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Biography |
Tim Tebow is an American football quarterback for the
Florida Gators. He was the first college football player to
both rush and pass for 20 touchdowns in a season and was the
first underclassman to win the Heisman Trophy.
Tebow 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
as a senior. After a tight recruiting battle, he chose to
attend the University of Florida over the University of
Alabama. Tebow, being a dual threat quarterback adept at
rushing and passing the football, was used in his freshman
season largely as a change of pace to the Gators' more
traditional quarterback, Chris Leak. His contribution in the
2006 college football season was as a key reserve that
helped the Gators win college football's national
championship game for the first time since 1996.
As a sophomore in the 2007 season, he became the Gators'
starting quarterback and broke the Southeastern Conference
records for both rushing touchdowns and total touchdowns
accounted for in a single season. In addition to the Heisman
Trophy, his performance in 2007 also earned him the Maxwell
Award as the nation's top football player, the Davey O'Brien
Award as the nation's best quarterback, and the James E.
Sullivan Award as the nation's most outstanding amateur
athlete in any sport. |
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since August 15, 2008