American football quarterback Jeff Garcia
Jeff Garcia is an American football quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League. He was signed by the Calgary Stampeders as an undrafted free agent in 1994. He played college football at San Jose State University. A four-time CFL All-Star and four-time NFL Pro Bowl selection, Garcia has also played for the San Francisco 49ers, Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the Oakland Raiders.
Garcia attended Gilroy High School in Gilroy, California and was a letterman in football and basketball. Garcia is one of only seven quarterbacks in NFL history that have achieved two consecutive thirty-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 Marino, and Y.A. Tittle. He is also one of only twelve quarterbacks to throw a 99 yard touchdown pass.
Garcia was a standout quarterback while attending Gavilan College and San Jose State University. 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. Garcia took over as starter in 1995 when Flutie was sidelined midway through the season with an elbow injury.
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