Rex Grossman Biography

Rex Grossman III is a former American football player, who played in the ‘National Football League’ for 9 seasons. Born and raised in Indiana, US, he is a third generation football player (his father and grandfather played for ‘Indiana University’). He led his high school team in the state championship games and was named ‘Indiana’s Mr. Football.’ He later joined the ‘University of Florida.’ He was the runner-up for the ‘Heisman Trophy’ in 2001. He led the ‘Florida Gators’ to the 2000 SEC championship, the ‘2001 Sugar Bowl’ and the ‘2002 Orange Bowl.’ In the 2003 ‘NFL Draft,’ ‘Chicago Bears’ selected him in the first round. During the initial 3 years of his career, he suffered 2 major injuries. As per media/fans, Grossman was the reason behind the ‘Bears’ losing the ‘2007Super Bowl.’ He was the first ‘Bears’ quarterback since Erik Kramer to start all 16 games of a season, and the first quarterback since 1985 to win 2 playoff games in one season. He later played as backup quarterback for the ‘Houston Texans’ and then starting quarterback for the ‘Washington Redskins.’ To honor his contribution to the game, his hometown, Bloomington, declared June 28, 2007 as ‘Rex Grossman Day.’