Rex Grossman
Photo: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Quarterback, Florida, 1999–⁠2002

Rex Grossman

Born
Aug 23, 1980, in Bloomington, Indiana

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Rex Grossman played quarterback at Florida (1999–⁠2002). He finished second in the 2001 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 2001. The Chicago Bears took Grossman in the first round, No. 22 overall in the 2003 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2001
AP College Football Player of the Year, Consensus All-American and 4 more
National rank
No. 1
In the nation in passer rating, 2001
Drafted
No. 22
Overall, 2003 NFL Draft (Chicago Bears)

Honors

Team titles: SEC champions, 2000

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Season by season, from Wikipedia

SeasonGamesPassingRushing
GGSCmpAttPctYdsTDIntRtgAttYdsAvgTD
199900
200011713121261.81,866217161.827-76-2.80
2001111125939565.63,8963412170.83480.25
2002131328750357.13,4022217121.558-65-1.11
Career35316771,1109,1647736119-1336

From the college statistics table in Grossman’s Wikipedia article (Rex Grossman, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).

The teams in those years

Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2003
Height6′1″
Weight217 lb
Arm length32″
Hand size8½″
40-yard dash5.06 s

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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