The Jacksonville Jaguars have launched Tim Tebow, the previous Denver Bronco and Florida Gator quarterback who was making an attempt to make Jacksonville’s roster as a good finish.

Tebow confirmed his launch in a collection of tweets Tuesday morning.

“Grateful for the highs and even the lows, the alternatives, and the setbacks. I’ve by no means needed to make selections out of concern of failure and I am grateful for the prospect to have pursued a dream,” Tebow tweeted.

Based on DraftKings, Tebow performed in 16 snaps within the Jaguars’ preseason loss to the Cleveland Browns on Saturday evening. He didn’t catch a cross.

Tebow, 34, was making an attempt to make the Jaguars’ roster at a brand new place after a 9-year break from NFL regular-season motion.

Tebow is taken into account one of many best school soccer gamers of all time, having gained a Heisman Trophy and two nationwide championships at Florida.

He was drafted twenty fifth general by the Denver Broncos in 2010, and in 2011, he led them to an 8-8 regular-season document that included a number of late-game heroics. He capped the season off with an unbelievable time beyond regulation victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers within the AFC Wild Card playoffs.

Regardless of the magical 2011 season, Tebow failed to determine himself as an NFL beginning quarterback.

He made restricted appearances for the New York Jets in 2012 and later briefly joined the Patriots and Eagles with out showing in a regular-season recreation.

In 2016, Tebow started a four-season stint in baseball inside the New York Mets group. Tebow was promoted to as excessive as Triple-A however by no means made the Mets’ roster. In 4 seasons within the minors, Tebow performed in additional than 300 video games the place he hit .223 with 18 dwelling runs and 107 RBIs.