Jake Delhomme : biography
Jake Christopher Delhomme ( born January 10, 1975) is an American football quarterback who is currently a free agent in the National Football League. Delhomme played college football at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette before being signed by the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent after the 1997 NFL Draft. Delhomme began his professional career as a practice squad player with the Saints in 1997 and 1998 and played in the NFL Europe for two years in between NFL seasons. Returning to the Saints, Delhomme played his first NFL games in 1999. Delhomme played as the Carolina Panthers starting quarterback from 2003 to 2009. Delhomme holds most of Carolina’s quarterback record and led the team to Super Bowl XXXVIII in his first season with Carolina.
Since his departure from Carolina, Delhomme has also played for the Cleveland Browns in 2010 and Houston Texans in 2011.
Career statistics
Regular season | | Passing | | Rushing | |||||||||
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Season | Team | GP | GS | Comp | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | INT | Rat | Att | Yds | TD |
1998 | New Orleans Saints | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1999 | New Orleans Saints | 2 | 2 | 42 | 76 | 55.3 | 521 | 3 | 5 | 62.4 | 11 | 72 | 2 |
2000 | New Orleans Saints | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2001 | New Orleans Saints | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
2002 | New Orleans Saints | 4 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 80.0 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 113.8 | 4 | -2 | 0 |
2003 | Carolina Panthers | 16 | 15 | 266 | 449 | 59.2 | 3,219 | 19 | 16 | 80.6 | 42 | 39 | 1 |
2004 | Carolina Panthers | 16 | 16 | 310 | 533 | 58.2 | 3,886 | 29 | 15 | 87.3 | 25 | 71 | 1 |
2005 | Carolina Panthers | 16 | 16 | 262 | 435 | 60.2 | 3,421 | 24 | 16 | 88.1 | 24 | 31 | 1 |
2006 | Carolina Panthers | 13 | 13 | 263 | 431 | 61.0 | 2,805 | 17 | 11 | 82.6 | 18 | 12 | 0 |
2007 | Carolina Panthers | 3 | 3 | 55 | 86 | 64.0 | 624 | 8 | 1 | 111.8 | 6 | 26 | 0 |
2008 | Carolina Panthers | 16 | 16 | 246 | 414 | 59.4 | 3,288 | 15 | 12 | 84.7 | 20 | 21 | 2 |
2009 | Carolina Panthers | 11 | 11 | 178 | 321 | 55.5 | 2,015 | 8 | 18 | 59.4 | 17 | 60 | 0 |
2010 | Cleveland Browns | 5 | 4 | 93 | 149 | 62.4 | 872 | 2 | 7 | 63.4 | 8 | -2 | 0 |
2011 | Houston Texans | 1 | 0 | 18 | 28 | 64.3 | 211 | 1 | 0 | 99.0 | |||
Regular season totals | 102 | 96 | 1,723 | 2,904 | 59.3 | 20,764 | 125 | 101 | 81.2 | 175 | 328 | 7 |