1. Christopher Jon Weinke was born on July 31,1972 and is an American football coach and former football and baseball player.
33 Facts About Chris Weinke
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Chris Weinke thereafter played in the National Football League, where he spent most of his career with the Carolina Panthers.
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Head coach Bobby Bowden initially recruited Chris Weinke when he was a prep quarterback in 1989 at Cretin-Derham Hall High School.
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Chris Weinke was selected by the Panthers in the 2001 NFL draft, where he served mostly as backup quarterback until being released in 2006.
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Chris Weinke then spent one season with the San Francisco 49ers before leaving the NFL after the 2007 season.
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Chris Weinke only had two victories as a starting quarterback in his NFL career.
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Chris Weinke has the second longest losing streak in NFL history at seventeen, behind Dan Pastorini.
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Chris Weinke was born and raised in St Paul, Minnesota, where he attended Cretin-Derham Hall High School and was a three-sport star, playing first base for the baseball team, quarterback for the football team, and was captain of the hockey team.
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Chris Weinke was recruited by over seventy Division 1 schools, including Alabama, Arizona, Arizona State, Florida State, Illinois, Minnesota, Miami, Washington, and Wisconsin, but ultimately signed a national letter of intent and committed to play quarterback for the Florida State Seminoles of Florida State University despite being a diehard Miami Hurricanes fan.
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Chris Weinke was drafted in the second round of the 1990 Major League Baseball First-Year Player draft by the Toronto Blue Jays.
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Chris Weinke struggled during his professional baseball career, reaching the Class AA level in Minor League Baseball.
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Chris Weinke entered Florida State University in 1997, when he was 25 years old and joined the Florida State Seminoles football team as a quarterback.
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At the age of 28, Chris Weinke was the oldest player ever to win the Heisman Trophy.
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In 2001, Chris Weinke became the seventh Seminole to have his jersey retired.
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Chris Weinke graduated with a degree in Sports Management and was a two-time ACC All-Academic Team selection.
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Chris Weinke was originally recruited by Florida State as part of the same recruiting class as Charlie Ward, another quarterback who won a Heisman Trophy and led the Seminoles to a national championship.
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Chris Weinke was the first Heisman Trophy winner to not be named a consensus All-American.
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Chris Weinke was selected by the Carolina Panthers in the fourth round of the 2001 NFL draft.
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Chris Weinke averaged 36 pass attempts per game, more than any rookie in NFL history up to that point.
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Chris Weinke saw his first action since the 2002 season on October 16,2005, when starter Jake Delhomme went down with an injury against the Detroit Lions.
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Chris Weinke re-signed with Carolina during the 2006 off-season, where he continued to back up Delhomme.
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On December 10,2006, in a game against the New York Giants, Chris Weinke made his first start since 2001.
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The Panthers lost the game, but Chris Weinke threw for 423 yards, topping the previous single-game team record of 373 set by Steve Beuerlein.
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Chris Weinke started the next two games against the Pittsburgh Steelers and Atlanta Falcons, with the game against Atlanta being his second win as a starter in the NFL.
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Chris Weinke was not brought back by the 49ers for the 2008 season.
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In 2010, Chris Weinke teamed with Pro Football Hall of Fame coach John Madden and became the director of the IMG Madden Football Academy in Bradenton, Florida.
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In 2011, Chris Weinke worked with the Carolina Panthers' number one draft pick Cam Newton at IMG up to two hours a day during the NFL lockout.
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New head coach Sean McVay did not retain Chris Weinke, instead hiring Greg Olson.
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Chris Weinke spent the 2017 season on the Alabama staff as offensive analyst.
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Amid staff changes following a disappointing 2018 season, Chris Weinke moved over to quarterbacks coach.
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Tennessee fired Pruitt in January 2021 after reports of recruiting violations; Chris Weinke was not implicated in the investigation.
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Georgia Tech hired Chris Weinke to be quarterbacks coach on January 2,2022, replacing Dave Patenaude.
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Georgia Tech fired head coach Geoff Collins in the middle of the 2022 season; new head coach Brent Key retained Chris Weinke and promoted him to co-offensive coordinator for the 2023 season.