In 1999, Jeff Garcia debuted in the National Football League with the San Francisco 49ers.
58 Facts About Jeff Garcia
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Jeff Garcia joined the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2007 and was the starting quarterback for most games of the 2007 and 2008 seasons.
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Again, Jeff Garcia led Tampa Bay to the playoffs in 2007 and made his fourth career Pro Bowl appearance.
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In 2010, Jeff Garcia played for the Omaha Nighthawks of the United Football League.
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In 2011, Jeff Garcia signed with the Houston Texans but did not play a game with the team.
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Jeff Garcia attended Gilroy High School in Gilroy, California, and was a letterman in football and basketball.
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Jeff Garcia was the starting quarterback on the football team for the 1989 season, in which he passed 2,038 yards for 18 touchdowns and rushed 584 yards for four touchdowns.
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In 1990, Jeff Garcia transferred to San Jose State University and redshirted his first year there.
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From 1991 to 1993, Jeff Garcia was starting quarterback on the San Jose State Spartans football team.
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Jeff Garcia passed for 2,418 yards in 1992 on 209-for-371 passing with 15 touchdowns and 11 interceptions and a career-high 2,608 yards in 1993 on 196-for-356 passing, 21 touchdowns, and 16 interceptions.
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Jeff Garcia is one of only twelve quarterbacks in NFL history who have achieved two consecutive thirty-touchdown passing seasons at least one time in his career.
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Jeff Garcia is one of only thirteen quarterbacks to throw a 99-yard touchdown pass.
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At 6-foot-1 and 195 pounds, Jeff Garcia was considered too small for the National Football League and was not selected in the 1994 NFL Draft.
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In 1994, Jeff Garcia started his professional career in Calgary with the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League.
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Jeff Garcia won a place on Calgary's roster as their third-string quarterback behind Doug Flutie and Steve Taylor when he threw two fourth-quarter touchdowns in his exhibition game appearance in 1994.
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Jeff Garcia took over as starter in 1995 when Flutie was sidelined midway through the season with an elbow injury.
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Jeff Garcia led the Stampeders to the Western Final in 1996 and to the Western Semi-Final in 1997.
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Jeff Garcia's performance included an 80-yard, game-ending drive to set up the game-winning field goal on the last play of the game.
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Jeff Garcia was named as the 1998 CFL All-Star at quarterback.
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Jeff Garcia was inducted to the Stampeders Wall of Fame on September 14,2012, along with 5 others.
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Jeff Garcia stepped in and shared time with former Stanford quarterback Steve Stenstrom finishing the season.
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Jeff Garcia finished his rookie season with 11 TDs and 11 INTs.
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Jeff Garcia finished the 2000 season, his first as a full-time starter with 31 TD passes to only 10 INTs.
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Jeff Garcia began the season on a tear, after 7 games, he had thrown for 19 TD passes, including 3 games of 4 TD passes.
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Jeff Garcia had a career-high with 32 touchdown passes, including 21 over an eight-game span.
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Jeff Garcia completed 36 of 55 passes for 276 yards and 3 4th-quarter TD passes in the division-clinching win.
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Jeff Garcia threw for 331 yards, 3 touchdowns, 1 interception, and ran for 60 yards and 1 touchdown.
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Jeff Garcia responded with a cryptic "we cannot let the sickness spread" remark, prompting Owens to wear a surgeon's mask at the following practice.
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Jeff Garcia revealed on multiple occasions that the pressure of following in the footsteps of Joe Montana and Steve Young had gotten to him.
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Injuries to key players on both sides of the ball, and the often reckless play of Jeff Garcia, took a toll on him, as he missed three games during the season.
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Jeff Garcia signed a contract with the Cleveland Browns on March 9,2004.
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Jeff Garcia was released by the Browns after the 2004 season, in which he struggled to find any consistency and battled with injuries.
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Jeff Garcia was signed by the Detroit Lions to a one-year contract on March 12,2005, to play for his former San Francisco head coach, Steve Mariucci, but Garcia broke his fibula in the fourth pre-season game against the Buffalo Bills on September 2,2005.
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Jeff Garcia started his first regular-season game as quarterback for the Lions on October 23,2005, against his former teammates, the Browns.
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Jeff Garcia struggled later in the season and Harrington returned as the starter.
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On March 15,2006, after consecutive frustrating seasons with the Browns and Lions, Jeff Garcia signed a one-year contract with the Philadelphia Eagles to serve as the primary backup to Donovan McNabb in 2006.
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Jeff Garcia's first start for the Eagles came against the Colts on Sunday Night Football.
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However, Jeff Garcia led the Eagles to five consecutive victories and the NFC East division championship.
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Jeff Garcia made the front cover of Sports Illustrated following his five-game winning streak.
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Jeff Garcia threw for 240 yards, 75 of which came on a touchdown to Donte Stallworth.
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Jeff Garcia was named the Buccaneers' starting quarterback for 2007.
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Jeff Garcia would be named to his fourth Pro Bowl that season, his first since 2002.
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Jeff Garcia signed a one-year deal with the Oakland Raiders on April 6,2009.
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Jeff Garcia was expected to back up JaMarcus Russell in the 2009 season, but was released during final cuts on September 5,2009.
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Jeff Garcia was one of the signature players of the United Football League and his former team, the Omaha Nighthawks.
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Jeff Garcia won two offensive player of the week awards during the 2010 season having produced a game-winning drive in two separate games.
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On December 6,2011, Jeff Garcia signed with the Houston Texans, following an injury to starting quarterback Matt Schaub.
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Jeff Garcia joined the advisory board of the revival of the United States Football League in May 2012.
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Jeff Garcia has shown interest in developing the skills and mechanics in other quarterbacks, as he has worked with Matt McGloin, Mark Sanchez, and Tyrod Taylor.
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Jeff Garcia has expressed his interest in developing Colin Kaepernick's mechanics and skills as well.
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Jeff Garcia was named as a nominee for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2019.
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Jeff Garcia is the third of seven children born to Bob and Linda Jeff Garcia.
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Jeff Garcia's father is a former athletic director and football coach at Gavilan College in his hometown of Gilroy, California.
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Jeff Garcia's two surviving sisters, Jene and Melissa, were born after the deaths of Jason and Kimberly.
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Jeff Garcia has said that much of his drive stems from trying to make his parents happy after the deaths of his siblings.
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In January 2004, Jeff Garcia was arrested for driving under the influence.
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Jeff Garcia donated money to refurbish the athletic field at the school, and in 2005, the field was renamed Jeff Garcia-Elder Field to honor both of them.
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Jeff Garcia, who is of Mexican and Irish heritage, has done various charitable work in support of the Hispanic Scholarship Fund.