Donovan McNabb
- Philadelphia Eagles (1999-2009)
- Washington Redskins (2010)
- Minnesota Vikings (2011)
- 6x Pro Bowl selection (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009)
- 2004 NFC Offensive Player of the Year
Donovan McNabb ( born November 25, 1976 in Chicago, Illinois ) is an American former American football player at the position of quarterback. He played thirteen years in the National Football League ( NFL), eleven of them for the Philadelphia Eagles.
Career
In his high school years, he played college football at Syracuse University, where he made himself a name as a basketball player. He was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles as the second player in the first round of the NFL Draft in 1999 and became one of the most important players of his team. By 2004, he was elected five times in a row in the Pro Bowl. In the same season he led his team to the Super Bowl XXXIX in which the Eagles the New England Patriots documents with 24:21.
After two bad games at the end of the 2009 season, which had cost the Eagles the chance of a new Super Bowl attendance, McNabb was traded in 2010 to the Washington Redskins. For McNabb, the Eagles received a second-round pick (37th player in the draft) in the NFL Draft 2010 and a third - or fourth -round pick in the NFL Draft 2011. For the Redskins, he reached only moderate success, was even partly due to the Bank set.
The Minnesota Vikings McNabb committed in July 2011., Where he should after the retirement of Brett Favre take over the role of starting quarterback. On 1 December 2011 he was dismissed with immediate effect. Previously, he was replaced because of poor performance to substitute and by the rookie quarterback Christian Ponder.
Miscellaneous
He was considered a "model athlete " of the NFL and was also a popular advertising medium (for example, Reebok, EA Sports, Pepsi, Hershey's, Campbell 's Soup, etc.). McNabb is the founder of the Donovan McNabb Foundation, which deals with diabetes. This he founded in honor of some family members who suffer from this disease.
McNabb also brought - in collaboration with Reebok - his own clothing line out. It bears the name " super 5 " in reference to his jersey number 5
His jersey number is no longer assigned when the Philadelphia Eagles since 19 September 2013.