Everything about Joe Germaine totally explained
Joseph Berton Germaine (born
August 11,
1975 in
Denver, Colorado) is a professional
American football quarterback who currently plays for the
Utah Blaze of the
Arena Football League.
High School Years
Germaine attended
Mountain View High School in
Mesa, Arizona and was a good student and a
letterman in
football,
basketball, and
baseball.
College career
Germaine transferred to the
Ohio State University from
Scottsdale Community College in Arizona in 1996. In 1996 and 1997, Germaine was the backup to
starting quarterback
Stanley Jackson. Germaine’s finest moment in his years as a backup came at the
1997 Rose Bowl, the last game of the 1996 season. He led the Buckeyes in a 65-yard drive in 12 plays in the final 1:40 for the winning
touchdown, a 5-yard touchdown pass to
David Boston with 19 seconds left. Germaine passed for 131 yards in the game and was named the
game’s MVP.
In his senior year, Germaine finally became the starter, as well as a team co-captain. That year he set 11 school records, throwing for 3,330 yards and 25 touchdowns. He was the
Chicago Tribune Silver Football Award winner as the
Big Ten Conference Most Valuable Player that year. Germaine threw for 6,370 yards and 56 touchdowns in three seasons.
Germaine was selected to the
Ohio State Football All-Century Team in 2000.
Career passing statistics
| Year |
Yards |
Att. |
Comp. |
| 1996 |
1,193 |
147 |
80 |
| 1997 |
1,847 |
210 |
129 |
| 1998 |
3,330 |
384 |
230 |
Professional career
Germaine was selected in the fourth round of the
1999 NFL Draft by the
St. Louis Rams. The St. Louis starter,
Kurt Warner, took the Rams to
Super Bowl XXXIV. Germaine won a Super Bowl ring as a backup to Warner in 1999. Germaine appeared in only three games, completing nine passes, and was cut at the end of the season. He also appeared in three games with the
Kansas City Chiefs in 2001.
In 2004 Germaine became a quarterback for the
Arizona Rattlers of the
Arena Football League. There he was a back-up to
Sherdrick Bonner who is widely considered to be one of the best quarterbacks in AFL history. After two years and six starts with the Rattlers, Germaine joined the expansion
Utah Blaze in 2006. He started the first nine games of Utah's inaugural season, passing for 2,330 yards and 41 touchdowns while completing 67.4 percent of his passes. His season was cut short by an injury, but he returned in 2007 as full-time starting quarterback. He became the first player in AFL history to pass for over 5,000 yards in a season. He finished with 5,005 yards, shattering the record of 4,841 yards set by
San Jose's
Mark Grieb in 2006.
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