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This article is about the Football player. For the comedian/voice actor, see Jeff Garcia. Jeff Garcia Tampa Bay Buccaneers — No. 7 Quarterback Date of birth: February 24, 1970 (1970-02-24) (age 38) Place of birth: Gilroy, California Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Weight: 205 lb (93 kg) Professional debut 1994 for the Calgary Stampeders Calgary Stampeders (1994-1998) San Francisco 49ers (1999-2003) Cleveland Browns (2004) Detroit Lions (2005) Philadelphia Eagles (2006) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2007-Present) Career highlights and awards CFL 2x West Division All-Star (1996 & 1997) 1997 West Division Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy 1998 Grey Cup MVP 1998 CFL All-Star NFL 4x Pro Bowl selection (2000, 2001, 2002, 2007) Selected NFL statistics (through Week 17 of the 2008 NFL season) TD-INT 173-89 Passing yards 28,249 QB Rating 87.5 Stats at NFL.com Jeffrey Jason Garcia (born February 24, 1970) is an American football quarterback who is currently a free agent. Garcia's professional career began in the CFL before signing with the San Francisco 49ers and starting for them at quarterback for five seasons (1999-2003). After disappointing seasons in Cleveland and Detroit, Garcia resurrected his career in Philadelphia. Garcia is of Irish and Mexican descent. Garcia is one of only seven quarterbacks in NFL history that have achieved two consecutive (back-to-back) 30-touchdown passing seasons (2000 and 2001) at least one time in their career. The others are Steve Bartkowski, Peyton Manning, Brett Favre, Dan Fouts, Dan High School Years Garcia attended Gilroy High School in Gilroy, California and was a letterman in football and basketball. Professional career Calgary Stampeders Garcia was a standout quarterback while attending Gavilan College and San Jose State. He started his professional career in Calgary with the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League. He won a place on Calgary's roster as their third string quarterback behind Doug Flutie and Steve Taylor when he threw two fourth quarter touchdowns in his exhibition game appearance in 1994. Soon he was named backup to Doug Flutie. In 1995, Flutie went down midway through the season with an elbow injury and Garcia took over as starter. In his second start filling in for Flutie, Garcia set a team record with 546 passing yards and 6 touchdown passes in the Labour Day game against Edmonton touching off an eventual quarterback controversy among some fans when Flutie later returned. Flutie ended up starting over Garcia in the Grey Cup that year which | ||||
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