Author Topic: The Life of Tim Tebow (Read 314 times)

Dr. Octagon · « **on:** December 09, 2007, 07:53:30 AM »

Timothy Richard Tebow (born August 14, 1987) is an American football quarterback for the Florida Gators and winner of the 2007 Heisman Trophy, finishing ahead of (respectively) Arkansas's Darren McFadden, Hawaii's Colt Brennan, and Missouri's Chase Daniel. 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. He chose to attend the University of Florida. A dual-threat quarterback who can run and pass, he was used in his freshman season largely as a change-of-pace to the Gators' more traditional pocket passer, Chris Leak. His contribution as a key reserve helped the Gators win college football's national championship game for the first time since 1996. A sophomore in 2007, he became the Gators' starting quarterback and has broken Southeastern Conference records for rushing touchdowns and touchdowns accounted for. He also became the first NCAA player to rush and pass for 20 touchdowns in a season. His performance has earned him the Maxwell Award as the nation's top player and the Davey O'Brien Award as the nation's best quarterback, and made him the first underclassman to win the Heisman Trophy. 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. Pam suffered infection with a pathogenic amoeba while pregnant with him, and an abortion was recommended by her doctors. She chose to go through with the pregnancy. All of the Tebow children were homeschooled by their mother, who 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 High School 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 so he would be eligible to play there. With the rest of his family living on a farm in Jacksonville, Tim began playing quarterback for Nease High School in Ponte Vedra Beach. His performance soon began to turn some heads which even led to a minor controversy over him being a home schooled 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, he remained open-minded during the recruiting process and became very close to Alabama coach Mike Shula. However, after careful consideration he decided to play for the team he felt best suited his skills and style of play. Tebow chose to play for Urban Meyer's 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 home schooled 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.

Look at the 4th pic, he lost some major swag there lol.
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=tim+tebow&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

Chamillitary Click · « **Reply #1 on:** December 09, 2007, 07:54:49 AM »

they might have said all of this lik five times at the awards

Dr. Octagon · « **Reply #2 on:** December 09, 2007, 07:59:32 AM »

Quote from: Chamillitary Click 07 Supporter Of The "KJIM" on December 09, 2007, 07:54:49 AM

they might have said all of this lik five times at the awards

I was out on a date with your sister

Chamillitary Click · « **Reply #3 on:** December 09, 2007, 08:06:16 AM »

Quote from: Fellatio in the Rain on December 09, 2007, 07:59:32 AM

Quote from: Chamillitary Click 07 Supporter Of The "KJIM" on December 09, 2007, 07:54:49 AM
they might have said all of this lik five times at the awards

I was out on a date with your sister

FUCK YOU MAN! DONT TALK ABOUT MY SISTER.......ohh wait, i dont have a sister