Jeffrey Jason Garcia (born February 24, 1970 in
Gilroy, California) is an American football
quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the
National Football League. Garcia's professional
career began in the CFL before signing with the San
Francisco 49ers and starting for them at quarterback
for five seasons (1999-2003). After disappointing
seasons in Cleveland and Detroit, Garcia resurrected
his career in Philadelphia. Garcia is of Irish and
Mexican descent. Garcia is one of four NFL starting
quarterbacks who are Mexican-American; the other
three being Tony Romo, J. P. Losman and Marc Bulger.
Garcia is one of only seven quarterbacks in NFL
history that have achieved two consecutive
(back-to-back) 30-touchdown passing seasons (2000 &
2001) at least one time in their career. The others
are Steve Bartkowski, Peyton Manning, Brett Favre,
Dan Fouts, Dan Marino and Y.A. Tittle.
