Chad Henne Chad Steven Henne ( born July 2 , 1985 ) is an American football quarterback for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League . He graduated from Wilson Senior High School and attended the University of Michigan . While attending , Henne became the second all time true freshman starting quarterback in Michigan history ; accumulated a total of 32 wins in regular season play , 8 , 740 offensive yards , and 87 touchdowns ; and in his senior season , led the Wolverines to a Capital One Bowl victory over Florida . He was subsequently rewarded as the game ' s MVP after throwing for over 350 yards . Henne ' s professional career began when he was drafted by the Miami Dolphins , fifty - seventh overall in the second round of the 2008 NFL Draft . Henne spent most of his rookie season on the bench under veteran quarterback Chad Pennington . In his sophomore season as a Dolphin , Henne stepped in to relieve the injured Pennington and started the remaining 13 games . Early years . Henne was born in Wyomissing , Pennsylvania , to Sheldon and Suzanne Henne . In 2000 , fives games into his freshman season at Wilson Senior High School in West Lawn , Pennsylvania , Henne stepped in for the injured starting quarterback . After putting up quality numbers , the Bulldogs coach decided to allow Henne to finish the season as the starter . Finishing the 2000 season on a high note , Henne ended up starting his sophomore year and ultimately the rest of his high school career . At the end of his junior year in 2003 , having been offered forty scholarships from various schools , Henne narrowed his college options down to five schools : Miami , Michigan , Georgia , Tennessee , and Penn State . Before his first game as a senior , Henne announced his plans to become a Wolverine at the University of Michigan . By the end of his senior year in 2004 , Henne had thrown for a total of 7 , 071 passing yards , ranking third all time in Pennsylvania state history . Following high school Henne played in the 2004 U . S . Army All - American Bowl as a member of the East team . College career . In 2004 , Henne entered the 2004 college football season as a freshman for the Wolverines , and third on the depth chart behind redshirt sophomore Matt Gutierrez and redshirt freshman quarterback Clayton Richard . The Monday prior to the season opener against Miami University , Michigan head coach Lloyd Carr announced Gutierrez would start even though he was suffering from a sore shoulder . A few days later Carr decided to allow Henne to start in relief of Gutierrez . Henne ended his first career game with a 43 – 10 win , completing 14 of 24 passes for 142 yards , two touchdowns and one interception . Henne was just the second true freshman in Michigan history to start on opening day , a feat not seen at Michigan since Rick Leach in 1975 . Alongside freshman running back Mike Hart , he galvanized an explosive offensive unit that featured receivers Braylon Edwards , Jason Avant , and Steve Breaston . ( All five would later go on to the NFL . ) Henne ' s freshman season was highlighted by a triple - overtime win over in - state rival Michigan State and a record - tying performance in the Rose Bowl against Texas . He also tied the Michigan season record for touchdown passes with 25 , first set by Elvis Grbac in 1991 . Henne was criticized in 2005 after the Michigan , ranked in the top five of the preseason polls , stumbled to a 3 – 3 start . The sophomore quarterback was particularly scrutinized after his performance in a close loss to Notre Dame , in which he completed fewer than half of his pass attempts and lost a fumble on the goal line . After their 3 – 3 start , Michigan won four consecutive games to clinch the program ' s 21st consecutive winning season . As a junior in 2006 , Henne earned Rivals . com All - American third - team honors . He was a Manning Award finalist , Maxwell Award semifinalist , Davey O ' Brien Award semifinalist and Walter Camp Award candidate . The All - Big Ten Conference second - team choice started all thirteen games . He hit on 203 - of - 328 passes for 2 , 508 yards and 22 touchdowns with eight interceptions , ranking fifth in U - M ' s season record list for touchdown passes , eighth in attempts and completions and tenth in passing yards . For the third straight year Michigan concluded their season by losing to Ohio State and then dropping their bowl game , this time to Southern California . During his senior year in 2007 , Henne completed 162 of 278 passes for 1 , 938 yards , 17 touchdowns , and nine interceptions . The first game of the season ended in disaster for U - M , a loss to Appalachian State that was considered one of the biggest sports upsets of all time . In the following game Henne suffered a knee injury in the first half against Oregon , and sat out the second half , as well as subsequent games against Notre Dame and Penn State , before returning to the starting lineup against Northwestern . In the final regular season game , U - M fell to Ohio State 14 - 3 , completing an 0 - 4 career record for Henne and fellow seniors Mike Hart and Jake Long against the Buckeyes . Henne played his final college game against Florida in the Capital One Bowl . Henne was named the MVP of the game after he led his team to a 41 – 35 victory over the Gators and reigning Heisman Trophy winner , Tim Tebow . For his career , Henne completed 828 of 1 , 387 passes for 9 , 715 yards , 87 touchdowns , and 37 interceptions . All five marks are school records . Henne ' s passing touchdown total is second in Big Ten Conference history . Professional career . Miami Dolphins . Henne was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the second round ( 57th overall ) of the 2008 NFL Draft . He was the fourth quarterback chosen , following Matt Ryan , Joe Flacco and Brian Brohm . His left tackle at Michigan , Jake Long , was the first selection of the draft and would again play alongside Henne in Miami . 2008 . Henne agreed to a four - year , $ 3 . 5 million contract with the team on July 26 . Out of training camp Henne earned the backup quarterback role behind starter Chad Pennington . During the second game of the 2008 season , Henne made his NFL debut with 9 : 42 left ; down 31 – 3 against Arizona . Henne spent the remainder of the season on the bench and only played in two other games . 2009 . During the third game of the 2009 season , in the early third quarter of their road game versus the San Diego , San Diego linebacker Kevin Burnett knocked Chad Pennington out of the game with a dislocated shoulder and a torn rotator cuff . Henne came off the bench in relief for the injured quarterback . Though he led the Dolphins to ten points in the final 20 minutes of the game , he failed to throw his first regular season touchdown and even had a pass intercepted and returned for an easy touchdown by Eric Weddle . After Pennington ' s season ending injury , Henne made his first start on October 4 , 2009 , against Buffalo at home . Henne went 14 – 22 in his pass attempts with one touchdown pass in the Dolphins ' 38 – 10 victory , lifting the team ' s record to 1 – 3 . In his second NFL start , he led the underdog Dolphins over the New York Jets , 31 – 27 , in a Monday Night Football game . He had 20 completions out of 26 attempts for 241 yards with two touchdowns . This was Henne ' s second win as starter and included a 53 - yard touchdown completion to Ted Ginn , Jr . Henne consistently improved as the season went on , passing for 335 yards against New England in Week 13 . In Week 15 , Henne passed for 349 yards in a loss to Tennessee . In Week 16 , Henne passed for 322 yards in a loss to Houston . In Week 17 against Pittsburgh , Henne had already amounted 140 yards on 16 – 20 passing , along with one touchdown and interception , but sustained an eye injury and had to leave the game . 2010 . On November 10 , 2010 , after a 4 – 4 start to the 2010 season , Henne lost his starting job to Pennington . Pennington had led the Dolphins to an AFC East championship in 2008 . On November 14 , during the Dolphins - Titans game , Henne came in relief for Pennington who went out with an apparent shoulder injury . During the third quarter , Henne himself was injured with an apparent knee injury and was replaced by Tyler Thigpen . Henne returned to action in Week 12 against Oakland winning 33 – 17 . In Week 13 , Henne went back to his inconsistencies . He completed 16 of 32 passes and throwing 3 picks in a loss to the Browns . The following week , he went 5 – 18 for 53 yards and 1 touchdown in a 10 – 6 win against the New York Jets on an extremely rainy day . In week 16 , he had a good game against the Buffalo Bills going 33 – 45 for 176 yards with a 1 TD and 1 Int . This came in a loss , which officially eliminated Miami from the playoffs . In week 16 , Henne faced the Lions and for 3 quarters looked sharp , however , questionable play calling in the 4th quarter led to a loss , and Henne went 29 of 44 for 278 yards with a 1 TD and 2 Ints . Henne had 2 opportunities in the 4th quarter to lead a game - winning drive and a game - tying drive , but poor play calling led to a loss . In the last week of the season against the Patriots , Henne went 6 – 16 for 71 yards with an INT . Henne finished the year with 3301 yards along with 15 TD and 19 INT . His job as starter was rumored to be in question during the off season when it was rumored that the Dolphins sought to acquire Kyle Orton from the Denver Broncos . Coupled with the acquisition of Carolina Panthers QB Matt Moore and rookie draft Pat Devlin , it was unclear if Miami would continue its commitment with Henne . The Orton rumor eventually fizzled and Devlin was waived and signed to the practice squad , leaving Moore and Henne as the two QB ' s on the active roster . It would later be announced that Henne would have the starting job in 2011 . 2011 . His 2011 starting campaign began well , throwing for 416 yards and a professional career best passer rating of 93 . 6 . These improvements were overshadowed by Brady ' s 517 pass yards and the resulting loss to the New England Patriots . It was the seventh game of all time to have two QBs surpass 400 + yards . On Sunday October 2 , 2011 in a game against the San Diego Chargers , Henne hurt his left shoulder at the end of a run on a broken play on the Dolphins ' second possession and didn ' t return . His injury was later revealed to be a separated shoulder in his left ( non - throwing ) arm . Slated to undergo surgery , Henne was placed on the IR and missed the remainder of the 2011 NFL season . The Miami Dolphins announced on February 21 , 2012 that they would not re - sign Henne . This made him a free agent . Jacksonville Jaguars . Henne signed a two - year deal with the Jacksonville Jaguars on March 14 , 2012 . He started the final six games of the season for the team after an injury to quarterback Blaine Gabbert . In the Jaguars week 11 game against the Texans , Henne came in for an injured Gabbert and threw for over 300 yards and 4 TD ' s . Henne and Steve Young are the only two players in NFL history , since the merger , to not start a game and throw 4 TD ' s without an interception . Personal . Henne married Brittany Hartman on July 3 , 2010 , the day after his twenty - fifth birthday .