 jesse james palmer (born october 5, 1978) is a canadian sports commentator and former college and professional football player who was a quarterback in the national football league (nfl) for four seasons in the early 2000s. palmer played college football for the university of florida, and thereafter, he played professionally for the new york giants of the nfl before spending half of the 2006 season with the montreal alouettes of the canadian football league (cfl). palmer was cast in 2004 as the bachelor on the fifth season of the reality television series the bachelor. he is now a college football analyst for espn/abc in the united states and a football analyst for tsn in canada.http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/2009/11/palmer_jesse/http://www.tsn.ca/columnists/jesse_palmer/?id=columnists-jesse_palmer == early years == palmer was born in toronto, ontario,pro-football-reference.com, players, jesse plamer. retrieved march 18, 2011. and raised in the city of nepean, ontario, a suburb of ottawa. he attended st. pius x high school in ottawa.jesse palmer, databasefootball.com. retrieved march 18, 2011. his father, bill palmer, played for the ottawa rough riders. his mother, susan palmer, was a prominent fashion and print model, and former owner of the original itm international top models, a modeling agency and training centre located in ottawa (eventually became imm int
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