We'll see how it goes,' Patriots coach Bill Belichick stated in an interview with ESPN. 'Tim is a talented player, is smart and works hard. In June 2013, it was announced that the New England Patriots had signed Tebow, reportedly to a two-year contract. In late April 2013, the Jets released Tebow, after the team was unable to find a trade partner. Tebow only played briefly during the Jets' first game against the Buffalo Bills in September 2012 - a pattern that would prove to be consistent throughout the rest of the season.īy the end of 2012, he had participated in only 72 offensive snaps with the New York team. However, as the football season began, Sanchez remained in the leading position. There was much debate as to whether he would replace Mark Sanchez as the team's starting quarterback. The Broncos beat the Pittsburgh Steelers in the wild-card game of the playoffs before losing to the New England Patriots in the division championship game, ending Tebow’s first season as the Broncos starting quarterback.Ī few months after the season came to an end, in March 2012, Tebow was traded to the New York Jets in a firestorm of media attention and scrutiny. Tebow led the team to six wins in their next eight games and into the playoffs. In his first start, he led the Broncos to a come-from-behind 18-15 overtime victory against the Miami Dolphins, after being down 15-0 with less than three minutes left in the game. ' He was chosen by the Denver Broncos in the first round of the 2010 draft and signed a five-year contract to play second string behind Broncos QB Kyle Orton.Īfter a 1-4 start to the 2011 season, Tebow replaced Orton as the Broncos' starting quarterback. Standing 6'3' tall and weighing around 240 pounds, Tebow was referred to by one NFL coach as 'the strongest human being that's ever played the position. Running the 'wildcat offense,' an unpredictable formation in which the quarterback can be an active rushing threat, Tebow set numerous records in the 2007 season, including the Gators' single-game QB rushing mark (166 yards) and SEC single-season records for rushing touchdowns (20) and total touchdowns (passing and rushing 55).Īt the close of the 2008 season, Tebow led his team to victory in the BCS National Championship game, and was named the winner of a slew of athletic awards. The following year he became the starting quarterback and won, among other honors, the Heisman Trophy (for outstanding all-around player) and the Davey O'Brien Award (for outstanding quarterback). He spent his freshman year as a backup, but became a key contributor for a team that went on to win the BCS Championship. In 2006, Tebow received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida to play for its famed football team, the Gators. Those beliefs became a large part of Tebow's life and have often colored the media's coverage of him. Tebow was later homeschooled by his mother, who instilled in him the family's Christian beliefs throughout his early years. Tebow, the youngest of five children, was born on August 14, 1987, in Makati City in the Philippines, to American parents who were there as Baptist missionaries. He went on to work as a television analyst, before turning his focus to baseball and signing a minor league contract with the New York Mets in 2016. Despite leading the NFL's Denver Broncos to the playoffs in 2011, the popular quarterback was traded to the New York Jets and played just one more season in the league. Tim Tebow helped the Florida Gators win two BCS Championships and was named the Heisman Trophy winner in 2007.

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