Bruce Raymond Gradkowski was born on January 27,1983 and is a former American football quarterback and current offensive coordinator for the St Louis BattleHawks.
38 Facts About Bruce Gradkowski
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Bruce Gradkowski was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the sixth round of the 2006 NFL Draft.
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Bruce Gradkowski's younger brother, Gino, is a former NFL center.
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Bruce Gradkowski is a 2001 graduate from Seton-La Salle Catholic High School.
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Bruce Gradkowski played as a member of the Seton-La Salle Rebels from 1997 to 2000 in the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League.
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In high school, Bruce Gradkowski played basketball, serving as Seton-La Salle's starting point guard and leading his team in scoring.
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Bruce Gradkowski threw for 3,210 yards and set a school season record of 29 touchdowns and seven interceptions.
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Bruce Gradkowski proved he could scramble by rushing for 504 yards and one touchdown on 91 carries.
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Bruce Gradkowski played in the GMAC Bowl and was named the game's Most Valuable Player.
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Bruce Gradkowski was the first quarterback in NCAA Division I-A history to complete more than 70 percent of his passes in consecutive seasons.
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When starting quarterback Chris Simms suffered a ruptured spleen, Bruce Gradkowski was named the starter going into Week 5 against New Orleans.
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Bruce Gradkowski remained the starter after his first loss and won the next two games against the Cincinnati Bengals and Philadelphia Eagles before losing three straight to the New York Giants, New Orleans Saints and Carolina Panthers.
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On Thanksgiving, the Buccaneers would lose to the Dallas Cowboys after Bruce Gradkowski threw two interceptions and only completed 10 passes.
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Bruce Gradkowski continued to falter the following week throwing three interceptions in a loss to his hometown Pittsburgh Steelers.
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Bruce Gradkowski was replaced in the second quarter against Chicago by Tim Rattay, who threw for four touchdowns in the second half of the game.
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Bruce Gradkowski finished his rookie season with 1,661 passing yards on 177 completions in 328 pass attempts, nine touchdowns, and nine interceptions.
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In 2007 during a Week 12 matchup against the Washington Redskins, Bruce Gradkowski came in after the first play because of an injury to newly acquired starting quarterback Jeff Garcia but only completed 9 of 19 passes and didn't score.
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Bruce Gradkowski was benched the next week in favor of Luke McCown.
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On May 30,2008, Bruce Gradkowski was waived by the Buccaneers.
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Bruce Gradkowski was claimed off waivers by the St Louis Rams in June 2008, but was waived during final cuts on August 30,2008.
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Bruce Gradkowski was signed by the Cleveland Browns as their fourth-string quarterback on December 2,2008, after quarterback Derek Anderson was placed on injured reserve.
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Bruce Gradkowski was the starter for the Browns' 2008 season finale against the Pittsburgh Steelers on December 28,2008, after injuries to Anderson, Brady Quinn, and Ken Dorsey.
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Bruce Gradkowski completed 20-of-33 passes for 308 yards and three touchdowns, including an 11-yard game-winning touchdown to Louis Murphy.
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Bruce Gradkowski missed the remainder of the 2009 season with a partially torn Medial collateral ligaments in both knees.
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Bruce Gradkowski tore a pectoral muscle while lifting weights in April 2010.
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On September 22,2010, Bruce Gradkowski became the Oakland Raiders starting quarterback for Week 3.
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On November 28,2010, Bruce Gradkowski suffered a third-degree separation of his throwing shoulder.
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On December 2, the Raiders placed Bruce Gradkowski on injured reserve, ending his 2010 season.
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Bruce Gradkowski was the team's second-string quarterback behind Andy Dalton.
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Bruce Gradkowski then appeared during a Week 13 match up against the Pittsburgh Steelers, completing 3-of-6 passes for 17 yards with one interception.
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On March 13,2013, Bruce Gradkowski signed a three-year deal with his hometown team, the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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Ultimately, Bruce Gradkowski had very few career snaps with the Steelers.
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Bruce Gradkowski played in none of the regular season games during 2013.
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Bruce Gradkowski missed almost the entire 2015 season due to hand and shoulder injuries.
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In 2017, Bruce Gradkowski became a volunteer assistant quarterbacks coach at Anthony Wayne High School in Whitehouse, Ohio.
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Bruce Gradkowski was officially hired by the St Louis BattleHawks on September 13,2022, as their Offensive Coordinator.
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Bruce Gradkowski is the owner of Social Gastropub in Perrysburg, Ohio.
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Bruce Gradkowski joined the University of Toledo's Rocket Football Radio Network as a color analyst.