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Tim Tebow Research Paper

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In 1985, two years before Tim Tebow was born, his family moved to the Philippines to become missionaries. His mother, Pam Tebow, experienced complications during her pregnancy and many doctors recommended her to have an abortion but because of the Tebow families strong faith in the Lord they decided to go through with the pregnancy and on August 14th, 1987 she gave birth to a healthy baby boy, Timothy Richard Tebow. When he was three years old his family moved from the Philippines to their hometown of Jacksonville, Florida. Tim Tebow grew up in a family that committed their lives to the Lord which urged him to do the same in his life and throughout his career.
Tebow and his four other siblings were all homeschooled but in 1996 a law was passed …show more content…

While he was playing at the University of Florida, he was MVP for three years, he led his team to a championship, he received the Heisman Trophy and was named team captain in 2008 and 2009. His college career was full of numerous successes but even greater things were ahead for Tebow. He graduated from the University of Florida in 2009 and in 2010 he entered the NFL draft. In 2011 Tebow released an autobiography entitled Through My Eyes, in it he discussed his life growing up in the Philippines and it soon was named the #1 sports book of 2011. In college, Tim Tebow explored the idea of beginning a foundation and after graduating from the University of Florida, he launched the Tim Tebow Foundation. In 2011 plans were made to build a children’s hospital in the Philippines, Tebow announced that it will have lots of space for patients, that it will specialize in orthopedics, and that there will be room called “Timmy’s …show more content…

He started his first season as a backup but then by his last three games he became a starter. During his first season with the Bronco’s, he became the first quarterback in the history of the NFL to rush for a touchdown in each of the games he started. In 2012, Tebow was traded to the New York Jets and after one year of playing for them, he was signed to the New England Patriots. Sadly, he was cut from the Patriots in August of 2013 because the team had to get down to 53 players. He took this well, he thanked the Patriots and then decided to explore a career in broadcasting while still looking for opportunities to play in the NFL. In 2015 he was signed to the Philadelphia Eagles but then was released after their 4th preseason game in September of that same

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