1. Jimmy Garoppolo played college football for the Eastern Illinois Panthers, setting school records for career passing yards and passing touchdowns and winning the Walter Payton Award as a senior.
35 Facts About Jimmy Garoppolo
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Jimmy Garoppolo helped lead the team to an NFC Championship Game appearance in 2021.
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Jimmy Garoppolo is the third of four sons born to Denise and Tony Garoppolo Sr.
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Jimmy Garoppolo attended Rolling Meadows High School in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, where he was a quarterback and linebacker for the Mustangs football team.
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Jimmy Garoppolo played in 19 games at quarterback during his junior and senior seasons, and passed for 3,136 yards and 25 touchdowns.
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Jimmy Garoppolo played football for the Eastern Illinois Panthers from 2010 to 2013.
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Jimmy Garoppolo went on to start every remaining game during his time at Eastern Illinois, passing for 2,644 yards and 20 touchdowns in 2011,3,823 yards and 31 touchdowns in 2012, and 5,050 yards and 53 touchdowns in 2013, breaking the school record for career pass completions previously held by former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo.
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Jimmy Garoppolo was the first player from the Football Championship Subdivision drafted in 2014, and the highest-drafted quarterback the Patriots had selected since Drew Bledsoe was picked first overall in 1993.
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On June 2,2014, Jimmy Garoppolo signed a four-year contract worth $3,483,898 with an $853,744 signing bonus.
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Jimmy Garoppolo led the Patriots on a scoring drive, which led to his first career passing touchdown on a 13-yard pass to tight end Rob Gronkowski on his first drive.
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Jimmy Garoppolo finished the game completing six of seven passes for 70 yards and the aforementioned touchdown along with a passer rating of 147.9.
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Jimmy Garoppolo completed 19 of 27 passes for 182 yards and a touchdown with a 101.2 passer rating and had 10 carries for nine yards.
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In 2015, Jimmy Garoppolo appeared in five games in relief roles.
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Jimmy Garoppolo completed one of four passes for six yards for a 39.6 passer rating.
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Ultimately, no trade occurred and Jimmy Garoppolo remained with the Patriots going into the season.
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On his first play as a 49er, Jimmy Garoppolo rushed for six yards; on the final play of the game, he threw a 10-yard touchdown to Louis Murphy.
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On November 28,2017, Jimmy Garoppolo was named the starter for the 49ers' Week 13 game against the Bears.
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Jimmy Garoppolo finished the 2017 season with 1,560 passing yards for seven touchdowns and five interceptions to go along with 11 rushing yards and a touchdown.
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On February 8,2018, the 49ers and Jimmy Garoppolo agreed to terms on a 5-year contract worth a maximum of $137.5 million.
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In that game, Jimmy Garoppolo threw for 166 yards, a touchdown, and an interception.
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Jimmy Garoppolo finished the 2019 season with 3,978 passing yards, 27 touchdowns, and 13 interceptions to go along with 62 rushing yards and a touchdown.
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Jimmy Garoppolo was the runner-up for NFL Comeback Player of the Year, finishing one vote behind Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill.
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Jimmy Garoppolo was ranked 43rd by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2020.
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Jimmy Garoppolo missed the next two games against the New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles before returning to the starting lineup in Week 5 against the Dolphins.
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The next day, it was announced that Jimmy Garoppolo would be out indefinitely due to him re-aggravating his high ankle sprain.
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On November 5,2020, Jimmy Garoppolo was placed on injured reserve.
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Jimmy Garoppolo was named the starter over third overall pick Trey Lance to begin the 2021 season.
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Jimmy Garoppolo threw for 154 yards, a touchdown, and rushed for an additional touchdown.
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On March 17,2023, Jimmy Garoppolo signed a three-year, $67.5 million contract with the Las Vegas Raiders.
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The signing reunited him with Raiders head coach Josh McDaniels, who was the offensive coordinator when Jimmy Garoppolo was with the Patriots.
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On March 13,2024, Jimmy Garoppolo was released by the Raiders.
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Jimmy Garoppolo signed with the Los Angeles Rams on a one-year deal on March 19,2024.
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Jimmy Garoppolo was suspended the first two games of the 2024 season for violating the league's performance-enhancing drug policy.
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Jimmy Garoppolo did not play during the preseason and after completion of his suspension, he spent the remainder of the season as the backup to Matthew Stafford.
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On March 10,2025, Jimmy Garoppolo re-signed with the Rams on a one-year deal.