1. Gibran Latif Hamdan was born on February 8,1981 and is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League and NFL Europe.
25 Facts About Gibran Hamdan
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Gibran Hamdan was selected by the Washington Redskins in the seventh round of the 2003 NFL draft.
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Gibran Hamdan is the first person of Pakistani descent to play in the NFL.
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Gibran Hamdan's mother was a 16-year-old from Pakistan when she married his father, a nuclear engineer of Palestinian descent who attended the University of Illinois.
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Gibran Hamdan was born in San Diego, but his family moved to Kuwait when he was three.
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Gibran Hamdan saw his first action at Winston Churchill High School in Potomac, MD as a backup quarterback.
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Gibran Hamdan was a starting center for the school's basketball team and played baseball for the 15-and-under US National Baseball team.
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Gibran Hamdan attended Indiana University where he posted 2,115 yards and nine touchdowns during his senior year for the Indiana Hoosiers.
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Gibran Hamdan was a seventh-round pick by the Washington Redskins in the 2003 NFL draft.
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Gibran Hamdan was on the team's practice squad the first ten weeks of his rookie season before being signed to the active roster.
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Gibran Hamdan played in NFL Europe in the spring of 2004, where he was backup quarterback behind third-year NFL Europe veteran Clint Stoerner.
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Gibran Hamdan was released by the Redskins in September following training camp on September 5,2004.
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Gibran Hamdan was signed by the Los Angeles Avengers of the Arena Football League on November 19,2004.
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Gibran Hamdan was released at the conclusion of training camp.
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In January 2006, Gibran Hamdan was re-signed by the Seahawks and allocated to NFL Europe for the third straight year.
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Gibran Hamdan started seven games and posted 102 completions out 162 attempts for a total of 1629 yards, 12 touchdowns and three interceptions, posting a perfect passer rating in the third game of the season against Frankfurt Galaxy.
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Gibran Hamdan holds the record for average passer rating for the season in NFL Europe at 113.4.
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Gibran Hamdan suffered a concussion during the final preseason game against the Detroit Lions, a game in which he started.
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Gibran Hamdan was promoted backup quarterback for the last two games of the 2008 season pushing Losman back to third string, who had lost his starting role earlier that year to Trent Edwards.
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Gibran Hamdan attended the NFL broadcasters bootcamp in 2009 and was featured on his own weekly show on the Bills website named 'Hanging Ten with Hamdan'.
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Gibran Hamdan was waived on November 19,2009, in favor of Brian Brohm, who was signed off the Green Bay Packers' practice squad.
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On March 10,2010, it was announced that Gibran Hamdan had signed a one-year plus an option contract with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.
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Gibran Hamdan played youth international baseball for the United States U-15 national baseball team.
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Gibran Hamdan is married to Jenny Grant, granddaughter of former head coach in the NFL and CFL Bud Grant.
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Gibran Hamdan's younger brother Bush is a former quarterback who played at Boise State, and is currently the offensive coordinator at Kentucky.