From Jacksonville.com, a GateHouse Media publication
Remember when some fans wanted to see Tim Tebow in a Jaguars uniform? That didn’t happen. But now the Jaguars have another No. 15 — one who grew up rooting for Tebow.
“I was a big Florida fan,” Gardner Minshew said. “Liked Tim Tebow.”
We present to you, a tale of the tape between Tebow and Gardner Minshew:
Birth place
Tebow: Makati City, Philippines
Minshew: Flowood, Miss.
Birthday
Tebow: Aug. 14, 1987 (32)
Minshew: May 16, 1996 (23)
Full name
Tebow: Timothy Richard Tebow
Minshew: Gardner Flint Minshew II, though his grandfather wanted to name him Beowulf
Wonderlic score
Tebow: 22 out of 50, reportedly
Minshew: 42
Draft
Tebow: 2010, 1st round, 25th overall, Broncos
Minshew: 2019, 6th round, 178 overall, Jaguars
Height
Tebow: 6 feet 3 inches
Minshew: 6 feet 1 inches
Weight
Tebow: 255 pounds
Minshew: 220 pounds
Twitter followers
Tebow: 4.8 million
Minshew: 25,400
Twitter header photo
Tebow: Ad for his book, “This is the Day”
Minshew: Adapting a picture from “Talladega Nights” of Will Ferrell driving a car with a cougar in the front seat, Minshew (in white headband) instead shares the seat with a big Jaguar
Gardner Minshew now has this photo as his twitter header, I’m not sure how this thread can get any betterpic.twitter.com/WOASvkAb9d
— Nic Duch (@nic_duch8)September 10, 2019
Nickname
Tebow: None that stuck
Minshew: The Mississippi Mustache
Headwear
Tebow: fitted hat
Minshew: cool headband
Religion
Tebow: Devout Christian
Minshew: References God on Twitter
Pop culture doppelganger
Tebow: Superman
Minshew: Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite/Ben Stiller in Dodgeball
Gardner Minshew is just Uncle Rico where coach put him in and he won state.
— Tyler Zupan (@tzupes)September 11, 2019
Colleges
Tebow: University of Florida
Minshew: Troy University, Northwest Mississippi Community College, Eastern Carolina University, Washington State.
End zone celebration
Tebow: A kneel that became known as “Tebowing”
Minshew: Varied but enthusiastic, according to college highlights.
Titles
Tebow: 2006 and 2008 BCS national championships at Florida
Minshew: 2015 Junior College national championship at Northwest Mississippi Community College
Heisman
Tebow: Won in 2007, 3rd in 2008, 5th in 2009
Minshew: 5th in 2018
Facial hair
Tebow: Manly stubble.
Minshew: Famous mustache.
#Jaguars|#NFLDraft
— Andrew Gibson (@1010XLAG)April 27, 2019
Virginity pledge
Tebow: Pledged to abstain until marriage
Minshew: Probably didn’t pledge to abstain until marriage
Jorts
Tebow: Though Gators are known for them, he insisted, “I do not own a pair of jorts.”
Minshew: Yes. Short ones. Borderline Daisy Duke status.
It was 50 and drizzling in Pullman today, but jorts/aviator season runs year-round for Gardner Minshew. Photos:@tylertjomsland.pic.twitter.com/QgsJXCK6C4
— Theo Lawson (@TheoLawson_SR)April 5, 2019
Relationship status
Tebow: Engaged to 2017 Miss Universe Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters.
Minshew: For the sake of all his new Twitter followers, single, we hope.
Famous quote/speech
Tebow: His 2008 ‘Promise speech:’ “I promise you one thing, a lot of good will come out of this.”
Minshew: Quoting Denzel Washington in Remember The Titans, “I don’t scratch my head unless it itches and I don’t dance unless I hear some music. I will not be intimidated. That’s just the way it is.”
Anagrams
Tebow: You can rearrange the letters in Timothy Tebow to spell “Met With Booty.”
Minshew: You can rearrange the letters in Gardner Minshew to spell “Grins When Armed.”
Throws
Tebow: left-handed
Minshew: right-handed
After the NFL
Tebow: baseball, broadcasting, philanthropy and public speaking
Minshew: hopes to become a coach
NFL completion percentage
Tebow: 47.9%
Minshew: 88%
College completion percentage
Tebow: 66.4%
Minshew: 65.2%
Steve Spurrier connection
Tebow: both won Heisman Trophies at Florida.
Minshew: Spurrier’s son was receivers coach at Washington State. The Head Ball Coach attended a game and wanted to congratulate Minshew afterward. But Minshew tells the story about how he was doing a stretching routine, wearing just his jockstrap, shades and headband. Spurrier looked at Minshew and said to his son, “Just tell him I said good game.”
As a recruit
Tebow: 5 stars, No. 1 dual-threat quarterback in 2006, No. 21 overall prospect
Minshew: 3 stars, No. 70 pro-style quarterback, No. 1,837 overall prospect
Al Gaspeny, Emily Bloch, Mark Woods, Matt Soergel and Tom Szaroleta contributed to this report.
I knew Tebow was obviously highly rated and heavily recruited, but never knew for certain, until now, that he was a 5 star and the number one dual threat QB in the 2006 class. I bring this up because his “They said” Gatorade commercial starts with “They said I couldn’t be a high school quarterback. They said I couldn’t get a D-1 scholarship.” and ends with “Appreciate that”, as in “Thanks for the motivation”. With his ranking, I’m not sure who “They” could have possibly been. Who would be dumb enough to say a 5 star recruit won’t get a D-1 scholarship? My guess is that nobody actually said that, and that it was just a made up script for a commercial, or maybe a little white lie that Tim told himself for motivation. I’m curious to know what my friend Gator-6, with his training and knowledge in human thought and behavior, thinks about this. You hear athletes on highly ranked teams displaying an “us against the world, everybody’s doubting us” attitude all the time. Do they really need to convince themselves of a false disrespect in order to get motivated? It’s not like there’s a game to talk about, so I’m sure 6 can spare some time to sort this out.
My bad. It was an FRS commercial, not Gatorade, but the question is still the same.