Jared Lorenzen

Infobox NFLactive
currentteam=Free Agent
currentnumber=
currentposition=Quarterback


caption=Jared Lorenzen at the New York Giants Super Bowl rally at Giants Stadium.
birthdate=birth date and age|1981|02|14
birthplace=Covington, Kentucky
heightft=6
heightin=4
weight=285
debutyear=2006
debutteam=New York Giants
college=Kentucky
undraftedyear=2004
pastteams=
* New York Giants (2004-2007)
* Indianapolis Colts (2008)
status=Active
highlights=
* Super Bowl champion (XLII)
statweek=17
statseason=2007
statlabel1=TD-INT
statvalue1=0-0
statlabel2=Passing yards
statvalue2=28
statlabel3=QB Rating
statvalue3=58.3
nfl=LOR479169

Jared Raymond Lorenzen (born February 14, 1981, in city-state|Covington|Kentucky) is an American football quarterback who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent in 2004. He played college football at Kentucky.

Lorenzen earned a Super Bowl ring with the Giants in Super Bowl XLII as the third string quarterback behind Eli Manning and Anthony Wright.

Early years

Lorenzen attended Highlands High School in Fort Thomas, Kentucky, and was a letterman in football, basketball, and baseball. In basketball, he was a three-year letterman and helped lead his team to Kentucky Sweet 16 appearances. He also led his football team to 1 state title and was named Mr. Football his senior year.

College career

Lorenzen moved on to the University of Kentucky and was the team's starting quarterback beginning with his freshman year (2000), when head coach Hal Mumme named him the starter ahead of returning starter Dusty Bonner. Lorenzen's career at Kentucky was marked by two head coaching changes; Mumme departed as an investigation into NCAA rules violations brought down his staff and resulted in the program being placed on probation with serious scholarship limitations. After Lorenzen helped lead the team to a 7-5 record in 2002, head coach Guy Morriss left to become the head coach at Baylor University and was replaced by Rich Brooks. Despite all the turmoil, Lorenzen set school records in total offense, passing yards, and passing touchdowns, eclipsing many marks set by NFL #1 overall draft pick Tim Couch.

Professional career

New York Giants

Lorenzen went undrafted in the 2004 NFL Draft, but was signed by the Giants and ended up making the roster before the 2005 season.

In the 2006 preseason, Lorenzen led his team to victory by engineering a game-winning drive against the Baltimore Ravens. Following that performance and an impressive training camp he was officially named the Giants backup quarterback three weeks later.

Lorenzen made his first appearance on the field in a Giants uniform on December 30, 2006. During this game, he was used for one play, a QB Sneak to make a first down on a 3rd and 1.

Lorenzen made his second appearance on the field in a Giants uniform on Sunday, January 7, 2007, in the Giants' wild card loss against the Eagles. On the Giants' opening drive, he lined up at QB on a key 3rd-and-1 and got the first down, "shifting the pile" in the process, on the way to a Giants touchdown. He also entered the game in the 3rd quarter but the Giants called timeout, and Eli Manning took over at QB.

Lorenzen's first significant regular season appearance occurred on September 9, 2007, when he took over for the injured Manning in the fourth quarter of the season opener against the Dallas Cowboys. Lorenzen made both his first regular season pass and rush, but failed to earn a first down. He did not seen further action in the 2007 season, because Manning's injury did not cost him any further playing time.

Lorenzen was released by the Giants on June 23, 2008. [http://www.newsday.com/sports/football/ny-spgiants245739862jun24,0,5177489.story]

Indianapolis Colts

On July 24, 2008, Lorenzen was signed by the Indianapolis Colts. He was waived during the final cuts for the 53 man roster.

Nicknames

Due to Lorenzen's sizeable girth, he has been bestowed a collection of colorful nicknames. The nicknames include: "Quarter(got)back", [http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=gallo/] "Hefty Lefty", [cite news|url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_topdoc=1&p_docnum=1&p_sort=YMD_date:D&p_product=NewsBank&p_text_direct-0=document_id=(%200EB18EAE8D4C3F87%20)&p_docid=0EB18EAE8D4C3F87&p_theme=aggregated5&p_queryname=0EB18EAE8D4C3F87&f_openurl=yes&p_nbid=C54O45NAMTIwODU4MTgwMy44NDk1NTE6MToxMDoxMjguMTIuMC4w&&p_multi=CNPB|title=Hefty Lefty|author=Lonnie Wheeler|first=Lonnie|last=Wheeler|work=The Cincinnati Post|publisher=E. W. Scripps Company|date=2000-11-15|page=B1|quote=Lorenzen's weight, in fact, is more a curiosity than an issue. 'I've always had fun with it,' he said. 'I like the nicknames: Hefty Lefty or The World's Biggest Quarterback. It's cool. The way I see it, my size doesn't really mean much as long as I can move around. I run a 4.8 (40-yard dash), so as long as I can still run, that's all that matters.' ] "The Pillsbury Throwboy", [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4196/is_/ai_n] "The Abominable Throwman", [ [http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/?p=3947#more-3947 EDSBS ] ] "J.Load", [http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/columns/intelligencer/n_10414/index.html Giants hopeful Jared Lorenzen - Biggest quarterback in NFL] ] "Round Mound of Touchdown","BBQ (Big Beautiful Quarterback)" [http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories//col_.shtml] "Battleship Lorenzen", [ [http://media.www.lsureveille.com/media/storage/paper868/news/2002/11/06/Sports/Lorenzen.Is.Living.Large-2044084.shtml Lorenzen is living large - Sports ] ] "Butterball", [ [http://weblogs.newsday.com/sports/football/giants/blog/2006/08/ Inside the Giants] ] , "Lord Of The Ring-Dings" [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7db3ZLaRCAk YouTube - PFTV Free Agency Preview: Quarterbacks] ] , and "He Ate Me". [The Jim Rome Show - June 24, 2008]

References

External links

* [http://www.colts.com/sub.cfm?page=bio&player_id=531 Indianapolis Colts bio]
* [http://www.giants.com/team/player127.html New York Giants bio]