David Fales

David Daniel Fales (born October 4, 1990) is a former American football quarterback.

As a junior, Fales was named as the starting quarterback after the fourth game of 2007 after the regular starter suffered a severe concussion.

In his first game as starter on October 5, a 35–3 win over rival Salinas, Fales completed 5 of 10 passes for 57 yards, including one 26-yard touchdown pass.

Palma also had over 200 rushing yards.

With an 8–2 record for the 2007 regular season, Palma lost the first round Central Coast Section playoff game 20–14 to Los Gatos on November 16 after Fales lost a fumble with 1:33 left.

As a senior, Fales was Tri-County League offensive MVP.

In Palma's homecoming game on October 10, 2008, Fales completed 15 of 19 passes for 164 yards and ran for two touchdowns in a 21–14 victory over Seaside.

In his junior and senior years, Fales threw 31 touchdowns and nine interceptions on 220-for-319 passing over 3,267 yards.

Having attracted little attention from college recruiters, Fales accepted a scholarship from the University of Nevada, Reno, the first school to offer him one.

Other colleges that expressed interest in Fales included Boise State, Colorado, Colorado State, Kansas State, Oregon State, and Utah, but none of them offered scholarships.

Scout.com ranked Fales #115 among quarterbacks in the United States.

A two-star recruit, Fales attracted only one offer from Nevada.

On July 28, 2008, Fales signed with Nevada.

Fales also attended a summer camp for Oregon State.

A 2009 graduate of Palma High School in Salinas, Fales was twice selected as all-league as quarterback.

At the University of Nevada, Fales redshirted his freshman year in 2009, behind starter and future NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick.

Fales later explained why he left Nevada: "I realized that what they wanted to do wasn't a good fit for me. They wanted me to be more of a runner."

In 2010, Fales returned home to Monterey County and transferred to Monterey Peninsula College.

According to Fales, he "had a previous relationship with the head coach (Mike Rasmussen)" at the college.

Fales was a two-time all-conference selection and completed 61.8 percent of passes for 4,635 yards and 37 touchdowns.

After Wyoming offered Fales a non-scholarship position, Fales took a summer class at Wyoming in 2011 but returned to Monterey Peninsula for the fall.

For the 2011 season with Fales, Monterey Peninsula was 2011 Coast Conference co-champion and qualified for the Sierra Central Credit Union Bowl.

Fales was among the top ten junior college quarterbacks in number of completions, completion rate, passing yards, touchdown passes, and passer efficiency.

As a two-star recruit, Fales attracted one offer from San Jose State.

On December 21, 2011, he signed with San Jose State.

During the 2011 season, San Jose State found itself without a viable future starting quarterback after Tate Forcier, who was redshirting a year after transferring from Michigan, withdrew from San Jose State.

Recruiting coordinator Terry Malley suggested recruiting Fales, and quarterbacks coach John DeFilippo met with Fales at Monterey Peninsula College.

DeFilippo would later comment about Fales: "They did a great job with him at MPC. They ran a similar offense to what we had, a pro style. So I knew the learning curve wouldn't be as steep as with a guy coming from the spread offense."

In December 2011, Fales signed a letter of intent for San Jose State University.

The FCS school Indiana State University also offered Fales a scholarship.

After redshirting freshman year for the Nevada Wolfpack of the University of Nevada, Reno, Fales attended Monterey Peninsula College for two years and transferred to San Jose State University for his junior year in 2012.

With Fales, the San Jose State Spartans went 11–2 in 2012 with the school's first-ever BCS ranking, first AP Poll ranking since 1975, and first bowl game berth since 2006.

With 31 touchdown passes in his first year with San Jose State, Fales was the most accurate FBS quarterback for the 2012 season and was MVP of the 2012 Military Bowl.

Fales was born and raised in Salinas, California.

On August 23, 2012, following summer training camps, coach Mike MacIntyre named Fales the starting quarterback.

Fales debuted for San Jose State on August 31 against Stanford.

In San Jose State's 20–17 loss, Fales completed 24 for 35 passes for 216 yards, one touchdown, and one interception.

He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the sixth round of the 2014 NFL Draft.

He played college football at San Jose State.

Fales played high school football at Palma School in Salinas, California.