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==Career as a Gator== |
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In Florida's 2006 "Orange and Blue" Spring scrimmage, Tebow completed 15 of 21 pass attempts for 197 yards and one touchdown. After the game, some Gator fans suggested that Tebow could be named the starting quarterback over current starter, [[Chris Leak]]. Coach Urban Meyer later stated that despite Tebow's impressive performance, Leak would remain the starting quarterback. [http://www.alligator.org/pt2/060424foot1.php] |
In Florida's 2006 "Orange and Blue" Spring scrimmage, Tebow completed 15 of 21 pass attempts for 197 yards and one touchdown. After the game, some Gator fans suggested that Tebow could be named the starting quarterback over current starter, [[Chris Leak]]. Coach Urban Meyer later stated that despite Tebow's impressive performance, Leak would remain the starting quarterback. [http://www.alligator.org/pt2/060424foot1.php] |
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Tim Tebow hates many poeple one of his favorite people to hate on is brittany. he thinks she is a crazy child and gags himself whenever he even thinks of her. Grooosss |
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Prior to the 2006 season, Tebow was listed by Sports Illustrated as college football's future top mobile quarterback.[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/luke_winn/08/22/mobileQB.partthree/index.html] |
Prior to the 2006 season, Tebow was listed by Sports Illustrated as college football's future top mobile quarterback.[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/luke_winn/08/22/mobileQB.partthree/index.html] |
Revision as of 15:34, 12 February 2007
Tim Tebow | |
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College | Florida |
Conference | SEC |
Sport | Football |
Position | Quarterback |
Jersey # | 15 |
Class | Freshman |
Career | 2006–present |
Height | 6 ft 3.5 in (1.92 m) |
Weight | 229 lb (104 kg) |
Nationality | USA |
Born | Philippines | August 14, 1987
High school | Nease HS, St. Augustine, Florida |
Championships | |
2007 BCS Championship |
Timothy R. Tebow (born August 14 1987) is an American football quarterback for the Florida Gators. A highly-touted quarterback known for his ability to run and pass, Tebow chose Florida over the University of Alabama, the University of Michigan, the University of Southern California, and LSU. He is from Jacksonville, Florida, and played quarterback for Allen D. Nease Senior High School, where he became a highly touted Division I-A recruit and ranked among the top quarterback prospects in the nation. In his first season with the Gators, Tebow became an integral part of Urban Meyer's offense as backup to starter Chris Leak as well as a key player in certain situations, providing a hard-to-defend "dual threat" as both a runner and a passer. Coach Meyer has described Tebow as the "sparkplug" of the Gator offense, providing a much needed jolt at just the right time during the games. As a true freshman, Tim Tebow's contribution has helped the Gators win college football's 2007 national championship game for the first time since 1996.
Biography
The fifth child of Bob and Pam Tebow, both of whom are University of Florida graduates. Tim was born on August 14 1987 in the Philippines where his parents were serving as Christian missionaries. All of the Tebow children were homeschooled by their mother who also worked to instill the family’s deep religious beliefs along the way. In 1996, legislation was passed in Florida allowing homeschooled students to compete in local high school sporting events. The law specifies that homeschool students may participate on the team of the local school in the county and school district in which they live. The Tebows lived in Duval County and Tim played linebacker and tight end for Trinity Christian in Jacksonville for one season, but his dream was to play quarterback. Trinity did not pass the ball much and Tim didn’t want to hand it off every play, so he began to explore his options. St. Augustine Nease liked to throw the ball and Coach Craig Howard was known for his passing offense so Tim and his mother moved in to an apartment down the street from the Nease High School in St. Johns County. With the family farm up for sale in Jacksonville, Tim began playing quarterback for St. Augustine Nease High School and his performance soon began to turn some heads which even lead to a minor controversy over him being a homeschooled student. [[1]]
As a junior, Tebow’s stock continued to rise as he became a high profile, highly recruited major college quarterback prospect. The 6’3” 225lb quarterback continued to impress during his senior season leading the Nease Panthers to a state title, earning All-State honors, was named Florida's Mr. Football and a Parade All-American. Tebow finished his high school career with 9,810 passing yards, 3,186 rushing yards, 95 passing touchdowns and 62 rushing touchdowns. He played in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl Game in San Antonio, Texas which features the top 78 senior high school football players in the nation and is shown nationally on NBC television.
Despite having parental and sibling ties to the University of Florida, Tim remained open minded during the recruiting process and became very close to Alabama coach Mike Shula. But after careful consideration and much deliberation, he decided to play for the team he felt best suited his skills and style of play. Tebow chose to play for coach Urban Meyer and the Florida Gators, who employ a similar “spread option” offense that he excelled in at Nease High School.
Tebow was considered one of the nation’s top recruits and was the subject of an ESPN “Faces in Sports” documentary. The segment was titled "Tim Tebow: The Chosen One", and focused on Tim’s homeschool controversy and missionary work in the Philippines, as well as his exploits on the field of play and the college recruiting process. Tim Tebow was also featured in Sports Illustrated on the “Faces in the Crowd” page.
Career as a Gator
In Florida's 2006 "Orange and Blue" Spring scrimmage, Tebow completed 15 of 21 pass attempts for 197 yards and one touchdown. After the game, some Gator fans suggested that Tebow could be named the starting quarterback over current starter, Chris Leak. Coach Urban Meyer later stated that despite Tebow's impressive performance, Leak would remain the starting quarterback. [2]
Prior to the 2006 season, Tebow was listed by Sports Illustrated as college football's future top mobile quarterback.[3]
Tebow made his college debut in a goal line situation against Southern Mississippi, rushing for a touchdown on a designed quarterback scramble. He led the team in rushing in the next game, against Central Florida, and finished 2006 as the Gators' second-highest season rushing leader.
He made his SEC debut against the Tennessee Volunteers on September 16 2006. His performance included a ten-yard run on his first carry and converting a critical fourth down near the end of the game.
Tebow's biggest game to date came against the LSU Tigers on October 7 2006, where he accounted for all three of the Gators' touchdowns, passing for two and rushing for another. Tebow had a one-yard run on the goal line for his first score, a one-yard "jump pass" to tight end Tate Casey, in which he jumped in the air and double-pumped his arm before releasing the ball, and a 35-yard play-action pass to wide receiver Louis Murphy.
Tebow played a crucial role in the Gators' victory in the 2007 BCS National Championship game against Ohio State. He threw for one touchdown and rushed for another, accumulating 39 rush yards over the span of the game.
Tebow has been named as one of the "Breakout Players of 2007" for college football by Sporting News, and is the likely starter at quarterback for the Florida Gators in the 2007 season.[4]