tim tebow

Tebow at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium during a Jaguars game in December 2007 Florida Gators — No. 15 Quarterback Junior Major: Family, Youth and Community Sciences Date of birth: August 14, 1987 (1987-08-14) (age 21) Place of birth: Philippines Height: 6 ft 2.6 in (1.89 m) Weight: 238 lb (108 kg) Career history High school: Nease High School,

Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida College(s):

Florida (2006-present) Career highlights and awards All-American (2007) AP Player of the Year (2007) Davey O'Brien Award (2007) Maxwell Award (2007 & 2008) Heisman Trophy (2007) SEC Male Athlete of the Year (2007) SEC Offensive Player of the Year (2008) SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2008)

Timothy "Tim" Richard Tebow[1] (born August 14, 1987) 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 sophomore to win the Heisman Trophy.[2]

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.[3] After a tight recruiting battle, he chose to attend the University of Florida over the University of Alabama.[4] 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.[5] His contribution in the 2006 college football season was as a key reserve who 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.[6] 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. Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 College career 2.1 2006 2.2 2007 2.2.1 Heisman Trophy 2.3 2008 3 Awards 3.1 2006 Season 3.2 2007 Season 3.3 2008 Season 4 Effect on homeschooling movement 5 Statistics 5.1 College statistics 6 References 7 External links //

Early life Tebow at the 2006 U.S. Army All-American Bowl as a high school senior.

Tebow was born on August 14, 1987 in the Philippines to Bob and Pam Tebow, who were serving as Christian missionaries at the time.[1] While pregnant Pam suffered a life-threatening infection with a pathogenic amoeba. Because of extremely strong drugs used to bring her out of a coma and to relieve her dysentery, the fetus had experienced a severe placental abruption. Expecting a stillbirth, doctors recommended an abortion to protect her own life.[1] She carried the baby to term, and both mother and child