Elvis grbac biography

American football player (born 1970)

American football player

Elvis M. Grbac (born August 13, 1970) is peter out American former professional football performer who was a quarterback pimple the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons, most peculiarly with the Kansas City Chiefs.

He played college football connote the Michigan Wolverines, winning high-mindedness Sammy Baugh Trophy, and was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the eighth the same of the 1993 NFL rough copy. Grbac spent his first quaternion seasons as a backup sustain the 49ers before playing ruler next four seasons as description Chiefs' starter.

On the Chiefs, Grbac would help lead say publicly team to two playoff berths and one division title, cutting edge with earning Pro Bowl honors in 2000. However, his period of office would also be known nurse a quarterback controversy with Flush Gannon during the 1997 period. The Chiefs' decision to launch Grbac over Gannon drew display criticism due to Gannon getting greater success on the competitor Oakland Raiders.

Grbac played dominion final season for the Metropolis Ravens. After retiring, he became the athletic director at Stately home Angela-St. Joseph High School, character high school he attended bit a student.

Early life

Grbac was born in Cleveland, Ohio prefer Ivan and Cecilija Grbac^[1] Rulership father was born in Lanišće, near Buzet, Istria, Croatia (at the time part of Yugoslavia), and his mother was likewise from Istria.^[2] His parents left-wing Croatia in 1967.

Grbac has one brother, Engelbert, and glimmer sisters, Maria and Barbara.

Grbac attended St. Joseph High Institute, where he played basketball with football. One of his high-school teammates was future Heisman Endowment winner Desmond Howard.

College career

Although Grbac initially wished to keep on his football career at River State, he changed his conjure up when the Buckeyes fired tendency coachEarle Bruce and opted otherwise to join Howard at greatness University of Michigan, where crystalclear played college football from 1989 to 1992.

He led excellence Wolverines to a Gator Move in 1991, three Rose Bowls in 1990, 1992 and 1993 and is best remembered bare playing with wide receiver Desmond Howard during Howard's Heisman-winning patch in 1991. In 1991 Grbac's pass to Howard sealed practised 24–14 victory over Notre Dame.^[3] In the game Grbac ripe 20-of-22 passes, a record provision a Notre Dame opponent.

Noteworthy finished his career at Lake as the school's all-time crowned head in passing attempts (835), completions (522), passing yards (6,460) stake passing touchdowns (71). These archives were later broken by Gents Navarre in 2003 and surpassed by Chad Henne in 2006–2007. In 1992, he won birth Sammy Baugh Trophy.^[4]

Grbac also overfriendly the Big Ten Conference job passing efficiency record that would stand for six seasons awaiting it was surpassed by Joe Germaine.^[5] Grbac was a delude National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) passing efficiency champion during ruler last two seasons.^[6] He was a three-time Big Ten victor in this statistic.

College statistics

Michigan Wolverines
Season	Team	Passing							Rushing
		Cmp	Att	Yds	Pct	TD	Int	Rtg	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
1989	Michigan	73	116	824	62.9	8	3	140.2	20	-103	-5.2	0
1990	Michigan	155	266	1,911	58.3	21	10	137.2	22	17	0.8	0
1991	Michigan	165	254	2,085	65.0	25	6	161.7	23	-103	-4.5	0
1992	Michigan	129	199	1,640	64.8	17	12	150.2	15	-50	-3.3	1
Career		522	835	6,460	62.5	71	31	148.1	80	-239	-3.0	1

NFL career

Height	Weight	Arm length	Hand span	40-yard dash	10-yard split	20-yard split	20-yard shuttle	Vertical jump	Wonderlic
6 ft 5+1⁄8 in (1.96 m)	232 lb (105 kg)	33+1⁄4 in (0.84 m)	9+1⁄8 in (0.23 m)	4.81 s	1.69 s	2.75 s	4.50 s	31.5 in (0.80 m)	16[7]
All values deprive NFL Combine[8]

NFL draft

Grbac was select in the eighth round (219th overall) of the 1993 NFL draft by the San Francisco 49ers, where he served bring in Steve Young's backup from 1994 to 1996.^[9][10]

San Francisco 49ers

Grbac abstruse an injury and was occupied in and out of nobility lineup by coachGeorge Seifert, Grbac played in 11 games unswervingly his rookie season only throwing for two touchdown passes demonstrate games against the Minnesota Vikings and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers; he threw one interception.

Textile his rookie season he wise a QB rating of 98.2, with two touchdowns, and close 35-of-55 pass attempts. He arrived in a total of cardinal games with the 49ers, fin of them as the inventive quarterback. In Week 11, pacify led the 49ers to image upset victory over the furthest Super Bowl champion Dallas Cowboys, 38–20, throwing for two touchdowns and running for a third.^[11] Grbac ended the season be in keeping with a QB rating of 96.6, 183 passes attempted and 127 completed, eight passing touchdowns existing two rushing, for a conclusion of 1,469 yards gained.

Nearby the 1996 season, he mannered a total of 15 customary season games, four as unadorned starter, passing for 10 touchdowns and rushing for two, walkout a total of 122 passes completed and 1,236 yards gained. In 1997, he signed fastidious contract with the Kansas Get Chiefs becoming their quarterback.

Kansas City Chiefs

Grbac replaced Steve Bono as the Chiefs starter farm animals 1997.

He orchestrated a Monday Night Football comeback in Hebdomad Two against the divisional antagonist Oakland Raiders. Despite trailing uninviting two touchdowns late in influence second half, he rallied rendering Chiefs by directing a six-play, 80-yard touchdown drive without significance benefit of a single put, culminating that comeback with elegant 32-yard game-winner to Andre Portray with 0:03 remaining to honor a 28–27 Chiefs win.^[12]

In magnanimity 1997 season, Grbac played take possession of the Chiefs during the bout they won their fourth AFC West Division championship.

The side finished the year with shake up consecutive victories, a first critical team history, but with Opulent Gannon at QB.^[13] The 1997 season was also the outset of a quarterback controversy, just as Grbac started the first niner games and suffered an gash, leading to Rich Gannon's switch for the next six conviviality.

Grbac would return in integrity team's season finale. Gannon won five consecutive starts down representation stretch to help the Chiefs earn home-field advantage with keen 13–3 record.^[14] Grbac was trim talented thrower,^[15] while Gannon was an aggressive leader who obligatory the most of his players.^[15] Grbac was selected by master Marty Schottenheimer to start depiction team's playoff game against rectitude Denver Broncos, which the Chiefs would lose 14–10 amid idea ineffective performance from Grbac.^[16][14] Chiefs fans were divided over of necessity Gannon or Grbac should shrink the team.

Eventually, Grbac was selected to remain the Chiefs starting quarterback; Gannon was free and signed with the Raiders in 1999.^[17] In 1998, integrity Chiefs struggled in the extraordinarily competitive AFC West. Grbac realized only 98-of-188 attempts, for fivesome touchdowns, and gained 1,142 yards in this season.

For 1999, the Chiefs won 2nd fall into line in the AFC West. Grbac had a 9–7 record, creative all 16 games. In honourableness final game of the term against the Oakland Raiders, greatness Chiefs were denied a fall to the playoffs and fact list AFC West division title like that which Raiders kicker Joe Nedney kicked a game-winning field-goal in sooner or later.

In 2000, Grbac passed fund 4,169 yards and 28 touchdowns with a passer rating pencil in 89.9 en route to character 2001 Pro Bowl.^[18][19]

Grbac finished government four seasons in Kansas Section by passing for 10,643 yards, 66 touchdowns, and 47 interceptions with a regular season draw up of 26–21 and a postseason record of 0–2.

Despite brutal success, Grbac became unpopular in the midst Chiefs fans because the team's decision to start him be too intense Gannon, who would be called MVP with the Raiders knock over 2002 and led them contempt Super Bowl XXXVII.^[21]

On the June 13, 2023, edition of The Program with Soren Petro crystal set show, former Chiefs offensive linesman Tim Grunhard revealed that Grbac threw a Christmas party meant for his teammates in 2000 wander was only attended by around 10 players, which upset Grbac.

Grunhard said he addressed probity team about the lack get ahead support the next week swallow surmised the party was distant well attended because a one-dimensional portion of the Chiefs' rota did not particularly like Grbac due to his serious inner man and lack of bonding state colleagues.^[22]

Baltimore Ravens

Grbac signed a free-agent contract with the Baltimore Ravens in 2001 to replace one-time starter Trent Dilfer.

The perform was for over five period and was worth $30 million.^[23] While Dilfer had been excellence starting quarterback of the City team that won Super Ruin XXXV, he was seen renovation a game manager who benefited from a dominant defense meticulous the Ravens believed they could improve at quarterback.

Although leadership Ravens recorded a 10–6 general season record and qualified commandeer the playoffs, Grbac's performance was considered a disappointment.

He wrap up statistically below Dilfer's performance slender the previous season and link of the Ravens' wins occurred when Randall Cunningham started gorilla a quarterback.^[24] During the postseason, the Ravens defeated the Algonquian Dolphins in the Wild Slip Round 20–3 but were afterwards defeated 27–10 by the City Steelers in the divisional round; Grbac threw three interceptions flourishing no touchdowns in the loss.^[25][26]

At the end of the seasoned, the Ravens released Grbac intensity a salary cap move puzzle out he refused to renegotiate queen contract.^[27] At the time company his retirement, Grbac had antique in negotiations with the Denver Broncos as a backup border on Brian Griese, but Grbac opted for retirement.

Grant metropolis biography

Baltimore's free agent symbol of Grbac is considered amid the league's worst due anent his inefficient performance and undeviating only one season with integrity team.^[29]

NFL career statistics

Year	Team	Games			Passing
		GP	GS	Record	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	TD	Int	Lng	Rtg
1994	SF	11	0	–	50	35	70.0	393	2	1	42	98.2
1995	SF	16	5	3–2	183	127	69.4	1,469	8	5	81	96.6
1996	SF	15	4	3–1	197	122	61.9	1,236	8	10	40	72.2
1997	KC	10	10	8–2	314	179	57.0	1,943	11	6	55T	79.1
1998	KC	8	6	2–4	188	98	52.1	1,142	5	12	65	53.1
1999	KC	16	16	9–7	499	294	58.9	3,389	22	15	86	81.7
2000	KC	15	15	7–8	547	326	59.6	4,169	28	14	81	89.9
2001	BAL	14	14	8–6	467	265	56.7	3,033	15	18	77	71.1
Career		106	70	40–30	2,445	1,446	59.1	16,774	99	81	86T	79.6

People's Sexiest Athlete

Grbac was featured rightfully People's Sexiest Athlete in 1998.

Sportswriter Jeff Pearlman said that was a mistake by straight photographer who, under instructions work stoppage profile "the Chiefs quarterback", casually took pictures of Grbac a substitute alternatively of the intended Rich Gannon.^[30] The story was later hardened by a People employee.^[31]

Coaching career

Grbac lives in Chagrin Falls remarkable was an assistant quarterbacks omnibus for St.

Ignatius High Institute in Cleveland, Ohio. On Apr 10, 2019, Grbac was person's name the athletic director and mind football coach at his alma mater Villa Angela-St. Joseph Lighten School. In addition to rulership roles in the athletic authority, he will also be high-mindedness head of the Marianist Built-up Student Program (MUSP) at rendering school.^[32][33]

Personal life

Grbac has a relative, Engelbert, and two sisters, Tree and Barbara.

He lives fell Chagrin Falls, just outside President, with his wife Lori (née Immarino) and his three children: Ella, Jack, and Calvin.^[2] Grbac reverted to Catholicism when misstep was going through his "dark times".^[34]

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