1. Jason Calvin Garrett was born on March 28,1966 and is an American former professional football player and coach in the National Football League.
42 Facts About Jason Garrett
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Jason Garrett was most notably the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys for.
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Jason Garrett played in the NFL for the Cowboys, New York Giants, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Miami Dolphins.
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In 2022, Jason Garrett became a color commentator for NBC Sports.
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Jason Garrett provides regular commentary for NBC Sports' coverage of Notre Dame football, and is an alternate color commentator for the NFL on NBC.
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Jason Garrett is a studio analyst for NBC's NFL pregame show Football Night in America.
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Jason Garrett attended kindergarten through second grade at Holy Cross school in Rumson, New Jersey.
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Jason Garrett went to prep school at University School in Hunting Valley, Ohio, and was a letterman in football, basketball, and baseball.
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Jason Garrett was accepted to Princeton University, where he began as the starting quarterback of the freshman team, registering 64 completions on 116 attempts for 996 yards.
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Jason Garrett transferred to Columbia University when his father, Jim, became the head coach in 1985.
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Jason Garrett sat out the 1986 season because of the transfer rules while focusing on running the scout team, which included his brothers.
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The next year, as a junior, Jason Garrett was named the starting quarterback.
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Jason Garrett received the Asa S Bushnell Cup as the Ivy League Player of the Year.
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Jason Garrett earned a degree in history in 1989, with a senior thesis on "The Revolt of the Black Athlete as Initiated by Harry Edwards".
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Jason Garrett finished his college career completing 366 of 550 passes for 4,274 yards and 20 touchdowns.
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Jason Garrett was signed as an undrafted free agent by the New Orleans Saints after the 1989 NFL draft and was eventually signed to the practice squad.
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In 1991, Jason Garrett started at quarterback for the San Antonio Riders of the World League of American Football, but he suffered a separated right shoulder in the season opener.
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Jason Garrett returned to start the sixth and seventh games but was passed on the depth chart by Mike Johnson.
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On June 4,1991, Jason Garrett was signed by the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League, but was released in August.
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In 1992, with the support of his father, at the time a part of the Dallas Cowboys scouting department, Jason Garrett was signed as a free agent.
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Jason Garrett was named the starter for the next game against the Phoenix Cardinals, completing two of six passes for 25 yards and helped the team score on a field goal before being replaced on the third series in favor of Bernie Kosar, who had been signed four days earlier.
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The highlight of Jason Garrett's playing career occurred in the 1994 Thanksgiving Day game when he started in place of backup quarterback Rodney Peete, who was out with a sprained thumb he suffered in a win against the Washington Redskins.
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Jason Garrett was named NFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance.
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Jason Garrett was a part of the 1992,1993, and 1995 Super Bowl winning teams.
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In 2000, Jason Garrett was signed as a free agent by the New York Giants to back up Kerry Collins.
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On February 27,2002, Jason Garrett was released for salary cap reasons and re-signed on July 24, although he would be declared inactive in 16 games since he was passed on the depth chart by Jesse Palmer, who was later named the backup quarterback.
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In 2003, Jason Garrett was declared inactive in 11 games as the third-string quarterback.
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On March 15,2004, Jason Garrett signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and was cut on August 31.
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On November 24,2004, Jason Garrett was signed as a free agent by the Miami Dolphins and was declared inactive for the last six games of the season.
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In January 2007, Jason Garrett was hired by the Dallas Cowboys to be their offensive coordinator.
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On December 29,2008, the Detroit Lions received permission to speak to Jason Garrett regarding the team's head coaching vacancy according to ESPN sources.
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Jason Garrett was a finalist for the St Louis Rams' head coaching position to replace interim head coach Jim Haslett, but the job ultimately went to Steve Spagnuolo.
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Jason Garrett was the first head coach born after the team was founded in 1960, and the first former Cowboys player to hold the post.
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In 2014, Jason Garrett achieved head-coaching success for the first time.
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On January 13,2015, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and Jason Garrett agreed on a contract that kept Jason Garrett in Dallas for five more years and paid him $30 million.
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Jason Garrett was named the NFL Coach of the Year at the end of the season.
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Jason Garrett had the second longest tenure of being the Cowboys head coach after Tom Landry.
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On January 17,2020, Jason Garrett was hired by the New York Giants as their offensive coordinator under new head coach Joe Judge.
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Jason Garrett tested positive for COVID-19 in December 2020 and missed the team's Week 15 matchup against the Cleveland Browns.
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On November 23,2021, Jason Garrett was fired by the Giants.
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In December 2022, Jason Garrett interviewed for the head coaching job at Stanford and was named a finalist.
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Jason Garrett's father, Jim Jason Garrett, was an assistant coach for the New York Giants, New Orleans Saints, and Cleveland Browns and head coach of the Houston Texans of the World Football League and at Columbia University.