Garrett Antone Gilbert is an American football quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. He played college football at Texas and SMU and was selected by the St. Louis Rams in the sixth round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He is the son of former NFL quarterback Gale Gilbert. Gilbert led Lake Travis High School to the 2007 Texas UIL Class 4A Division II State Championship.
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Garrett Antone Gilbert is an American football quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. He played college football at Texas and SMU and was selected by the St. Louis Rams in the sixth round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He is the son of former NFL quarterback Gale Gilbert. Gilbert led Lake Travis High School to the 2007 Texas UIL Class 4A Division II State Championship. He completed his high school career setting a state record of 12,534 passing yards, breaking the previous mark set by Graham Harrell by two yards. In January 2009, a Scouts Inc. reporter predicted that Gilbert would win the Heisman Trophy before his collegiate senior season. He came to prominence as the starting quarterback of the Orlando Apollos of the Alliance of American Football in 2019 where he led the league in yards and passer rating and helped his team obtain a league-best 7–1 record and playoff berth. After the AAF suspended operations before the scheduled conclusion of the season, Gilbert rejoined the NFL. Gilbert was rated as a five-star prospect by Rivals.com alongside Matt Barkley of Mater Dei High School in California in 2009. He was a redshirt freshman in the 2009 season and drove the Texas Longhorns down the field four-of-five passes during the fourth quarter against Louisiana-Monroe.
On August 23, 2009, Gilbert became the second-string quarterback in the Longhorns’ game against the Monroe Lumberjacks. Gilbert played in the nationally televised Under Armour All-America Game on January 4, 2009. His family members were also season ticket holders for Texas football as a child. He always had aspirations to play for Texas since he was a child, and pretended to play football for theonghorns, passing the football to himself in his living room and diving onto the couch to catch it. Gilbert is a member of the Texas High School Hall of Fame and the Texas Touchdown Club. He has a son with former Texas quarterback Major Applewhite, whom he considered to be his idol growing up. He also has a daughter with ex-Texas quarterback John Chiles, who was moved to wide receiver during the 2010 season. Gilbert has a brother and a sister who are both professional football players and played for the San Francisco 49ers and the San Diego Chargers. He currently lives in Texas with his wife and two children. He and his wife have a son and a daughter who were born in 2007. He plans to have a second child in the spring of 2014. He will also have a daughter in the fall of 2014 with his girlfriend, Lauren. He had shoulder surgery in 2008, but recovered in time to play in the 2008 season.
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