10 Interesting Facts About Jacksonville Jaguars QB Chad Henne

Chad Henne is the QB for the Jacksonville Jaguars. Here are 10 interesting facts about him.

Chad Henne who was born on July 2, 1985 in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. He has played QB for the Miami Dolphins and is the current starting QB for the Jacksonville Jaguars and been in the NFL since 2008.

10 interesting facts about the football player, Chad Henne

Facts #1:

Chad Henne was offered 40 football scholarships and narrowed his choices to Miami, Penn State, Georgia, Tennessee and Michigan. He committed to Michigan before his first game as a senior in high school.

Facts #2:

Chad Henne threw for more than 7,000 yards thru his high school career, ranked third all-time in state history. In 2004, he played in the U.S. All-American Bowl.

Facts #3:

Chad Henne was the second true freshman to start a game at QB for the Michigan Wolverines jumping the depth chart from three to #1. He won that first career college game 43-10 and threw for 2 TDs.

Facts #4:

Chad Henne tied the Michigan record for a single season passing touchdowns, tying Elvis Grbac with 25.

Facts #5:

Chad Henne has always been a slow starter as evidenced by Michigan's awful 3-3 start in the 2005 season and the season opener in 2006 against a huge underdog, Appalachian State, lost in one of the biggest college upsets inn NCAA history.

Facts #6:

Chad Henne played his final college game at the Capital One Bowl against Florida and Tim Tebow and was named the MVP after he led he Michigan Wolverines to a 41-35 victory.

Facts #7:

Chad Henne career totals at Michigan are: 9,715 yards passing, 87touchdowns, 37 interceptions and a 59.7 completion rate all are school records. The passing touchdown total is the second highest in Big Ten Conference history.

Facts #8:

Chad Henne was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the second round and signed a four year $3.5 million dollar contract and was again playing with fellow Wolverine Jake Long as he was drafted by the Dolphins with their first round 2008 NFL draft pick.

Facts #9:

Chad Henne career has been plagued with injuries at the worst times after showing promise in previous games throughout his pro career. Battling to retain the starting QB job in Miami, Henne and Chad Pennington kept skipping over each other on the depth chart depending who wasn't injured. In 2011, Henne and Tom Brady combined for 936 yards passing in a game, only the 8^th time in NFL history that two QBs surpass 400 or more yards each in a game combined.

Facts #10:

Chad Henne and Steve Young are the only two QBs to come off the bench in a game and throw 4 TDs and zero interceptions.

Sources: CNN, Sporting News, Biography, ESPN, jockbio, ducksters, Forbes