Blaine Gabbert

BIOGRAPHY

Blaine Williamson Gabbert was born on October 15th, 1989, in Ballwin, Missouri. He is a quarterback in the NFL.

Prior to his college career, Gabbert attended Parkway West High School in Ballwin, where he played for the Parkway West Longhorns high school football team. He was a five-star blue-chip All-American and, according to Rivals.com, was their No. 14 national player overall at any position.

During his college career, Gabbert was considered a significant college recruitment prospect. Rated as a five-star recruit by Rivals.com, Gabbert was listed as the highest-ranked pro-style quarterback in the nation. During his freshman season, He saw action in five games in reserve duty, leading the Tiger offense to a touchdown against Colorado and a field goal against Nevada. He completed 5-of-13 passing attempts for 43 yards and rushed six times for 22 yards.

During his sophomore season in 2009, Gabbert led the Big 12 with 8.1 passing yards per attempt. He achieved the 3rd-highest single-season passing total in school history, completing 262-of-445 passes for 3,593 yards, 24 touchdowns, and nine interceptions. He was also recognized for his success in the classroom and named to the 1st-Team Academic All-Big 12.

In 2010, Gabbert led Missouri to a season-opening 23–13 victory over Illinois. He threw for 34 passes on 48 attempts, with 281 yards and two touchdowns. Overall, in his last season with the Tigers, he had 3,186 passing yards, 16 passing touchdowns, nine interceptions, 232 rushing yards, and five rushing touchdowns.

On April 28, 2011, Gabbert was drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the first round of the 2011 NFL Draft. On July 28, 2011, Gabbert officially signed a 4-year contract. At age 22, Gabbert became the youngest player in league history to start 14 games in a season.

Gabbert was traded to the San Francisco 49ers on March 11, 2014, during his preseason debut, he completed 3 of 11 passes for 20 yards with one interception.

On March 10, 2015, the 49ers re-signed Gabbert to a two-year contract. Gabbert finished the 2015 season with 2,031 passing yards with ten touchdowns and seven interceptions for an 86.2 passer rating. Also, overall, in the 2016 season, he finished with 925 passing yards, five passing touchdowns, and six interceptions to go along with 173 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns.

On May 10, 2017, Gabbert signed a one-year contract with the Arizona Cardinals. In five games in the 2017 season, he finished with 1,086 passing yards, six touchdowns, and six interceptions.

On March 27, 2018, Gabbert signed a two-year contract with the Tennessee Titans but was released on March 15, 2019.

On March 27, 2019, Gabbert signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.