Tim Tebow

His ancestor Andries Tebow sailed to America from Bruges in the 1680s.

He and his siblings were all homeschooled by their parents, who instilled the family's Christian beliefs.

Tebow is dyslexic and believes in his uniqueness as a gift from God.

He began his high school football career as a tight end for Trinity Christian Academy in Jacksonville.

In the late 1960s, Tebow's parents – Pamela Elaine (née Pemberton) and Robert Ramsey Tebow II – met while attending the University of Florida.

During that time, his mother was a freshman and his father was a sophomore.

The couple married on June 12, 1971, before Pamela's graduation from the university.

In 1985, the family moved to the Philippines where they served as Baptist missionaries and built a ministry.

During the Tebows' stay, Pamela contracted amoebic dysentery and fell into a coma.

While recovering, she discovered that she was pregnant.

The medications used to treat Pamela caused a severe placental abruption.

Doctors expected a stillbirth and recommended an abortion, which was illegal in the Philippines even in severe cases; the Tebows decided against it.

Timothy Richard Tebow (born August 14, 1987) is an American former football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for three seasons, most notably with the Denver Broncos.

On August 14, 1987, Pamela Tebow gave birth to Tim Tebow in Manila.

When Tim was three years old, his family moved from the Philippines to Jacksonville, Florida.

Tebow is the youngest of five children.

He is of Belgian (Walloon) origin.

Before the 2003 season, he moved to nearby St. Johns County, making him eligible to play for the struggling football program at Allen D. Nease High School where he could play quarterback.

He never enrolled at either school, however: his parents chose to home-school him.

Florida law allows homeschooled students to participate on the team of the local high school in the school district in which they live, and private schools such as Trinity Christian Academy are also allowed to let homeschooled students play on their teams.

Tebow came to national prominence as a junior at Nease, known for his running and throwing abilities, as well as an intense competitiveness.

Later that year, he suffered an injury to his right leg late in the first half of a game.

At first believed to be suffering from a bad cramp, he actually played the entire second half with a broken fibula, at one point rushing for a 29-yard touchdown.

After the game the extent of the injury was discovered and he was held out for the remainder of his junior season.

Nevertheless, he was named Florida's Player of the Year and became a major college football quarterback prospect.

During his senior season, he led the Nease Panthers to a state title, earned All-State honors, was named Florida's Mr. Football and a Parade magazine high school All-American, and repeated as Florida's Player of the Year.

He played in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio, Texas which featured the top 78 senior high school football players in the nation and was shown nationally on NBC television.

Tebow was the subject of an ESPN Faces in Sports documentary.

The segment was titled "Tim Tebow: The Chosen One", and focused on Tebow's home schooling and missionary work in the Philippines, his athletic exploits, and the college recruiting process.

Tebow was also featured in Sports Illustrated on the "Faces in the Crowd" page.

His tenure revitalized a struggling team, leading them to their first division title and playoff victory since 2005.

Due to his success and outspoken Christian faith, he became a cultural phenomenon and his tendency to kneel in prayer on football fields was referred to as "Tebowing".

Questions over Tebow's future potential, however, resulted in him being traded the following offseason to the New York Jets, where he spent one year as a backup.

Tebow played college football for the Florida Gators, where he became the first underclassman to win the Heisman Trophy and led the team to two BCS National Championship titles in 2007 and 2009.

At the conclusion of his collegiate career, he held the Southeastern Conference's records for career passing efficiency and rushing touchdowns.

Selected by the Broncos in the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft, Tebow became their starter during the 2011 season.

After failing to make the final roster of the New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles, Tebow pursued a minor league baseball career with the New York Mets organization from 2016 to 2021.

The same year he retired from baseball, he returned to the NFL as a tight end for the Jacksonville Jaguars, but was released after one preseason game.

He was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2023.

Tebow was born in the Philippines to American parents.