Jared Lorenzen

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Jared Lorenzen

Lorenzen at 2007 New York Giants training camp
No. 22     Northern Kentucky River Monsters
Quarterback
Personal information
Date of birth: (1981-02-14) February 14, 1981
Place of birth: Covington, Kentucky
Height: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)Weight: 320 lb (145 kg)
Career information
High school: Fort Thomas (KY) Highlands
College: Kentucky
Undrafted in 2004
Debuted in 2005 for the New York Giants
Career history
*Offseason and/or practice squad only
 As administrator:
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
  • Kentucky Mr. Football (1998)
  • Second Team All-SEC (2002)
  • Super Bowl champion (XLII)
  • First Team All-UIFL (2011)
  • UIFL MVP (2011)
Career NFL statistics
TD–INT 0–0
Passing yards 28
Passer rating 58.3
Stats at NFL.com

Jared Raymond Lorenzen (born February 14, 1981) is a professional football quarterback for the Northern Kentucky River Monsters of the Continental Indoor Football League. Lorezen has also been the Commissioner of the Ultimate Indoor Football League.[1] 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 backup quarterback behind Eli Manning.

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.[2] As a junior, he passed for a Northern Kentucky-record 2,759 yards and 37 touchdowns in 13 games.[3] As a senior in 1998, he completed 62 percent of his passes for 3,393 yards, 45 touchdowns and six interceptions. He also rushed for 904 yards (8.4 average per carry) and 15 TDs in leading Highlands to a 15–0 season[4] and No.19 national ranking as a senior, earning him the Mr. Football Award.[5] Five games into his senior season, Lorenzen committed to the University of Kentucky.[3]

College career

See also: Kentucky Wildcats football

When Lorenzen arrived at Kentucky, he redshirted as a true freshman. As a redshirt freshman, he was named the team's starting quarterback by head coach Hal Mumme ahead of returning starter Dusty Bonner.[6] The move caused Bonner to transfer.[7] 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 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 No. 1 overall draft pick Tim Couch.[8]

Statistics

Source:[9]

Passing Rushing Receiving
Season Team GS GP Rating Att Comp Pct Yds TD INT Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD
2000 Kentucky 11 11 116.5 559 321 57.4 3,687 19 21 76 140 5 0 0 0
2001 Kentucky 6 8 136.6 292 167 57.2 2,179 19 7 54 119 2 1 -13 0
2002 Kentucky 12 12 135.4 327 183 56.0 2,267 24 5 60 -51 0 0 0 0
2003 Kentucky 12 12 123.3 336 191 56.8 2,221 16 8 89 75 5 1 -11 0
Totals 41 43 126.0 1,514 862 56.9 10,354 78 41 279 283 12 2 -24 0

Numbers in bold are Kentucky records.

Professional career

New York Giants

After failing to be drafted in the 2004 NFL Draft, Lorenzen signed as undrafted free agent with the New York Giants.[10]

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 third-and-one.

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 third-and-one 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 third 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.[11] 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.[12]

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.

Kentucky Horsemen

On February 10, 2009, Lorenzen was assigned to the Kentucky Horsemen of af2.[13] The team went bankrupt and was dissolved in October 2009.

Northern Kentucky River Monsters

Lorenzen was working as the general manager of the Northern Kentucky River Monsters of the Ultimate Indoor Football League when he decided to return to football.[14] Despite being well over 300 lbs at the time, Lorenzen resigned as GM to become the team's starting quarterback.[15] Lorenzen had a highly successful return to football, turning in a MVP Season.[16]

Owensboro Rage

Lorenzen signed with the Owensboro Rage of the Continental Indoor Football League partway through the 2013 season.[17] The Rage folded two weeks prior to the end of the season due to financial distress.

Return to the River Monsters

Lorenzen returned to the River Monsters, by this point a member of the Continental Indoor Football League, on December 17, 2013.[18]

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.[19] After the 2011 UIFL season, Lorenzen was named Commissioner of the UIFL.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Reigning UIFL MVP Lorenzen named Commissioner". www.theuifl.com. Ultimate Indoor Football League. 
  2. ↑ "Highlands' Smith 1st-team all-state". www.enquirer.com. The Cincinnati Enquirer. Highlands' Smith 1st-team all-state. Retrieved December 18, 2013. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Neil Schmidt (October 1, 1998). "Highlands QB commits to UK". www.enquirer.com. The Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved December 18, 2013. 
  4. ↑ "Finalist named for Mr. Football". Daily News. December 13, 1998. Retrieved December 18, 2013. 
  5. ↑ Neil Schmidt (December 23, 1998). "Lorenzen is Mr. Football". www.enquirer.com. The Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved December 18, 2013. 
  6. ↑ Greg Dewalt (July 29, 2000). "New Kentucky quarterback Jared Lorenzen is... Large and in Charge". Times Daily. Retrieved December 18, 2013. 
  7. ↑ Jack Thompson (June 11, 2000). "Qb Bonner Leaves Kentucky". www.chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 18, 2013. 
  8. ↑ Michael Conroy (February 21, 2004). "Lorenzen hopes to make it big in NFL". www.lubbockonline.com. Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Retrieved December 18, 2013. 
  9. ↑ "Jared Lorenzen Stats". www.sports-reference.com. USA TODAY Sports Digital Properties. Retrieved December 18, 2013. 
  10. ↑ "Giants sign Kentucky QB Jared Lorenzen". www.espn.com. ESPN Internet Ventures. April 27, 2004. Retrieved December 18, 2013. 
  11. ↑ Ralph Vacchiano (September 16, 2007). "Giants' QB Jared Lorenzen waiting for chance to start". www.nydailynews.com. NYDailyNews.com. Retrieved December 18, 2013. 
  12. ↑ "Unknown". 
  13. ↑ "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. 
  14. ↑ Rick Chandler (May 18, 2011). "Former Giants QB Jared Lorenzen still wingin’ it, living large". www.nbcsports.com. NBC Sports. Retrieved December 18, 2013. 
  15. ↑ "Jared Lorenzen Returning To Football". lex18.com. LEX18. February 24, 2011. Retrieved May 18, 2011. 
  16. ↑ "Unknown". www.theuifl.com. Ultimate Indoor Football League. 
  17. ↑ Sean Edmondson (March 22, 2013). "Owensboro Rage signs former UK QB Jared Lorenzen". www.14news.com. WorldNow and WFIE. Retrieved December 18, 2013. 
  18. ↑ "Super Bowl Champion Returns to River Monsters to "Finish What We Started"". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. December 18, 2013. Retrieved December 18, 2013. 
  19. ↑ "Jared Lorenzen New QB Coach at Highlands". 

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Preceded by
Dennis Johnson		 Kentucky Mr. Football
1998 		Succeeded by
Travis Atwell
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