1. Jay Brian Fiedler was born on December 29,1971 and is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League.
30 Facts About Jay Fiedler
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Jay Fiedler played college football for the Dartmouth Big Green.
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Jay Fiedler played 76 games at quarterback in the NFL, starting 60, and threw 69 touchdowns.
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Jay Fiedler was inducted into the National Jewish Museum Sports Hall of Fame in 2002.
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Jay Fiedler is a distant relative of Arthur Fiedler, the long-time conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra.
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Jay Fiedler attended Oceanside High School in Oceanside, New York, and won varsity letters as a quarterback in football, a point guard in basketball, and as a decathlete in track and field.
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Jay Fiedler is an alumnus of Dartmouth College, where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity.
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In football, Jay Fiedler set school and Ivy League records for touchdown passes, passing yards and total offense.
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Jay Fiedler was named Co-Offensive Player of the Game in the 1994 East-West Shrine Game.
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Jay Fiedler received a Scholar-Athlete Award from the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame, the Nils V "Swede" Nelson Award for sportsmanship, and received his degree in mechanical engineering.
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Jay Fiedler was named the MVP for the 1994 Ivy Bowl in Japan.
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Jay Fiedler was viewed as a possible late round draftee in 1994, but doubts over the quality of his opposition at Dartmouth meant he was not chosen.
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Jay Fiedler would be signed by the Philadelphia Eagles and have stints with the Minnesota Vikings and Jacksonville Jaguars before finding steady work with the Miami Dolphins beginning in 2000.
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In between his time with the Eagles and Vikings, Jay Fiedler served as a receivers coach at Hofstra University in 1997 before being signed as a free agent by Minnesota in 1998.
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Jay Fiedler signed a three-year, $3.8 million contract with the Dolphins in 2000, replacing Dan Marino as starter.
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Jay Fiedler beat out Damon Huard for the starting role.
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Jay Fiedler signed with the Jets as an unrestricted free agent on March 11,2005, as a backup quarterback to Chad Pennington.
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On September 25,2005, in a game against his former team the Jaguars, Jay Fiedler was pressed into action when Pennington suffered what would prove to be a season-ending rotator cuff tear.
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Jay Fiedler was released by the Jets on February 22,2006.
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Jay Fiedler sat out 2006 rehabilitating his throwing shoulder following his release from Tampa Bay.
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Jay Fiedler was set to work out for the Falcons in April 2007, according to his agent Bryan Levy.
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Jay Fiedler last played in 2008 due to his shoulder injuries.
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Jay Fiedler played in 76 games with 60 starts and is a 58.7 percent career passer.
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Jay Fiedler threw for 69 touchdowns and 66 interceptions in his career, with 11,844 passing yards.
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Jay Fiedler, who is Jewish, was inducted into the National Jewish Museum Sports Hall of Fame in 2002.
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At the time of his induction, Jay Fiedler mentioned how strong he is in his faith.
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Jay Fiedler was one of two active NFL players inducted into the Hall that year, the other being then-Pittsburgh Steelers punter Josh Miller.
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Jay Fiedler currently owns and operates The Sports Academy at Brookwood Camps and the Prime Time Sports Camps along with his brother Scott.
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Prime Time Sports Camps operates various sports camps and clinics throughout the year with Jay Fiedler operating all of the football sessions.
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Jay Fiedler spent four months training Rutgers QB Gary Nova for the NFL.