Garrett Antone Gilbert was born on July 1,1991 and is an American football quarterback who is a free agent.
51 Facts About Garrett Gilbert
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Garrett Gilbert came to prominence in 2019 as the starting quarterback for the Orlando Apollos of the Alliance of American Football, where he led the league in passing yards and passer rating and was named the league's only ever MVP.
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Garrett Gilbert rejoined the NFL after the AAF suspended operations and started games for the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Football Team.
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Garrett Gilbert guided Lake Travis to the 2007 Texas UIL Class 4A Division II State Championship.
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On top of the coaching change, Garrett Gilbert had to undergo minor shoulder surgery, from which he took five months to recover.
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Garrett Gilbert was not able to lift weights during the five-month period, and instead performed rehabilitation exercises.
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Garrett Gilbert recovered in time to play the first game of the 2008 season.
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Garrett Gilbert finished the season with 4,851 passing yards for 55 touchdowns.
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Garrett Gilbert completed his high school career setting a state record of 12,534 passing yards, breaking the previous mark set by Graham Harrell by two yards.
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Garrett Gilbert finished second to Harrell for career touchdowns, completions and attempts.
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Garrett Gilbert was one of the 11 high school quarterbacks selected out of a pool of more than a thousand.
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An ESPN columnist pointed out that Garrett Gilbert was the most likely player from the camp to win the college football national championship.
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Garrett Gilbert verbally committed to play college football for the Texas Longhorns on February 7,2008, the day after he received the offer in the mail.
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Garrett Gilbert always had aspirations to play for Texas since he was a child.
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Alongside Matt Barkley of Mater Dei High School in California, Garrett Gilbert was the premier quarterback prospect of the class of 2009.
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However, since former backup quarterback John Chiles was moved to wide receiver, Garrett Gilbert competed with Sherrod Harris for the backup job during the off-season.
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On January 7,2010, in the BCS National Championship Game, Garrett Gilbert replaced the injured Colt McCoy.
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Garrett Gilbert completed 15-of-40 passes for 186 yards, two touchdowns, and four interceptions.
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Garrett Gilbert completed his degree at Texas and transferred to SMU for the 2012 season.
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Garrett Gilbert had his best game of the season the following week against Memphis, throwing for 353 yards with one passing touchdown and two rushing touchdowns.
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Garrett Gilbert passed for 3,528 yards and 21 touchdowns in 2013.
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Garrett Gilbert finished his college career with 9,761 yards and 49 touchdowns.
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Garrett Gilbert was selected by the St Louis Rams in the sixth round of the 2014 NFL Draft.
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Garrett Gilbert was released during final cuts on August 29,2014.
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Garrett Gilbert was signed to the Rams' practice squad on September 1,2014.
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Garrett Gilbert was cut from the practice squad on October 30,2014.
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One day after being waived by the Patriots, Garrett Gilbert was claimed off waivers by the Detroit Lions.
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On September 6,2015, Garrett Gilbert was signed to the practice squad of the Oakland Raiders.
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Garrett Gilbert was to serve as the backup in case McGloin was unable to play in the wild-card round.
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Garrett Gilbert was waived on September 2,2017, and was signed to the Panthers' practice squad the next day.
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Garrett Gilbert was promoted to the active roster, for the first time in his career, on October 16,2017.
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Garrett Gilbert was re-signed by the Panthers on December 26,2018, after Cam Newton and Heinicke were both shut down for the season.
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Garrett Gilbert served as the backup to Kyle Allen in the Panthers' last game of the season.
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Garrett Gilbert made his NFL debut in relief of the injured Allen.
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Garrett Gilbert completed his first career pass to Ian Thomas for 31 yards.
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On December 31,2018, Garrett Gilbert was waived by the Panthers.
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On November 27,2018, Garrett Gilbert was drafted by the Orlando Apollos in the Alliance of American Football's quarterback draft.
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Garrett Gilbert played for the team during the inaugural 2019 AAF season.
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Garrett Gilbert threw the first touchdown in both Apollos and Alliance history, with a 26-yard toss to Jalin Marshall.
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Garrett Gilbert was second in passing touchdowns, second-lowest in interceptions, lowest in interception percentage, and second-highest in touchdown percentage among all starting quarterbacks.
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On September 5,2020, Garrett Gilbert was waived by the Browns, but re-signed to their practice squad the next day.
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On October 12,2020, Garrett Gilbert was signed by Dallas Cowboys off the Browns practice squad as a backup to Andy Dalton after Dak Prescott suffered a season-ending ankle injury.
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Garrett Gilbert returned to a backup role the rest of the season behind Dalton.
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Garrett Gilbert was the starter for Dallas in the Hall of Fame game on August 5,2021.
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Garrett Gilbert was released from the Cowboys during final roster cuts on August 31,2021.
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On September 2,2021, Garrett Gilbert was signed to the Patriots' practice squad.
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On March 19,2022, Garrett Gilbert signed a contract with the Las Vegas Raiders.
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Garrett Gilbert is the son of former NFL quarterback Gale Garrett Gilbert.
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Garrett Gilbert was born in Buffalo, New York, where his father played for the Bills in the early 1990s as a member of the teams who lost four consecutive Super Bowls.
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Garrett Gilbert moved to San Diego, California, at age three, when Gale signed with the Chargers, who played in and lost the Super Bowl.
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Garrett Gilbert has one brother, Griffin, who played football at Texas Christian University.