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Jared Lorenzen
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Lorenzen at the New York Giants Super Bowl rally at Giants Stadium.
Northern Kentucky River Monsters
Career information
College:Kentucky
Undrafted:2004
Career history
*Offseason and/or practice squad member only
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Roster status:Active
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2008
TD-INT:0-0
Passing yards:28
QB Rating:58.3

Jared Raymond Lorenzen (born February 14, 1981, in Covington, Kentucky) is a professional football quarterback who plays for the Northern Kentucky River Monsters of the UIFL (Ultimate Indoor Football League). He was signed by the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent in 2004. He played college football at Kentucky.

Lorenzen earned a Super Bowl ring with the Giants in Super Bowl XLII as the third string quarterback behind Eli Manning and Anthony Wright.

Early years

Lorenzen attended Highlands High School in Fort Thomas, Kentucky, and was a letterman in football, basketball, and baseball. In basketball, he was a three-year letterman and helped lead his team to Kentucky Sweet 16 appearances. He also led his football team to one state title and was named Mr. Football his senior year.

College career

Lorenzen attended the University of Kentucky and was the team's starting quarterback beginning with his freshman year (2000), when head coach Hal Mumme named him ahead of returning starter Dusty Bonner. Lorenzen's career at Kentucky was marked by two head coaching changes; Mumme departed as an investigation into NCAA rules violations brought down his staff and resulted in the program being placed on probation with serious scholarship limitations. After Lorenzen helped lead the team to a 7-5 record in 2002, head coach Guy Morriss left to become the head coach at Baylor University and was replaced by Rich Brooks, who designed plays where Lorenzen lined up as a receiver while Shane Boyd played quarterback. Despite all the turmoil, Lorenzen set school records in total offense, passing yards, and passing touchdowns, eclipsing many marks set by 1999 NFL #1 overall draft pick Tim Couch.

Professional career

New York Giants

Lorenzen went undrafted in the 2004 NFL Draft, but was signed by the Giants and ended up making the roster before the 2005 season.

In the 2006 preseason, Lorenzen led his team to victory by engineering a game-winning drive against the Baltimore Ravens. Following that performance and an impressive training camp he was officially named the Giants backup quarterback three weeks later.

Lorenzen made his first appearance on the field in a Giants uniform on December 30, 2006. During this game, he was used for one play, a quarterback sneak to make a first down on a 3rd-and-1.

Lorenzen made his second appearance on Sunday, January 7, 2007, in the Giants' wild card loss against the Philadelphia Eagles. On the Giants' opening drive, he lined up at quarterback on a 3rd-and-1 and got the first down, "shifting the pile" in the process, on the way to a Giants touchdown. He also entered the game in the 3rd quarter but the Giants called timeout, and Manning took over at quarterback.

Lorenzen's first significant regular season appearance occurred on September 9, 2007, when he took over for the injured Manning in the fourth quarter of the season opener against the Dallas Cowboys. Lorenzen made both his first regular season pass and rush, but failed to earn a first down. He did not see further action in the 2007 season, because Manning's injury did not cost him any further playing time.

Lorenzen was released by the Giants on June 23, 2008.[1]

Indianapolis Colts

On July 24, 2008, Lorenzen was signed by the Indianapolis Colts. He was waived during the final cuts for the 53 man roster.

af2

On February 10, Lorenzen was assigned to the Kentucky Horsemen of af2.[2] The team went bankrupt and was dissolved in October 2009.

Ultimate Indoor Football League

Lorenzen was working as the GM of the Northern Kentucky River Monsters of the Ultimate Indoor Football League when he decided to return to football. Despite being well over 300lbs at the time, Lorenzen resigned as GM to become the teams starting quarterback. .[3]

Post-Football Career

Lorenzen was hired on March, 23, 2010 to become the Quarterbacks coach at his alma mater, Highlands High School, in Fort Thomas, Kentucky.[4] In addition, he will be the General Manager of the Northern Kentucky River Monsters, who will play their inaugural season in 2011 at the Bank of Kentucky Center.[5]

Nicknames

Due to Lorenzen's considerable girth, he has been given a collection of nicknames, which include:"Jumbo Giant", "Fat Jared", "Quarter(got)back", "QBese",[6][7] "Hefty Lefty",[8] "The Pillsbury Throwboy",[9] "J.Load",[10] "Round Mound of Touchdown", "Tubby Gunslinger",[10][11]"BBQ (Big Beautiful Quarterback)"[12] "Battleship Lorenzen",[13] "Butterball",[14] "Lord Of The Ring-Dings",[15] and "He Ate Me".[16] Twinkie Monster was also a name given to him at the Dow Event Center by fans of the Saginaw Sting.

References

  1. ^ http://www.newsday.com/sports/football/ny-spgiants245739862jun24,0,5177489.story
  2. ^ "Former NFL QB and Kentucky star Jared Lorenzen joins Horsemen; QB Justin Rascati also assigned to team". af2.com. af2. February 10, 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2009.
  3. ^ "Jared Lorenzen Returning To Football". lex18.com. LEX18. February 24, 2011. Retrieved May 18, 2011.
  4. ^ [www.bluegrasspreps.com/showthread.php?p=3776484]
  5. ^ www.nkyrivermonsters.com/team/front-office
  6. ^ http://www.eagleoutsider.com
  7. ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=gallo/
  8. ^ Wheeler, Lonnie (2000-11-15). "Hefty Lefty". The Cincinnati Post. E. W. Scripps Company. p. B1. Lorenzen's weight, in fact, is more a curiosity than an issue. 'I've always had fun with it,' he said. 'I like the nicknames: Hefty Lefty or The World's Biggest Quarterback. It's cool. The way I see it, my size doesn't really mean much as long as I can move around. I run a 4.8 (40-yard dash), so as long as I can still run, that's all that matters.' {{cite news}}: More than one of |author= and |last= specified (help)
  9. ^ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4196/is_/ai_n. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) [dead link]
  10. ^ a b Giants hopeful Jared Lorenzen - Biggest quarterback in NFL
  11. ^ http://www.rotoworld.com/content/playerpages/player_main.aspx?sport=CFB&id=115026
  12. ^ http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories//col_.shtml
  13. ^ Lorenzen is living large - Sports
  14. ^ Inside the Giants
  15. ^ YouTube - PFTV Free Agency Preview: Quarterbacks
  16. ^ The Jim Rome Show - June 24, 2008
Preceded by Kentucky Wildcats Starting Quarterback
2000-2003 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Kentucky Mr. Football
1998 		Succeeded by
Travis Atwell

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