Tim Hasselbeck

Tim Hasselbeck

Tim Hasselbeck at the Giants' 2007 Training Camp.
Arizona Cardinals
Career information
College:	Boston College
Undrafted:	2001
Career history
Buffalo Bills (2001)* Baltimore Ravens (2001)* Philadelphia Eagles (2002) Carolina Panthers (2002) Washington Redskins (2003-2004) New York Giants (May 2005- 1 October 2007) Arizona Cardinals (1 Oct 2007-present) *Offseason and/or practice squad member only
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only

Timothy Thomas Hasselbeck (born April 6, 1978 in Norfolk, Massachusetts) is an American football quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League. He was originally signed by the Buffalo Bills as an undrafted free agent in 2001. He played college football at Boston College.

He is son of former NFL tight end Don Hasselbeck and has a brother, Matt Hasselbeck, who is quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks. He is married to The View co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck.

Early life

Hasselbeck attended Xaverian Brothers High School in Westwood, Massachusetts. He had a productive career as a college player at Boston College,

Professional career

Hasselbeck was signed to the Philadelphia Eagles practice squad in 2002 as an undrafted free agent.

In 2003 he was signed by the Washington Redskins. He spent two seasons as a backup quarterback for the Redskins, and was thrust into starting action in 2003 when then starting quarterback Patrick Ramsey was injured. The high point of his career to date came on December 7, 2003, when he completed 13 of 19 passes for 154 yards in leading the Redskins to a 20-7 win over the New York Giants. He threw two touchdown passes and no interceptions in that game. The following week he had the ignominy of recording the lowest possible single-game passer rating (0.0) in a 27-0 loss to the Dallas Cowboys. Hasselbeck was 6-for-26 (23%) for 57 yards with four interceptions in that game.

In May 2005, the New York Giants signed Hasselbeck to be their backup for QB Eli Manning. While he is regarded as strong-armed and athletic, he has a mediocre 63.7 career passer rating. Hasselbeck, however, has not thrown a pass in an NFL regular season contest since the 2003 season. His only game action with the Giants consisted of two kneeldowns (when to protect a lead in the closing seconds of a game, the quarterback takes the snap and simply kneels onto the ground instead of running a play and risking a turnover). The NFL counts this statistically as a rushing attempt, and since the kneels typically take place a yard or two behind the line of scrimmage, he is actually credited with -3 rushing yards. On September 1 2007, he was released by the Giants. Many observers speculated he would try to get into media broadcasting. This speculation was confirmed when Hasselbeck made his TV debut on September 23 2007 announcing the Arizona Cardinals-Baltimore Ravens game for FOX.

Due to injuries to both Matt Leinart and Kurt Warner, Hasselbeck was signed by the Arizona Cardinals on October 16 2007. To date he has not gotten into a game with the Cardinals and his only game action in his career was in the 2003 season with the Redskins and the aforementioned kneels with the Giants in 2005. He was also previously on the rosters of the Philadelphia Eagles and Carolina Panthers also without actually participating in a game.

Personal life

Hasselbeck is the brother of Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck and the husband of Elisabeth Hasselbeck (née Filarski), former Survivor contestant and current co-host of The View. He married Elisabeth on July 6, 2002. They welcomed their first child, a baby girl named Grace Elisabeth Hasselbeck, on April 6, 2005, which was Hasselbeck's 27th birthday. On November 9 2007, their son, Taylor Thomas Hasselbeck, was born at an Arizona hospital.

External links

• NFL player profile
• Tim Hasselbeck at IMDb

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