Michael John Kafka (born July 25, 1987) is an American football coach and former quarterback who is the assistant head coach and offensive coordinator for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). After attending St. Rita of Cascia High School in Chicago, Illinois, he played college football for the Northwestern Wildcats, receiving second-team All-Big Ten Conference honors as a senior. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fourth round of the 2010 NFL draft, and spent six seasons in the NFL as a journeyman quarterback. Kafka became the quarterbacks coach for the Chiefs in 2018, and Patrick Mahomes, the starting quarterback for the Chiefs, earned the NFL Most Valuable Player award that season. Kafka helped the team win Super Bowl LIV the following season. More about Mike Kafka
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Despite being the backup quarterback in 2008 for Northwestern, Kafka finished second on the team in rushing yards with 321. Following C. J. Bachér's graduation, Kafka became the starter for 2009. Against Syracuse, he set the school record for most consecutive pass completions with 16. In the same game, he became the first Big Ten Conference player to score a passing, receiving, and rushing touchdown since Zack Mills from Penn State in 2004. He was named Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week for his performance. In the 2010 Outback Bowl against Auburn, Kafka set the all-time bowl record with 47 completions and 78 passing attempts. He set Northwestern and Outback Bowl records with 532 passing yards and an Outback Bowl record with five interceptions.In total, we tracked 111 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Mike Kafka (2009 NORTHWESTERN WILDCATS TEAM SIGNED PHOTO MIKE KAFKA COREY WOOTEN w/COA) was sold in August 2013 for $85.00 while the cheapest item (Mike Kafka #PL5-MK - 2010 Topps Prime - Prime Level 5 Autographed Relic 034/499) found a new owner for $0.01 in September 2022. The month with the most items sold (7) was January 2023 with an average selling price of $4.95 for an autographed item of Mike Kafka. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2013 with $85.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.01 was September 2022. In average, an autographed item from Mike Kafka is worth $4.85.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Mike Kafka were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
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2010 Press Pass Mike Kafka #SS-MK Saturday Signatures Blue Ink Autograph AU | $6.00 | ||
2010 Topps Platinum Mike Kafka Autograph Patch Eagles /800 RC | $2.25 | ||
2010 Topps Prime Football Mike Kafka RC #PAR-MK Rookie Auto Autograph 068/149 | $1.99 | ||
L-O-T OF 3 Mike Kafka Game Used Jersey Patch Autograph Auto Rookie Eagles Relics | $6.75 | ||
Mike Kafka 2010 Panini Contenders #225 Auto Autograph Rookie Card Eagles TC1698 | $5.99 | ||
Mike Kafka 2010 Panini Prestige #271 Auto /599 Autograph Rookie Eagles | $3.95 | ||
Mike Kafka 2010 Playoff National Treasures #325 Rookie Patch Autograph Gold /25 | $3.30 | ||
Mike Kafka 2010 Topps Chrome #139 Rookie Auto Autograph Eagles Giants RC | $4.50 | ||
Mike Kafka 8x10 signed - Philadelphia Eagles - AUTOGRAPHED! | $7.99 | ||
Mike Kafka RC 2010 Unrivaled Rookie Autograph/480 Eagles Auto | $0.99 |
Mike Kafka on Giants play-calling: Every year is different, have to go through e (04/16/24): The Giants have two new coordinators on head coach Brian Daboll's staff this season and it looked like they might be making three changes early in the offseason.
Giants coach Brian Daboll 'looking into' taking over play-calling duties for 202 (03/27/24): Offensive coordinator Mike Kafka called the plays in 2022 and 2023
Giants promote Mike Kafka to assistant head coach (02/07/24): The Giants announced three promotions and two staff member hires on Wednesday.
Giants block Mike Kafka from interviewing for Seahawks offensive coordinator (02/04/24): The Seahawks interviewed Giants offensive coordinator twice as part of their head coaching search, but they won't get a chance to speak to him about a lateral move.
Mike Kafka reflects on role as head coach in Team West's victory at 2024 East-We (02/02/24): New York Giants offensive coordinator Mike Kafka reflects on the opportunity he had as the winning head coach for Team West in the 2024 East-West Shrine Bowl.
Seahawks interviewed Patrick Graham Tuesday, will interview Mike Kafka Wednesday (01/2024): The second round of interviews for the Seahawks head coaching job is underway.
Mike Kafka remains with Giants as Northwestern goes with David Braun (07/2023): Northwestern will name David Braun their interim head coach for the 2023 season, leaving Mike Kafka to remain with the New York Giants.
POLL: Mike Kafka or Lou Anarumo for HC? (02/2023): Vote for the candidate you want the Cardinals to hire as their new head coach.
Giants OC Mike Kafka to interview for Cardinals’ HC job Tuesday (01/2023): The Cardinals have added another candidate to their head coaching search.
Evan Neal returns to full participation at practice (11/2022): Rookie right tackle Evan Neal is moving closer to a return. Neal, who has not played since Week 7, had a full practice Wednesday. “Obviously, Evan is a good player and he adds some juice to the o-line room in what he brings,” offensive coordinator Mike Kafka said, via the team website. “I’m excited
Giants’ Mike Kafka will call offensive plays vs. Titans (09/2022): New York Giants offensive coordinator Mike Kafka will call the plays in Week 1, plus other notes from head coach Brian Daboll.
Mike Kafka: Calling Giants plays has been really cool (08/2022): Giants offensive coordinator Mike Kafka has gotten his first taste of calling plays at the NFL level this summer and he will do so in a game for the first time when the Giants face the Patriots on Thursday night. Kafka got the nod from head coach Brian Daboll to serve as the play caller [more]
Brian Daboll: Mike Kafka will call offensive plays through training camp (07/2022): Over the last few seasons, Brian Daboll became one of the league’s better offensive play callers while serving as a coordinator for the Bills. But unlike many head coaches who’ve ascended from offensive coordinator in recent years, it’s looking more likely that he won’t be calling plays in his first
OC Mike Kafka calling plays at Giants practice, but no decision on games (05/2022): Brian Daboll is the head coach of the Giants because of his success calling plays for the Bills offense the last few years, but he said in January that he wasn’t sure if he would continue doing so in his new job. Mike Kafka was hired as the offensive coordinator after Daboll made those comments [mor
Get to know new Giants offensive coordinator Mike Kafka (02/2022): Here is what you need to know about the expected new Giants OC Mike Kafka.
Sources: Kafka draws interest as HC candidate (12/2020): Chiefs QB coach and passing game coordinator Mike Kafka is expected to be in the mix for a head-coaching job, league sources tell ESPN.
Chiefs' Andy Reid keeps Eagles from poaching Mike Kafka as offensive coordinator (01/2020): Philadelphia reportedly had interest in Kafka, Kansas City's QBs coach, for its opening