Jake Delhomme

Jake Delhomme Christopher ( born January 10, 1975 in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana) is an American professional American football player at the position of quarterback. He plays for the Cleveland Browns in the National Football League ( NFL).

College

Delhomme parents are Cajuns. He comes from a horse -loving family that is engaged in the breeding of thoroughbred horses. Delhomme attended a High School in Lafayette, where he played as a quarterback and as a defensive back. For his defensive performance, he was awarded. However, at his college, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, he only played as a quarterback at the Louisiana Ragin ' Cajuns. Delhomme scored with his passports a space gain of 9216 yards - this was a school record.

Professional time

Delhomme was never drafted by a professional team. In 1997 he was hired by the New Orleans Saints as a free agent, but did not play. In 1998 he was sent by the Saints in the NFL Europe to the Amsterdam Admirals, where he was to experience. However, it did not succeed to prevail against Kurt Warner. His stats were disappointing, he only played in one game, failed to reach a touchdown and threw four interceptions. In 1999 he played again in Europe at the Frankfurt Galaxy, where he shared the position of a starting quarterback with Pat Barnes. Both threw in the season twelve touchdowns, together they were called the '' two-headed monster .'' The move into the World Bowl VII was the result. The Galaxy was able to beat the team of the Barcelona Dragons of 38:24, Barnes and Delhomme shared in this game, the job of quarterbacks. Delhomme thereby scored a touchdown pass.

Back in the USA, Delhomme played four unsuccessful years for the Saints. Although he was always able to convince in the preseason games and the fans called for his use, he received no operating time and then joined the Carolina Panthers at. In 2003, he was after his Einwechselung in the first season game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, convert an already -lost game even to a victory. His coach John Fox put him henceforth as a starter. In the same season the way into the NFC Championship game against the Philadelphia Eagles took place. In the 14:3 victory of his team Delhomme managed a touchdown pass. The move into the Super Bowl was the episode where the Panthers in Super Bowl XXXVIII had to play against the team of the New England Patriots. The team from Boston was a big favorite. Delhomme succeeded but to keep the game close until the end. Only a few seconds left in the game succeeded Adam Vinatieri field goal the ultimate - the game ended with 32:29 for the Patriots. Delhomme threw three touchdown passes, his quarterback rating of 113.6 was higher than that of the winning quarterbacks Tom Brady ( 100.5 ).

Delhomme also impressed in the following years with strong performances. In 2005 he was again in the NFC Championship game against the Seattle Seahawks move. The game was lost with 34:14.

With the conclusion of the 2007 season Delhomme scored in the NFL in 70 games 100 touchdowns with 64 interceptions. Runs he scored himself five touchdowns. Before the season was with David Carr commits a backup has been selected as the first pick of the 2002 NFL Draft, what fans expected a detachment of Jake Delhomme as the starter. During the 2007 season, Delhomme injured in the third game and could not be used until the end of the season. And David Carr and two other quarterbacks show miserable performance and Delhomme has retrieved with eight touchdown passes with only one interception in the first three games outstanding achievements, he has been the undisputed starter for the 2008 season again the Carolina Panthers. After he was fired after a disappointing 2009 season of the Carolina Panthers, he signed a contract for two years with the Cleveland Browns. On 30 November 2011, the Houston Texans announced the commitment Delhomme. He was committed because Matt Schaub and its replacement player Matt Leinart failed due to serious injuries for the rest of the season.

Honors

Delhomme played once in the Pro Bowl, the final game of the best players of the season. In 2005 he won the Quarterback Challenge. He is a member of the NFL Europe Hall of Fame.

In addition to the field

Delhomme is married and has two daughters. His first daughter was born on a 17th, Delhomme chose this number to his shirt number.

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