Jimmy Garoppolo
James Richard Garoppolo is an American football quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the New England Patriots in the second round of the 2014 NFL Draft. As a senior in 2013, he broke Tony Romo’s school records for career passing touchdowns, career passing yards, and passing touchdowns in a season. In 2018, he signed a USD 137. 5 million deal with the 49ers, at the time the largest contract in NFL history on an annual basis. In 2019, his season ended prematurely after he tore his ACL.
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James Richard Garoppolo is an American football quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the New England Patriots in the second round of the 2014 NFL Draft. As a senior in 2013, he broke Tony Romo’s school records for career passing touchdowns, career passing yards, and passing touchdowns in a season. In 2018, he signed a USD 137. 5 million deal with the 49ers, at the time the largest contract in NFL history on an annual basis. In 2019, his season ended prematurely after he tore his ACL. He returned to lead the49ers to their first 8–0 start since 1990, ultimately leading the team to an appearance in Super Bowl LIV where they lost to the Kansas City Chiefs. He is from a tight-knit, big Italian family; his paternal grandparents were both Italian immigrants. His maternal grandparents, Theodore J. Malec and Harriet D. Seidel, were of Polish and German descent, respectively. He has two older brothers, Mike and Tony, and a younger brother, Billy. He attended Rolling Meadows High School in Rolling Meadows, where he was a quarterback and linebacker for the Mustangs football team. He played in 19 games at quarterback during his junior and senior seasons, and passed for 3,136 yards and 25 touchdowns. In his first year, he started eight games, passing for 1,639 yards and 14 touchdowns and earning All-Ohio Valley Conference Newcomer Team honors playing under head coach Bob Spoo.
In 2013, playing his senior season in head coach Dino Babers’s uptempo no-huddle offense, he won the Walter Payton Award, given to the most outstanding offensive player in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision. He also won the 2013–14 OVC Male Athlete of the Year and the 2013 College Football Performance FCS National Quarterback of the year. In 2014, he played in six games in relief roles for the Patriots. He completed one of four passes for 39 yards on the Patriots’ Super Bowl XLIX victory, he was credited with helping the Patriots defense prepare for Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson. In October 2017, Gar oppolo was traded by the Patriots to the 49er. He won his first five starts with his new team as quarterback, which, including his two victorious starts for New England, earned him a 7–0 record as a starter, a feat last accomplished by Ben Roethlisberger in 2004. In the 2014 season, he passed 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,. He was the highest-drafted quarterback the Patriots had selected since Drew Bledsoe was picked first overall in 1993. He did not take any snaps in the Super BowlXLIX victory against the Seahawks.
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