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Ronnie Lee South - Wikipedia

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Ronnie Lee South

No. 11

Position:

Quarterback/Punter

Personal information

Born:

May 8, 1945 (age 79)
Wynne, Arkansas, U.S.

Height:

6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)

Weight:

195 lb (88 kg)

Career information

High school:

Russellville (AR)

College:

Arkansas

NFL draft:

1968 / round: 5 / pick: 115

Career history

New Orleans Saints (1968)

Stats at Pro Football Reference

Ronnie Lee South (born May 8, 1945) is a former American football quarterback for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). South played college football for the Arkansas Razorbacks where he was a member of their 1965, 1966 and 1967 teams.

South was taken in the fifth round of the 1968 NFL/AFL draft by the New Orleans Saints.^[1] On April 16, 1968, he signed his initial contract with the Saints to play as part of their 1968 season.^[2] South played with the team through their summer training camp, but was later released in August as part of the teams' final roster cuts.^[3] After the final cuts, South was signed to the Saints' practice squad.

During their November 3 game against Dallas, Saints starting quarterback Billy Kilmer injured his ankle.^[4] As such, South was elevated to the active roster to serve as backup to Karl Sweetan.^[4]^[5] As South was also a punter, then punter Tom McNeill was released from the team to make room for South on the active roster.^[5] In their game against Cleveland, Sweetan injured his ankle and South entered the game in the first quarter for his first series before Sweetan returned later.^[6] Sweetan was unable to complete the game, and in the fourth quarter South threw what was his only NFL touchdown pass to Jim Hester from seven-yards out in the fourth quarter.^[6]

With both Kilmer and Sweetan injured, it was speculated South would start for the Saints in their game against the Packers at Milwaukee County Stadium.^[7] Sweetan did start the game, but was taken out and replaced with South in the first quarter due to the lingering effects of his injured ankle.^[8] South finished the game only 7 of 23 passing and with an average of 23 yards for his seven punts.^[8] South finished the season as a backup. South was later cut by New Orleans on July 29, 1969.^[9]

References

^ "How pro teams fared in college draft". Sarasota Journal. Associated Press. February 1, 1968. p. 34. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
^ "Saints sign QB". The News-Dispatch. UPI. April 17, 1968. p. 20. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
^ Bryson, Mike (August 27, 1968). "These Saints won't march". The Tuscaloosa News. Associated Press. p. 6. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Ankle injury idles Kilmer". The Windsor Star. UPI. November 4, 1968. p. 20. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Saints cut punter". Youngstown Vindicator. Associated Press. November 9, 1968. p. 9. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Browns tip Saints and take lead". The Milwaukee Journal. Associated Press. November 11, 1968. p. 2. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
^ Bledsoe, Terry (November 14, 1968). "Rookie quarterback to start for Saints". The Milwaukee Journal. p. 2. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
^ ^a ^b Lea, Bud (November 18, 1968). "Packers bounce Saints, 29–7". The Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 2. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
^ "Quarterback sneak surprising to coach". The Dispatch. UPI. July 30, 1969. p. 13. Retrieved October 22, 2013.

Arkansas Razorbacks starting quarterbacks

Steve Creekmore
J. L. Carter
Gene Davidson
Jack Robbins (1935–1937)
Kay Eakin (1938–1939)
Louis Ramsay (1940-1941)
Bud Canada (1945)
Aubrey Fowler (1946)
Ken Holland (1947)
Gordon Long (1948)
Don Logue (1949)
Jim Rinehart (1950)
Lamar McHan (1951–1953)
George Walker (1954–1957)
Don Christian (1956)
James Monroe (1958–1959)
George McKinney (1960–1961)
Billy Moore (1962)
Bill Gray (1963)
Fred Marshall (1964)
Jon Brittenum (1965–1966)
Ronnie Lee South (1967)
Bill Montgomery (1968–1970)
Joe Ferguson (1971–1972)
Mike Kirkland (1973)
Scott Bull (1974–1975)
Ron Calcagni (1976–1978)
Houston Nutt (1976)
Kevin Scanlon (1979)
Tom Jones (1980)
Brad Taylor (1981–1984)
Mark Calcagni (1985)
Greg Thomas (1986)
Quinn Grovey (1987–1990)
Jason Allen (1991)
Barry Lunney Jr. (1992–1995)
Pete Burks (1996)
Clint Stoerner (1997–1999)
Robby Hampton (2000)
Zak Clark (2001)
Matt Jones (2002–2004)
Robert Johnson (2005–2006)
Casey Dick (2005–2008)
Mitch Mustain (2006)
Nathan Dick (2008)
Ryan Mallett (2009–2010)
Tyler Wilson (2011–2012)
Brandon Allen (2012–2015)
A. J. Derby (2013)
Austin Allen (2016–2017)
Cole Kelley (2017–2018)
Ty Storey (2018)
Connor Noland (2018)
Ben Hicks (2019)
Nick Starkel (2019)
John Stephen Jones (2019)
KJ Jefferson (2019–2023)
Jack Lindsey (2019)
Feleipe Franks (2020)
Cade Fortin (2022)
Malik Hornsby (2022)
Taylen Green (2024–present)

v t e New Orleans Saints 1968 NFL draft selections
Kevin Hardy Dave Szymakowski Willie Crittendon Dan Sartin Ronnie Lee South Ray Phillips Gene Howard Dick Swatland Joe Blake Doug Robinson Bennie Blocker John Beck K.O. Trepanier Herb Covington Wilmer Cooks Elie Ghattas James Ferguson

New Orleans Saints starting quarterbacks

Gary Cuozzo (1967)
Billy Kilmer (1967–1970)
Karl Sweetan (1968)
Ronnie Lee South (1968)
Edd Hargett (1970–1971)
Archie Manning (1971–1975, 1977–1981)
Bobby Scott (1973–1974, 1976–1977, 1981)
Larry Cipa (1974–1975)
Bobby Douglass (1976–1977)
Dave Wilson (1981, 1983–1986)
Ken Stabler (1982–1983)
Guido Merkens (1982)
Richard Todd (1984)
Bobby Hebert (1985–1989, 1991–1992)
John Fourcade (1987, 1989–1990)
Steve Walsh (1990–1991, 1993)
Wade Wilson (1993)
Mike Buck (1993)
Jim Everett (1994–1996)
Doug Nussmeier (1996–1997)
Heath Shuler (1997)
Billy Joe Hobert (1997–1999)
Danny Wuerffel (1997–1998)
Kerry Collins (1998)
Billy Joe Tolliver (1998–1999)
Jake Delhomme (1999)
Jeff Blake (2000)
Aaron Brooks (2000–2005)
Todd Bouman (2005)
Drew Brees (2006–2020)
Mark Brunell (2009)
Luke McCown (2015)
Teddy Bridgewater (2018–2019)
Taysom Hill (2020–2021)
Jameis Winston (2021–2022)
Trevor Siemian (2021)
Ian Book (2021)
Andy Dalton (2022)
Derek Carr (2023–present)
Spencer Rattler (2024)

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