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J. T. O'Sullivan
American gridiron football player (born 1979) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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John Thomas O'Sullivan (born August 25, 1979) is an American former professional football quarterback who played nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL), two seasons in NFL Europe and one season in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football for the UC Davis Aggies, starting for three years and throwing for career totals of 10,745 yards and 96 touchdowns. He was named a first-team All-American in 2000 and a second-team All-American in 2001. He was inducted into the Cal Aggie Athletics Hall of Fame in 2008.
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Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||
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Born: | (1979-08-25) August 25, 1979 (age 44) Burbank, California, U.S. | ||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 232 lb (105 kg) | ||||||||||
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High school: | Jesuit (Carmichael, California) | ||||||||||
College: | UC Davis | ||||||||||
NFL draft: | 2002 / Round: 6 / Pick: 186 | ||||||||||
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O'Sullivan was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the sixth round of the 2002 NFL draft. He also spent time with 10 other NFL teams: the Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bears, Minnesota Vikings, New England Patriots, Carolina Panthers, Detroit Lions, San Francisco 49ers, Cincinnati Bengals, San Diego Chargers, and Oakland Raiders. He was a backup for the majority of his NFL career but began the 2008 season as the starter for the 49ers. He also played for the Frankfurt Galaxy of NFL Europe in 2004 and 2007, leading the Galaxy to the World Bowl each year. He earned All-NFL Europa and NFL Europa Co-Offensive MVP honors in 2007. O'Sullivan spent the final season of his professional career as a backup for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the CFL.
He later went into coaching and was also the former head football coach of Patrick Henry High School (San Diego, California) from 2019 to 2021.