Quarterback, Florida, 2006–09
Tim Tebow
- Number
- No. 15
- Height
- 6′3″
- Hometown
- Jacksonville, FL
- Born
- Aug 14, 1987
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Tim Tebow played quarterback at Florida (2006–09). He won the 2007 Heisman Trophy, the 2007 Davey O’Brien Award, the 2007 and 2008 Maxwell Awards, the 2008 Manning Award and the 2008 Wuerffel Trophy. He was a consensus All‑American in 2007. The Denver Broncos took Tebow in the first round, No. 25 overall in the 2010 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2023.
At a glance
Career highs
482passing yards, career highvs. Cincinnati, 20094touchdown passes, career hightwice; last vs. Troy, 2009166rushing yards, career highat Ole Miss, 20075rushing touchdowns, career highat South Carolina, 2007Honors
- 2007Heisman Trophy
- Inducted 2023College Football Hall of Fame
- 2007Davey O’Brien Award
- 2007, 2008Maxwell Award
- 2007AP College Football Player of the Year
- 2007Chic Harley Award
- 2007Kellen Moore Award
- 2007Sporting News College Football Player of the Year
- 2007Consensus All‑American
- 2007, 2008, 2009First-team All-SEC
- 2008Manning Award
- 2008Wuerffel Trophy
- 2008, 2009Academic All-America Team Member of the Year
- 2008, 2009SEC Offensive Player of the Year
- 2008Third in the Heisman vote
- 2009William V. Campbell Trophy
- 2009Senior CLASS Award
- 2009National leader in passer rating (164.2)
- 2009Fifth in the Heisman vote
Team titles: National champions, 2006 and 2008; SEC champions, 2006 and 2008
All-America: consensus 2007; AP second team 2009; Sporting News second team 2009; Walter Camp second team 2009; College Football News 2008
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Passing
Rushing
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2009 Florida 14 games, 2,895 passing yards, 21 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | vs. Charleston Southern | W 62–3 | 10 | 15 | 188 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 12 | vs. Troy | W 56–6 | 15 | 24 | 237 | 4 | 0 | 71 |
| Sep 19 | vs. Tennessee | W 23–13 | 14 | 19 | 115 | 0 | 1 | 76 |
| Sep 26 | at Kentucky | W 41–7 | 5 | 10 | 103 | 1 | 0 | 123 |
| Oct 10 | at LSU | W 13–3 | 11 | 16 | 134 | 1 | 1 | 38 |
| Oct 17 | vs. Arkansas | W 23–20 | 17 | 26 | 255 | 1 | 0 | 69 |
| Oct 24 | at Mississippi State | W 29–19 | 12 | 22 | 127 | 0 | 2 | 88 |
| Oct 31 | vs. Georgia | W 41–17 | 15 | 21 | 164 | 2 | 0 | 85 |
| Nov 7 | vs. Vanderbilt | W 27–3 | 15 | 20 | 208 | 1 | 0 | 27 |
| Nov 14 | at South Carolina | W 24–14 | 14 | 25 | 199 | 1 | 0 | 26 |
| Nov 21 | vs. Florida International | W 62–3 | 17 | 25 | 215 | 2 | 0 | 102 |
| Nov 28 | vs. Florida State | W 37–10 | 17 | 21 | 221 | 3 | 0 | 90 |
| Dec 5 | vs. Alabama | L 13–32 | 20 | 35 | 247 | 1 | 1 | 63 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Cincinnati | W 51–24 | 31 | 35 | 482 | 3 | 0 | 51 |
2008 Florida 14 games, 2,746 passing yards, 30 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. Hawai’i | W 56–10 | 9 | 14 | 137 | 1 | 0 | 37 |
| Sep 6 | vs. Miami | W 26–3 | 21 | 35 | 256 | 2 | 0 | 55 |
| Sep 20 | atTennessee | W 30–6 | 8 | 15 | 96 | 2 | 0 | 26 |
| Sep 27 | vs. Ole Miss | L 30–31 | 24 | 38 | 319 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Oct 4 | atArkansas | W 38–7 | 17 | 26 | 217 | 2 | 1 | 32 |
| Oct 11 | vs.LSU | W 51–21 | 14 | 21 | 210 | 2 | 0 | 22 |
| Oct 25 | vs.Kentucky | W 63–5 | 11 | 15 | 180 | 2 | 1 | 48 |
| Nov 1 | vs.Georgia | W 49–10 | 10 | 13 | 154 | 2 | 0 | 39 |
| Nov 8 | atVanderbilt | W 42–14 | 12 | 17 | 171 | 3 | 0 | 88 |
| Nov 15 | vs.South Carolina | W 56–6 | 13 | 20 | 173 | 2 | 0 | 39 |
| Nov 22 | vs. The Citadel | W 70–19 | 9 | 11 | 201 | 3 | 0 | 34 |
| Nov 29 | atFlorida State | W 45–15 | 12 | 21 | 185 | 3 | 0 | 80 |
| Dec 6 | vs.Alabama | W 31–20 | 14 | 22 | 216 | 3 | 0 | 57 |
| Jan 8 ✦ | vs. Oklahoma | W 24–14 | 18 | 30 | 231 | 2 | 2 | 109 |
2007 Florida 13 games, 3,286 passing yards, 32 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Western Kentucky | W 49–3 | 13 | 17 | 300 | 3 | 0 | 38 |
| Sep 8 | vs.Troy | W 59–31 | 18 | 25 | 236 | 3 | 0 | 93 |
| Sep 15 | vs.Tennessee | W 59–20 | 14 | 19 | 299 | 2 | 1 | 61 |
| Sep 22 | atOle Miss | W 30–24 | 20 | 34 | 261 | 2 | 0 | 166 |
| Sep 29 | vs. Auburn | L 17–20 | 20 | 27 | 201 | 1 | 1 | 75 |
| Oct 6 | atLSU | L 24–28 | 12 | 26 | 158 | 2 | 1 | 67 |
| Oct 20 | atKentucky | W 45–37 | 18 | 26 | 256 | 4 | 0 | 78 |
| Oct 27 | vs.Georgia | L 30–42 | 14 | 22 | 236 | 1 | 0 | −15 |
| Nov 3 | vs.Vanderbilt | W 49–22 | 22 | 27 | 281 | 3 | 1 | 35 |
| Nov 10 | atSouth Carolina | W 51–31 | 22 | 32 | 304 | 2 | 1 | 120 |
| Nov 17 | vs. Florida Atlantic | W 59–20 | 25 | 34 | 338 | 3 | 1 | 31 |
| Nov 24 | vs.Florida State | W 45–12 | 19 | 28 | 262 | 3 | 0 | 89 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Michigan | L 35–41 | 17 | 33 | 154 | 3 | 0 | 57 |
2006 Florida 14 games, 469 rushing yards, 8 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. Southern Miss | W 34–7 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Sep 9 | vs. UCF | W 42–0 | 6 | 9 | 81 | 0 | 1 | 62 |
| Sep 16 | atTennessee | W 21–20 | – | – | – | – | – | 29 |
| Sep 23 | vs.Kentucky | W 26–7 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 73 |
| Sep 30 | vs.Alabama | W 28–13 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Oct 7 | vs.LSU | W 23–10 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 35 |
| Oct 14 | atAuburn | L 17–27 | – | – | – | – | – | 18 |
| Oct 28 | vs.Georgia | W 21–14 | – | – | – | – | – | 36 |
| Nov 4 | atVanderbilt | W 25–19 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Nov 11 | vs.South Carolina | W 17–16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| Nov 18 | vs. Western Carolina | W 62–0 | 10 | 12 | 200 | 2 | 0 | 47 |
| Nov 25 | atFlorida State | W 21–14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Dec 2 | vs.Arkansas | W 38–28 | – | – | – | – | – | 31 |
| Jan 8 ✦ | vs. Ohio State | W 41–14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 39 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
Played in the 2010 Senior Bowl (South team, lost 13–31).
| Drill | Combine 2010 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′2¾″ |
| Weight | 236 lb |
| Arm length | 31¾″ |
| Hand size | 10⅛″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.72 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.55 sW |
| Vertical jump | 38½″ |
| Broad jump | 9′7″ |
| 3-cone drill | 6.66 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.17 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
3 seasons, 31 games with a stat; latest team: New York Jets.
| Season | Team | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Denver Broncos | 7 | 41 | 82 | 654 | 5 | 3 | 227 |
| 2011 | Denver Broncos | 13 | 126 | 271 | 1,729 | 12 | 6 | 660 |
| 2012 | New York Jets | 11 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 102 |
| NFL career | 31 | 173 | 361 | 2,422 | 17 | 9 | 989 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
Books
Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.
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