Chad Pennington

  • NFL Comeback Player of the Year (2006, 2008)

James Chadwick "Chad " Pennington ( born June 26, 1976 in Knoxville, Tennessee ) is a former American professional American football player at the position of quarterback. He played for the New York Jets and the Miami Dolphins in the National Football League ( NFL).

Playing career

College

Pennington spent his college days at Marshall University where he played with Randy Moss College Football and several school records aufstellte. In the election for the Heisman Trophy in 1999, he was fifth.

New York Jets

Pennington was established in 2000 in the first round of the NFL Draft selected by the New York Jets, where he first filled the reserve player behind Vinny Testaverde. During the 2002 season he was given the role of starting quarterback, and he was able to lead the bad Jets started until well into the Divisional play-offs. Following a highly hand injury season 2003 Pennington signed a contract extension in 2004 for seven years. In the following season Pennington led the team despite a shoulder injury again in the Divisional play-offs. After the end of the 2004, he underwent an operation on his right shoulder, the aftereffect affected him persistently and a second operation in October 2005 made ​​it necessary.

With the start of the 2006 season, the convalescent Pennington drew on past performance and could again lead the Jets in the wild-card play-offs. For this he received from the NFL the award for Comeback Player of the Year. 2007 lost Chad Pennington after poor performances his place to Kellen Clemens. Gaining the beginning of the 2008 Pennington was dismissed because the New York Jets Brett Favre had as their new quarterback.

Miami Dolphins

Shortly after, he signed a contract for two years with the Miami Dolphins. He played a key role in ensuring that the Dolphins after crisis years showed a positive upward trend. At the beginning of the 2009, he was injured again on the shoulder of his throwing arm and fell for 13 meetings during the remaining playing time from. He was replaced by Chad Henne. For the 2010 season with the Miami Dolphins Pennington concluded a one-year contract as a substitute from.

Knoxville (Tennessee) 2010 NFL season
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