David Douglas Garrard (born February 14, 1978 in
East Orange, New Jersey) is an American football
quarterback for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the
National Football League. He was drafted by the
Jaguars in the fourth round of the 2002 NFL Draft.
He played college football at East Carolina.
David Garrard grew up in Durham, North Carolina,
where he attended Southern High School. Garrard was
14 years old when his mother died from breast
cancer. When Garrard began his NFL career, he
created The David Garrard Foundation to promote
breast cancer awareness and research.
Doctors diagnosed Garrard with Crohn's disease in
2004. Despite undergoing surgery in June 2004 to
remove a nearly 12-inch portion of his intestines,
Garrard played during the 2004 NFL season.
Garrard's wife, Mary, gave birth to the couple's
first child, a son, Justin Thomas Garrard, on
September 17, 2007.
