Ryan Fitzpatrick is an American football quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He was born November 24, 1983, in Gilbert, AZ.
Fitzpatrick attended Harvard University, where he played for the football team starting in 2001. He was the first quarterback in school history to rush over 1,000 yards (1,155) and he holds numerous other Harvard records.
He graduated with a degree in applied mathematics and economics from Harvard College.
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Ryan Fitzpatrick is an American football quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). After playing college football for Harvard, he was drafted by the St. Louis Rams in the seventh round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He has also played for the Cincinnati Bengals, Buffalo Bills, Tennessee Titans, Houston Texans, New York Jets, and Jacksonville Jaguars.
Fitzpatrick first enrolled at Los Gatos High School in Los Gatos, California before transferring to St. Marks School in Southborough, Massachusetts, and finally graduated from Harvard University where he played quarterback for the Harvard Crimson football team beginning his junior year. He holds numerous school records including those for career passing yards (8,697), TD passes (73), completions (812), attempts (1,361), and total offense (9,429).
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He played football as a quarterback and punter at Los Gatos High School in Los Gatos, California. At the age of 16, he became the starting varsity quarterback. He led his team to a 5–4 record as a sophomore starter completing 63 percent of his passes for 1,360 yards with 10 touchdowns. As a junior, he completed 62 percent of passes for 1,290 yards with 14 touchdowns against four interceptions. As a senior, he was named league MVP after completing 64% of his passes for 1,650 yards with 17 TDs versus only one interception Extrapolated over an entire season that would equal 2,700 passing yards and 30 TDs.
He was also named first-team all-league on defense as a safety He received many honors including PrepStar All-American, SuperPrep Elite 50, Tom Lemming Top 100, PrepStar Top 100 Dream Team, SuperPrep Mid Atlantic–South, Gatorade Circle of Champions California player of the year, and First-team All America selection by USA Today Sports Weekly. Rivals.com ranked him as the 8th best quarterback prospect in the nation at any position.
Fitzpatrick accepted an athletic scholarship to attend Harvard University, where he played for what coach Tim Murphy has called “the most complicated offense in college football.” Fitzpatrick broke nearly every Harvard passing record during his four-year career, completing 1,485 of 2,361 passes for 17,210 yards with 144 touchdowns and 64 interceptions. His completions, passing yards, and touchdown passes are all Harvard records. He also set school marks in total offense (4,290), pass attempts (1,188), 300-yard games (13), and 200-yard games (27).
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Ryan currently lives in the Tampa area with his girlfriend Liza Barber and their 3 children Ava, Josh, and Jake. He spends most of his free time coaching his kid’s sports teams so he can help instill good values and have fun at the same time. Ryan Fitzpatrick’s net worth is estimated to be around 2 million dollars as of 2017 thanks to several strong years as a starting QB in the NFL as well as film roles that pay decently well.
Two big endorsements are Sprint and Nike which contribute to his estimated net worth considering how much those companies usually pay professional athletes. Many sports stars can be paid well over $1 million alone in just yearly endorsements so it’s clear that Fitzpatrick has managed to last in the league for a long time by doing more than just playing the game.
