Joseph Berton Germaine was born on November 16,1975 and is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League and the Arena Football League.
29 Facts About Joe Germaine
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Joe Germaine played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes and was selected by the St Louis Rams in the fourth round of the 1999 NFL draft.
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Joe Germaine was a member of the Kansas City Chiefs, Cincinnati Bengals, San Diego Chargers, Utah Blaze and Arizona Rattlers.
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Joe Germaine attended Mountain View High School in Mesa, Arizona, and was a letterman in football, basketball, and baseball.
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Joe Germaine was drafted by the Colorado Rockies as a high school baseball prospect.
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Joe Germaine was recruited by Northern Arizona University out of high school, but NAU was wary of his intention to serve a two-year Mormon mission, and thus did not offer him a scholarship.
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Joe Germaine played one season at Scottsdale Community College in Arizona before transferring to Ohio State.
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Joe Germaine led the Buckeyes on a 65-yard drive in 12 plays in the final 1:40 for the winning touchdown against Arizona State, a five-yard pass to David Boston with 19 seconds left.
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Joe Germaine passed for 131 yards in the game and was named the game's MVP.
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Joe Germaine was the Chicago Tribune Silver Football Award winner as well as the Big Ten Conference Most Valuable Player that year.
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Joe Germaine threw for 6,370 yards and 56 touchdowns in three seasons.
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Joe Germaine was selected to the Ohio State Football All-Century Team in 2000.
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Joe Germaine was selected in the fourth round of the 1999 NFL draft by the St Louis Rams.
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Joe Germaine won a Super Bowl ring as a backup to Kurt Warner as a rookie.
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Joe Germaine appeared in only three games, completing nine passes, and was cut at the end of the 2000 season.
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Joe Germaine appeared in three games with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2001.
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Joe Germaine was signed to the practice squad of the Cincinnati Bengals on October 17,2002.
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Joe Germaine worked out for the Seattle Seahawks in August 2003, but was not signed and spent the rest of the season out of football.
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Joe Germaine was signed by the San Diego Chargers on August 6,2004, but was waived prior to the regular season on August 26.
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In 2004 Joe Germaine became a quarterback for the Arizona Rattlers of the Arena Football League, where he was a back-up to Sherdrick Bonner.
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Joe Germaine started the first nine games of Utah's inaugural season, passing for 2,330 yards and 41 touchdowns while completing 67.4 percent of his passes.
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Joe Germaine's season was cut short by an injury, but he returned in 2007 as the full-time starter.
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Joe Germaine became the first player in league history to pass for over 5,000 yards in a season.
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Joe Germaine finished with 5,005 yards, surpassing the record of 4,841 yards set by San Jose's Mark Grieb in 2006.
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In October 2008 Joe Germaine opted out of his contract with the Blaze in hopes of returning to the Rattlers.
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Joe Germaine re-joined the Rattlers prior to their first season in the newly founded Arena Football 1.
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Joe Germaine was quickly placed on "reassignment" on February 5,2010.
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Athletic Director Paul Reynolds was familiar with Joe Germaine, having played for ASU against him in the 1997 Rose Bowl.
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In 2012, Joe Germaine's Bulldogs appeared in the Arizona Division III state championship, against Desert Edge High School.