1. Jesse James Palmer was born on October 5,1978 and is a Canadian television personality, sports commentator, and former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League for five seasons in the early 2000s.
44 Facts About Jesse Palmer
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Jesse Palmer was cast in 2004 as the Bachelor on the fifth season of the reality television series The Bachelor.
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Jesse Palmer was a contributor to ABC's Good Morning America.
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Jesse Palmer was host of DailyMailTV from 2017 to 2020.
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In 2021, Jesse Palmer was named as the permanent host of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette.
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Jesse Palmer was born in Toronto, Ontario, and raised in Nepean, Ontario, a suburb of Ottawa.
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Jesse Palmer attended both Confederation and St Pius X high schools, although he played all of his amateur football on teams in the Ontario Minor Football Association and most importantly with the Ottawa Norsemen and Myers Riders Football Clubs in Ottawa.
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Jesse Palmer's mother, Susan, was a prominent fashion and print model, co-founder of Barrett Palmer Models and former owner of International Top Models, a modeling agency and training centre located in Ottawa which became MIM Model International Management.
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Jesse Palmer has two younger brothers and attended a French-immersion school.
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Jesse Palmer's cousin, Griffen Palmer, is a country music singer and songwriter.
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Jesse Palmer accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Steve Spurrier's Florida Gators football team from 1997 to 2000.
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Jesse Palmer often alternated playing time with quarterback Doug Johnson, and, later, with quarterback Rex Grossman.
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Jesse Palmer graduated from the University of Florida in 2001 with two undergraduate degrees: a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing from the College of Business Administration.
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Jesse Palmer was named to the Southeastern Conference's academic honor roll in 1998,1999, and 2000.
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Jesse Palmer was selected by the New York Giants of the National Football League in the fourth round of the 2001 NFL draft, and he played for the Giants from 2001 until he was cut before the start of the 2005 season.
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Jesse Palmer was the second Canadian to start at quarterback in the NFL.
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Jesse Palmer had entered the summer 2005 training camp as the backup to Eli Manning, but found himself odd-man-out when the Giants went with Tim Hasselbeck at number two and Jared Lorenzen at number three QB.
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Dorsey and Smith returned from injury three weeks later, and Jesse Palmer was released without having played a down.
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Jesse Palmer was re-signed by the 49ers in March 2006 during the off-season, but was released on August 29,2006, toward the end of training camp.
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Jesse Palmer had been drafted 15th overall by the Montreal Alouettes in the 2001 CFL Draft.
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Jesse Palmer's rights were still held by Montreal; however, the Ottawa Renegades tried to acquire the Ottawa native as their top quarterback in September 2005, and Palmer expressed interest in playing for his home town.
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Jesse Palmer retired from the CFL before the start of the 2007 season to pursue a broadcasting career.
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In 2004, Jesse Palmer was the first professional athlete to appear on The Bachelor television program and the first non-American Bachelor.
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Jesse Palmer eventually selected Jessica Bowlin, but their courtship lasted for only a few months after the end of the show.
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Jesse Palmer's broadcasting career began with Fox Sports Net analyzing Arena Football League games.
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Jesse Palmer was later a game and studio analyst for CSTV in late 2005 and worked NFL games for Fox in 2006.
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Jesse Palmer appeared on the NFL Network and the MSG Network.
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Jesse Palmer was a color commentator for Fox for two games late in the 2005 season, and returned to the booth on November 26,2006.
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On May 24,2007, Jesse Palmer announced his retirement from the Canadian Football League to pursue a broadcasting career with Fox.
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Jesse Palmer worked for ESPN as a studio analyst on College Football Live and ABC telecasts, and frequently appeared with fellow Canadian John Saunders until 2017.
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Jesse Palmer was a game analyst on ESPN Thursday Night College football games.
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Jesse Palmer was co-host on The Palmer and Pollack Show on ESPNU with former Georgia defensive end, David Pollack.
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Jesse Palmer was New York correspondent for CTV's entertainment news program eTalk, covering both sports and entertainment events, including the Super Bowl and the 79th and 80th Academy Awards.
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Jesse Palmer was a studio analyst for ESPN's broadcast of the 2012 Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, the 2010 Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Arizona, and the 2009 Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.
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Jesse Palmer was the ESPN analyst for the 2023 Orange Bowl in Miami Gardens, Florida.
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Jesse Palmer is an NFL analyst for TSN's "Monday Morning Quarterback" segment.
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Jesse Palmer hosted the first two seasons of the food competition show Recipe to Riches on Food Network Canada.
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On May 19,2015, Jesse Palmer joined Good Morning America as a "Special Contributor".
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Jesse Palmer left the position in August 2017 to host the newly launched DailyMailTV.
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Jesse Palmer began hosting Spring Baking Championship in 2023 and has been hosting the Holiday Baking Championship for several seasons on Food Network, as well as Food Truck Face Off, Bakeaway Camp, and Holiday Baking: Gingerbread Showdown.
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In September 2018, Jesse Palmer began doing commercials as a spokesman for retail furniture chain Rooms To Go.
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In 2021, Jesse Palmer hosted the inaugural season of ABC's show The Ultimate Surfer.
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Jesse Palmer then hosted The Bachelorette, Season 19, and Bachelor In Paradise, Season 8.
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Jesse Palmer is married to Brazilian photographer and model Emely Fardo.