Former NFL quarterback Joe Ferguson, a native of Shreveport, was inducted into the Walk of Stars in May 2002. His stellar football career began at
Shreveport's Woodlawn High School, where he set national prep passing records during his senior year. He also had great success in college, setting a school record for passing yardage at the University of Arkansas that stood for 26 years.
Ferguson spent 18 years in the National Football League. Twelve of those years were spent with the Buffalo Bills. He also played for Detroit, Tampa Bay and Indianapolis. Upon his retirement from pro football, he was ranked ninth in all-time pass attempts, eleventh in completions, twelfth in yardage, and eighteenth in touchdown passes. After his playing days ended, Ferguson put his NFL experience to work coaching college quarterbacks at Louisiana
Tech and the University of Arkansas. He then returned to be the head coach at Captain Shreve High School but has since moved back to Arkansas.
He is a member of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame, the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame, the Buffalo Bills Wall of Fame, the Arkansas Hall of Fame, and the Razorback Sports Hall of Honor.
Shreveport's Woodlawn High School, where he set national prep passing records during his senior year. He also had great success in college, setting a school record for passing yardage at the University of Arkansas that stood for 26 years.
Ferguson spent 18 years in the National Football League. Twelve of those years were spent with the Buffalo Bills. He also played for Detroit, Tampa Bay and Indianapolis. Upon his retirement from pro football, he was ranked ninth in all-time pass attempts, eleventh in completions, twelfth in yardage, and eighteenth in touchdown passes. After his playing days ended, Ferguson put his NFL experience to work coaching college quarterbacks at Louisiana
Tech and the University of Arkansas. He then returned to be the head coach at Captain Shreve High School but has since moved back to Arkansas.
He is a member of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame, the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame, the Buffalo Bills Wall of Fame, the Arkansas Hall of Fame, and the Razorback Sports Hall of Honor.
