 O'Sullivan with the San Francisco 49ers in 2008 | |||||||||||
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| Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||||
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| Born: | August 25, 1979 Burbank, California, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 232 lb (105 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school: | Jesuit (Carmichael, California) | ||||||||||
| College: | UC Davis (1997–2001) | ||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2002 / round: 6 / pick: 186 | ||||||||||
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John Thomas O'Sullivan (born August 25, 1979) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback for nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL), two seasons in NFL Europe and one season in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football for the UC Davis Aggies of the University of California, Davis, where he was a three-year starter and threw for career totals of 10,745 yards and 96 touchdowns. He was named a first-team All-American in 2000 and a second-team All-American in 2001. He was inducted into the Cal Aggie Athletics Hall of Fame in 2008.
O'Sullivan was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the sixth round of the 2002 NFL draft. He also spent time with 10 other NFL teams: the Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bears, Minnesota Vikings, New England Patriots, Carolina Panthers, Detroit Lions, San Francisco 49ers, Cincinnati Bengals, San Diego Chargers, and Oakland Raiders. He was a backup for the majority of his NFL career but began the 2008 season as the starter for the 49ers. He also played for the Frankfurt Galaxy of NFL Europe in 2004 and 2007, leading the Galaxy to the World Bowl each year. He earned All-NFL Europa and NFL Europa Co-Offensive MVP honors in 2007. O'Sullivan spent the final season of his professional career as a backup for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the CFL.
In 2018, he started the Youtube channel "The QB School", where he analyzes quarterbacks. He was the head football coach of Patrick Henry High School in San Diego from 2019 to 2021.
- ^ "J.T. O'Sullivan". profootballarchives.com. Retrieved September 13, 2024.