About Chad Pennington
James Chadwick Pennington (born June 26, 1976) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons. He played college football for the Marshall Thundering Herd, winning the Sammy Baugh Trophy as a senior, and was selected by the New York Jets in the first round of the 2000 NFL draft. Pennington spent his first eight seasons with the Jets and was a member of the Miami Dolphins in his last three. During his career, Pennington led the league twice in completion percentage and once in passer rating. He helped clinch a division title with the Jets in 2002 and the Dolphins in 2008, both of which are the most recent for either franchise, as well as the only times from 2001 to 2019 that the AFC East was not won by Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. Pennington was also the first player to win NFL Comeback Player of the Year multiple times, receiving the award in 2006 and 2008. At the time of his retirement, he held the NFL record for completion percentage. Since 2018, he has served as the head football coach of the Sayre School in Lexington, Kentucky. Pennington's first sport was basketball, which he began playing in the third grade.
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