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Tim Tebow
College	Florida
Conference	SEC
Sport	Football
Position	QB
Jersey #	15
Class	Sophomore
Career	2006–present
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	235 lb (107 kg)
Nationality	USA
Born	(1987-08-14) August 14, 1987 (age 37)  Philippines
High school	Homeschooled, played for Nease High School, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Bowl games
2007 BCS Championship - Florida 41, OSU 14

Timothy Tebow (born August 14, 1987) is an American football quarterback for the Florida Gators. He has been referred to as "A Walking Freight Truck". A highly-touted quarterback known for his ability to run and pass, Tebow chose Florida over Alabama, Miami of Florida, Michigan, NC State, Oklahoma and UCLA. He played quarterback for Nease High School in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, where he became a 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 helped the Gators win college football's national championship game for the first time since 1996.

Early Life

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. 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 rest of his family living on a farm in Jacksonville, Tim began playing quarterback for Nease High School in Ponte Vedra Beach and his performance soon began to turn some heads which even led to a minor controversy over him being a homeschooled student.

As a junior, Tebow’s stock rose as he became a high profile, highly recruited major college quarterback prospect. The 6’3”, 225 lb (1.91 m, 102 kg) 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. On January 7, 2007, Tebow was featured prominently in an ESPN “Outside The Lines” feature on homeschooled athletes seeking equal access to high school athletics in other states. In fact, his popularity inspired "equal access" supporters in Alabama to name their bill in the Alabama Legislature "The Tim Tebow Bill". The bill, which is pending in the Alabama Legislature, will allow Alabama home school athletes to play for their local high school teams just as Tebow did in Florida.

College career

2006

see also 2006 Florida Gators football team

In Florida's 2006 "Orange and Blue" Spring scrimmage, he 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 then starter, Chris Leak. Coach Urban Meyer later said that despite Tebow's impressive performance, Leak would remain the starting quarterback. Prior to the 2006 season, Tebow was listed by Sports Illustrated as college football's future top mobile quarterback.

Tebow made his college debut in a goal line situation against Southern Miss, rushing for a touchdown on a designed quarterback scramble. He led the team in rushing in the next game, against UCF, 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 role in the Gators' victory in the 2007 BCS National Championship Game against Ohio State. He threw for one touchdown and rushed for another, finishing with 39 rushing yards.

2007

see also 2007 Florida Gators football team

Tebow was named as one of the "Breakout Players of 2007" for college football by Sporting News, and will start at quarterback for the Florida Gators in the 2007 season. The Gators' offense in 2007 should be similar to what Urban Meyer used at Utah, since Meyer views Tebow as “very similar to Alex Smith.” Smith was quarterback for Meyer's last team at Utah in 2004, which became the first team from outside the BCS conferences to play in and win a BCS bowl game, and went on to be the top overall pick in the 2005 NFL Draft.

Although Tim is found in the end zone many times during his games his success in scoring is often overshadowed by the fact he has been seen having foriegn relations with both a goat and horse at the same time. Similarly Tim Tebow is known as the worlds biggest douchebag and deserves no respect.

While there were some questions about how he would perform as a full time passer, he opened the year with a bang, going 13-of-17 for 300 yards and 3 touchdowns in his starting debut against Western Kentucky University. For the season, Tebow is currently 97-148 for 1455 yards and 13 touchdowns passing—ranking third in pass efficiency—with an additional 105 rushes for 500 yards and 9 touchdowns on the ground through six games.

In week 4 of the season, when the Gators faced Ole Miss in an SEC match-up, Tebow broke the school record for rushing yards by a quarterback in one game, with 166 yards.

Awards

2007 Season

Walter Camp Foundation National Offensive Player of the Week

Southeastern Conference Offensive Player of the Week, two times

Manning Award Watch List

Recently Tim Tebow encountered a gut wrenching defeat in Baton Rouge, Louisiana by the number 1 ranked LSU Tigers. Tim was seen crying as he left the field and showed just how much of a little bitch he really is. On a side note Tim Tebow still hold the world record for most blowjobs performed in one hour and in a 24 hour span at 27 and 132 respectively.

References

1. Andreu, Robbie (31 January 2006). "Team Tebow". Gainesville Sun. Retrieved 2007-09-17. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
2. Johnston, Joey (25 December 2005). "A Cut Above". The Tampa Tribune. Retrieved 2007-09-17. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
3. "The State of Alabama's "Tim Tebow Bill"". Retrieved 2007-09-17.
4. http://www.alligator.org/pt2/060424foot1.php
5. "The next generation:Plenty of young mobile QBs ready to showcase talent". Sports Illustrated/CNN. 22 August 2006. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); |first= missing |last= (help); Check date values in: |date= (help); External link in |rul= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Text "last-Winn" ignored (help)
6. "Year in Preview: Made men". The Sporting News. Retrieved 2007-09-17. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
7. Schlabach, Mark (14 February 2007). "Tebow's growth as a passer key for Gators". ESPN. Retrieved 2007-09-17. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
8. Tebow Shines As Gators Crush W. Kentucky
9. "Bowl Subdivision (FBS) National Player Report: Passing Efficiency". NCAA. Retrieved 2007-09-17.
10. http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=12604&html=football/news/20070916033500.html&sport=footb Gatorzone.com, Tebow named Walter Camp Foundation Offensive Player of the Week
11. http://www.secsports.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=2&url_article_id=9587&url_subchannel_id=&change_well_id=2
12. http://www.allstatesugarbowl.com/manning.php?content=manning&section=manning Allstate announces Manning Award Watch List

External links

• SI Player Card
• Player bio on UF website
• Tim Tebow commits to Florida, 13 December 2005

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• 1987 births
• Living people
• American expatriates in the Philippines
• People from Florida
• People from Jacksonville
• American football quarterbacks
• Florida Gators football players