lions have moved Elvis Bowling, Ronnell Lewis, Adam Moran, Ty Talton, Quinton Reese, Terry Fair, Ladrian Waddle, David Sloan, Fred Matua, and Scott Mitchell to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Carl Treu, Kevin Jones, Dave Compton, Laken Tomlinson, Darius Slay, Bennie Blades, Chris Claiborne, and Ryan Broyles to the inactive roster.
08-31-1987The St. Louis Lions have moved Stefan Grimes, Jeff Lamana, Cliff Avril, Kevin Jones, Winnie Zereoue, Dave Compton, and Tony Cichowski to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved John Bross, Roy Wilkinson, Theo Riddick, Quinton Reese, Lloyd Paul, and Earl Wilson to the inactive roster.
08-17-1987The St. Louis Lions have moved Derrick Williams and Roy Wilkinson to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Dave Compton to the inactive roster.
09-01-1986The St. Louis Lions have moved Dave Compton, Ernie Sims, Bennie Blades, Cliff Avril, Darius Slay, Kevin Jones, Shane Helmsley, Jeff Lamana, and Lewis Zimmerman to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Larry Webster, Elvis Bowling, Derrick Williams, Pratt Lewis, Matthew Whittington, Vance Mathison, Joe Feldhaus, and Adam Moran to the inactive roster.
08-04-1986The St. Louis Lions have moved Sedrick Irvin, Craig Gollomb, Derrick Williams, John Bross, Adam Moran, Quinton Reese, Alex Carter, Chris Claiborne, Pratt Lewis, and Riley Reiff to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Kevin Jones, Dave Compton, Ernie Sims, Darius Slay, Bennie Blades, Cliff Avril, Shane Helmsley, and Lewis Zimmerman to the inactive roster.
01-15-1984Trade #41793 has been completed between the St. Louis Lions and the Pittsburgh Ironheads. The Pittsburgh Ironheads receive Mark Farr (QB), Draft Pick - 1985 Round 5 (STL), Draft Pick - 1984 Round 5 (STL) from the St. Louis Lions in exchange for Dave Compton (QB).
01-01-1984The Pittsburgh Ironheads have placed Dave Compton on the trade block.
09-12-1982Dave Compton of the Pittsburgh Ironheads is injured with a hip contusion and is expected to be out for approximately 9 days.
10-01-1979The Pittsburgh Ironheads have moved Dave Compton to the active roster.
09-17-1979The Pittsburgh Ironheads have moved Blake Smith to the active roster. The Pittsburgh Ironheads have moved Dave Compton to the inactive roster.
09-16-1979Dave Compton of the Pittsburgh Ironheads is injured with an elbow inflammation and is expected to be out for approximately 13 days.
12-31-1978Dave Compton of the Pittsburgh Ironheads is injured with an elbow inflammation and is expected to be out for approximately 12 days.
09-27-1976The Pittsburgh Ironheads have moved Dave Compton to the active roster. The Pittsburgh Ironheads have moved Charlie Thomas to the inactive roster.
09-20-1976The Pittsburgh Ironheads have moved Tony McLaughlin and Charlie Thomas to the active roster. The Pittsburgh Ironheads have moved Joey Wilkins, Dave Compton, and Elmer Spitulski to the inactive roster.
09-19-1976Dave Compton of the Pittsburgh Ironheads is injured with an abdominal strain and is expected to be out for approximately 8 days.
08-16-1976The Pittsburgh Ironheads have moved Dave Compton to the active roster. The Pittsburgh Ironheads have moved Andy Capp to the inactive roster.