Jarrett Lee Calen Jarrett Lee ( born June 2 , 1989 ) is an American football quarterback . Jarrett attended Louisiana State University where he was the starting quarterback for eight games in 2008 , one game in 2009 , and nine games in 2011 . Lee was signed as an undrafted free agent by the San Diego Chargers on April 29 , 2012 , but was waived on August 31 , 2012 . High school career . Lee started his high school career at Brownwood High School in Brownwood , Texas , where he completed 98 of 168 passes for 1 , 700 yards and 18 touchdowns operating out of a one - back offense . He also rushed for 250 yards and four touchdowns . Prior to his junior season , Lee transferred to Brenham High School as his father , Stephen , took a job on the staff as the wide receiver coach . Lee holds every major season and career passing record in Brenham football history . He finished with 6 , 182 career passing yards and 78 total touchdowns , more than doubling the previous record of 2 , 217 yards by Chip Matejowsky from 1985 through 1987 . His 72 career touchdown passes eclipsed Charles Proske ' s next - best 28 , and he is first and second for Brenham ' s single - season completion , attempt , touchdown and passing yardage records . Most recruiting experts considered Lee one of the top 3 quarterback prospects in Texas , besides Ryan Mallett of Texas High School in Texarkana , Texas , and Brock Mansion of Episcopal School of Dallas . Recruiting analyst Tom Lemming compared Lee to former Sam Houston State quarterback Rhett Bomar . Lee had more than 30 scholarship offers from Division I schools , and chose LSU over Nebraska , Kansas State , Oklahoma and others on May 30 , 2006 . College career . 2007 season . Lee was the third - string quarterback at LSU behind then - senior Matt Flynn and redshirted sophomore Ryan Perrilloux . Considering his age , Lee redshirted the 2007 season . 2008 season . For the 2008 season , junior Ryan Perrilloux was projected to be the starting quarterback for LSU , but he was dismissed from the team for breaking team rules . Andrew Hatch started the first three games as quarterback , but was injured in the third game ( Auburn ) . Beginning with the fourth game ( Mississippi State ) , Lee started eight games as quarterback , compiling a 4 - 4 record . Three of the losses came against teams that were ranked # 1 at some point during the year . Against Troy University , Lee and Jordan Jefferson led the largest comeback in LSU history taking an LSU team that trailed 31 to 3 in the 3rd quarter and scoring 37 unanswered points . An ankle injury ended Jarrett ' s season against Ole Miss , accounting for his fourth loss of the season . For the season , Lee threw an NCAA leading 7 interceptions that were returned for touchdowns . However , as one of only three freshman quarterbacks who have started more than six games for LSU , Lee put together one of the most prolific seasons for a freshman quarterback in LSU history , throwing for 1 , 873 yards and 14 touchdowns , second behind true freshman Tommy Hodson for yards and touchdowns . 2009 season . In his only start of the 2009 season , Lee completed 7 of 22 ( 32 % ) passes in a homecoming game win against Louisiana Tech , a member of the Western Athletic Conference . For the season , he completed 16 of 40 ( 40 % ) passes for 197 yards , 2 touchdowns , and 1 interception . Although LSU ' s national rank in passing offense dropped from 71st in 2008 to 97th in 2009 , LSU ' s national rank in interceptions thrown improved dramatically from 107th in 2008 to 20th in 2009 , and LSU had a more successful season . 2010 season . LSU enjoyed an 11 - 2 season . Although Lee did not start any games , he was called on to lead game winning drives against Tennessee , Florida , and Auburn . He drove LSU down to the 2 yard line against Tennessee , threw a game winning TD pass against Florida , but failed against Auburn . Against Alabama , he completed a critical 3rd down pass . For the season , Lee completed 54 of 89 ( 61 % ) passes for 573 yards , 2 touchdowns , and 1 interception . After the conclusion of his junior season , Lee had appeared in 30 career games , and he had passed for 2 , 643 yards and 18 touchdowns . Although LSU ' s national rank in passing was 107th , thanks to the running threat posed by Jordan Jefferson , LSU ' s national rank in rushing was 28th . 2011 season . Lee began the 2011 season as the starting quarterback because Jordan Jefferson was suspended for the first four games of the season . In the season opener against # 3 Oregon , Lee led LSU to a 40 – 27 victory although completing only 10 of 22 ( 45 % ) passes for less than 100 yards . Lee went on to lead the team to a 49 – 3 victory over Northwestern State , a 19 – 6 victory over Mississippi State , and a 47 – 21 victory over West Virginia before Jefferson was reinstated to the team . Lee continued to start , and win , for several more games , and fans were impressed with Lee ' s steady performance and leadership of the team . Lee had the second longest streak of consecutive passes thrown without an interception among all LSU quarterbacks , lasting from the fifth game in the 2010 season to the third game in the 2011 season . Despite Lee ' s commendable performance for most of the season , Lee was pulled for his poor performance in the November game against Alabama . Lee finished the game 3 of 7 ( 43 % ) for 24 yards with 2 interceptions and a passer rating of 14 . 5 . Lee was 2 of 2 for 19 yards when Jefferson was briefly substituted for Lee to pick up a third and one on the fifth play of the game . Following a Lee interception which led to a blocked Alabama field goal attempt , Jefferson came in for Lee again , played the rest of the first half , and started the second half . Lee was given another chance in the second half but immediately threw his second interception of the game which led to an Alabama field goal Following the Alabama game , the two quarterbacks were expected to rotate going forward ; however , Lee saw very little playing time . Although Jefferson had a perfect passing game against Ole Miss , the second most passing yards of the season in the game against Arkansas , and LSU gained its most yardage and yards per play in the three games that Jefferson started as QB , the decision to give the starting role back to Jordan Jefferson was not without some controversy , and was questioned by some media and fans throughout the rest of the season . This criticism reached a peak after the loss to Alabama in the National Championship game , where Lee did not enter the game despite a poor performance by Jefferson . LSU finished the game as the only team in BCS championship history to not score a point . This caused heated exchanges from some fans and media , with the sharpest public criticism coming from Bobby Hebert in a post - game outburst where he demanded to know why Miles did not put Lee into the game . Most people believe that Bobby Hebert ’ s embarrassing tantrum was motivated by the fact that Bobby Hebert ’ s son , T - Bob , did not play in the game . Many fans believe that Lee would not have made a difference in the outcome of the game because Lee had a poor history against Alabama . In his four games against Alabama , Lee had completed less than 42 % of his passes with 7 interceptions , only 1 TD , and a passer rating of 68 . 7 . Lee finished the 2011 season with a passer rating of 152 . 0 . He did not qualify to be the highest rated SEC QB , and there were several other non - qualifying SEC QBs with a higher passer rating . Lee was selected by ESPN as the All - SEC senior team quarterback . A week after the BCS title game , Lee was invited to play in The Casino Del Sol All Star Game in Tucson . In the game , Lee finished 13 of 18 for 176 yards with 2 touchdowns and no interceptions . Lee played his second All - Star game in less than 1 week in The NFLPA Collegiate Bowl . In that game , Lee completed 2 of 6 passes for 36 yards , including a 13 - yard touchdown pass to Isaiah Thomas . Professional career . Lee went undrafted in the 2012 NFL Draft , but on April 29 , 2012 , Lee signed a contract with the San Diego Chargers . Lee saw his first NFL preseason action in a game against the Green Bay Packers . He came in with 3 : 38 remaining in the first quarter and played the rest of the game . Lee was 15 of 22 ( 68 % ) for 235 yards , a TD , and an interception . Lee was less successful in his second pre - season game against the Minnesota Vikings . He came in late in the third quarter after most of the starters had left the game and was 5 of 12 ( 42 % ) for 81 yards . On the positive side , Lee led a 9 - play , 53 - yard final drive going 3 of 3 for 43 yards ( not including a - 6 yard sack ) , setting up the Chargers to kick the game winning field goal with : 04 left on the clock . Lee ' s final preseason game came against the San Francisco 49ers . He was 4 of 13 ( 31 % ) for 26 yards and a passer rating of 40 . 2 . In his four preseason games , Lee was 24 of 47 ( 51 . 1 % ) for 342 yards and a passer rating of 73 . 2 . Lee was waived by the Chargers on August 31 , 2012 .