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. [4] As a junior, he passed for a Northern Kentucky-record 2,759 yards and 37 touchdowns in 13 games. [5] Dawson was 1–0 in an AFL Championship game played before the NFL and AFL first met in the Super Bowl. Three pairs of quarterbacks faced off twice in the Super Bowl: Staubach and Bradshaw, Aikman and Kelly, and Brady and Eli Manning. In each case the same quarterback (Bradshaw, Aikman, and Manning) won both games. In 2002, Lorenzen led Kentucky to seven wins—tied for its most in a season since 1984, and he earned second-team All-SEC honors throwing for 2,267 yards with 24 touchdowns and just five interceptions. Following his senior season in 2003, Lorenzen entered the 2004 NFL Draft. His NFL career and Super Bowl ring LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Three players with Kentucky ties, including one native of the Bluegrass State, will be on the field at Super Bowl LIX this Sunday. He made the roster as a third-string quarterback behind rookie Eli Manning and veteran Kurt Warner. In 2005, Giants head coach Tom Coughlin suggested that Lorenzen work on his craft by playing in NFL Europe. He declined and continued to sit at the end of the bench behind Manning and Tim Hasselbeck. Lorenzen Earns a Super Bowl Ring The 2024 Super Bowl is set. The Kansas City Chiefs will face the San Francisco 49ers on Feb. 11 in Las Vegas.. A number of players with Kentucky ties have played prominent roles in the NFL title Take a look at the top 10 players from Kentucky to play in the NFL. and Super Bowl III with the Colts.(AP Photo/NFL Photos) NFL 9 / 11 3. Babe Parilli, QB. 1952 NFL Draft, first round, Green LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Jared Lorenzen, a husky left-handed quarterback who set multiple Kentucky passing and offensive records before backing up Eli Manning on the New York Giants' Super Bowl Remembering the unforgettable former University of Kentucky and New York Giants quarterback, who died Wednesday at age 38. earning a Super Bowl ring as Eli Manning’s backup in 2007. 3 of 3 | . FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2002, file photo, Kentucky quarterback Jared Lorenzen looks downfield for a receiver during the first half of the team’s NCAA college football game against UTEP in Lexington, Ky. Lorenzen, a husky left-handed quarterback who set multiple Kentucky passing and offensive records before backing up Eli Manning on the New York Giants’ Super Bowl-winning 2007 Backup quarterback Gavin Wimsatt completed 16 of 39 passes for 287 yards, three touchdowns and four interceptions in eight games at Kentucky while totaling 183 yards and two touchdowns on 49 carries. Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Carson Wentz arrives at New Orleans international airport, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, in Kenner, La. ahead of the NFL Super Bowl 59 football game between the Philadelphia Cutter Boley and Zach Calzada will compete to replace him as Kentucky QB. 2024-25 bowl scores: All the results after 47 postseason games A former UK player could make NFL history in an NEW ORLEANS — On Wednesdays and Thursdays, Patrick Mahomes enters the Kansas City Chiefs quarterbacks room around 6:30 a.m. He pulls his headphones over his ears, his hoodie over the headphones. Family Reunion: 25 Years After Super Bowl XXXIV, Former Titans DL Coach Jim Washburn Will be in New Orleans Rooting on His Son, and the Eagles, in Super Bowl LIX Jim Washburn coached from 1999-2010 with the Titans. Though the goal for any team is to win the Super Bowl and hoist the Lombardi Trophy, the Seattle Seahawks were playing for individual hardware too in Super Bowl XL against the Pittsburgh Steelers One year, former Louisville football quarterback Lamar Jackson will win a Super Bowl. And that will be worth more than all of his MVPs combined. News Sports Kentucky Derby Life Opinion Advertise Super Bowl 54 (2019 season): 31-20 win over San Francisco 49ers; Super Bowl 55 (2020 season): 31-9 loss to Tampa Bay Buccaneers; Super Bowl 57 (2022 season): 38-35 win over Philadelphia Eagles Former Kentucky and NFL quarterback Jared Lorenzen died Wednesday after a battle with cardiac and renal issues. He was 38. Lorenzen, who struggled with his weight both during and after his playing
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