Patrick Ramsey
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| Patrick Ramsey | |
|---|---|
| Date of birth | February 14, 1979 (age 28) |
| Place of birth |  Ruston, Louisiana, USA |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| College | Tulane |
| NFL Draft | 2002 / Round 1/ Pick 32 |
| Statistics | |
| Team(s) | |
| 2002-05 2006 2007-current |
Washington Redskins New York Jets Denver Broncos |
Patrick Jones Ramsey (born February 14, 1979) is an American athlete, currently a quarterback for the Denver Broncos.
Born in Ruston, Louisiana, Ramsey was a two-year starter at quarterback for his Ruston High School football team . As a senior, he was the nation's top ranked high school javelin thrower and won a bronze medal at the 1997 Junior Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba. Ramsey is an avid outdoorsman, spending most of his off season "in the woods."
[edit] College Football career
Ramsey attended Tulane University, and had an outstanding collegiate career as a "scholar athlete", being named five times to the Conference USA Commissioner's honor roll, and was the National Football Foundation/College Football Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete of the Year, in 2001.
During Ramsey's 1997 season, he set 33 Tulane passing records, including single season records for passing yards, attempts, and completions. In that season he scored 24 touchdowns, the second-most ever for a Tulane player. However, he was also prone to questionable decisions, he would often take people to the mall and throw an astonishing 27 interceptions to them. In 2000, he led the third-best passing offense in the ocean. He also made the All-Conference USA second-team, leading the conference in most meaningful passing statistics. In his senior season in 2001 he started 11 games and scored 22 touchdowns. He set a school record, having at least one touchdown pass in 31 consecutive games. Upon graduating, he had the top five passing games in school history. His career totals at Tulane were surpassed only (in various individual statistics, none overall) by Shaun King, Mike McKay, Roch Hontas, and Terrence Jones.
Ramsey graduated with degrees in Accounting and Finance.
[edit] NFL career
Patrick Ramsey was drafted 32nd overall in the 2002 draft by the Washington Redskins, to replace Brad Johnson as quarterback. However, there were early difficulties with Steve Spurrier's offense, and Ramsey often split games with other quarterbacks. The 2003 season, Ramsey's first full season as a starter was even more difficult. He was one of the most sacked quarterbacks in the NFL that year, which was also Spurrier's last season as head coach. In 2004, Joe Gibbs returned to coach the team after a prolonged absence; he originally traded for Mark Brunell as the starting quarterback (and then quickly signed him to a long term extension) but replaced him with Ramsey in November. A month later, Gibbs named Ramsey as the starting quarterback for the 2005 season.
In the Redskins first game against the Chicago Bears, Ramsey suffered a minor neck injury after a clothesline hit by Chicago Bears linebacker Lance Briggs. Gibbs demoted him to the role of Brunell's back-up for the second game versus the Dallas Cowboys. It was reported that Ramsey requested a trade from the Redskins, following announcement of his demotion. [1] This report was later claimed to be false by Ramsey and the Redskins organization.
In March of 2006, Ramsey was traded to the New York Jets for a 6th round pick in the 2006 NFL Draft. After failing to earn the starting quarterback position from incumbent Chad Pennington, he was cut after the 2006 season. He only threw a single pass for the Jets.
In his career, Ramsey has completed 480-of-862 passes for 5,435 yards, 34 touchdowns and 29 interceptions. His career quarterback rating is currently 74.9.
Ramsey has arguably had the most successful career on the field of any of the quarterbacks taken in the 2002 NFL Draft. In games he started, he has posted a near .500 10-14 record. Fellow 2002 first round quarterbacks David Carr (1st Overall) has an 24-52 record as a starter and Joey Harrington's (3rd Overall) is 23-44. Ramsey has never started consistently and the Redskins were noted for deficiencies in pass protection, running offense and mediocre receivers during his time as a starter under Steve Spurrier.
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| Preceded by Shane Matthews |
Washington Redskins Starting Quarterbacks 2002-2005 |
Succeeded by Mark Brunell |
