Drew Tate Drew Tate ( born October 8 , 1984 ) is a professional American and Canadian football quarterback for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League . He was signed by the St . Louis Rams as an undrafted free agent in 2007 . He played college football at Iowa . Tate has also played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders . Early years . Tate attended Robert E . Lee High School in Baytown , Texas , where he was coached there by his stepfather Dick Olin and had a record breaking career . He ranks first in the Texas high school football record book in career pass attempts and completions , ahead of Graham Harrell . He also ranks second in career passing yards with 12 , 183 , behind Harrell ( 12 , 532 ) , and third in career touchdown passes with 113 , behind Harrell ( 167 ) and Colt McCoy ( 116 ) . He originally committed to Texas A & M , but de - committed after R . C . Slocum was replaced with Dennis Franchione . Tate also noted that he would likely sit behind established starter Reggie McNeal , so he chose to play for the University of Iowa under coach Kirk Ferentz . He played in the 2003 U . S . Army All - American Bowl . College career . 2005 Capital One Bowl . At a game well - attended by Iowa fans in Orlando , Florida , the Hawkeye defense played strong against the LSU offense . However , LSU took their first lead with 56 seconds remaining . On the game ’ s final play , Tate attained fame when he threw a 56 - yard , game - winning touchdown pass to senior Warren Holloway as time expired . Many Iowa fans say this was the greatest play in the school ' s football history . Drew Tate visited Ferndale Union High School , a small school in California , after this game , to visit long time friend and half brother , Nathan Coppini . Professional career . St . Louis Rams . On May 3 , 2007 Drew Tate signed with the St . Louis Rams as a free agent , but he became expendable after the Rams signed Brock Berlin . Tate was released on May 22 , 2007 . Saskatchewan Roughriders . After his release from the Rams , Tate signed a practice roster agreement with the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 2007 . After spending two years on either the practice roster or the injured reserve list , Tate was removed from the practice roster on November 9 , 2008 and became a free agent . Calgary Stampeders . Tate signed with the Calgary Stampeders on June 3 , 2009 . On November 9 , 2010 , Tate signed a contract extension with the Stampeders . Due to ineffective play by incumbent quarterback Henry Burris , Tate received his first professional start against his former team , the Roughriders , on October 22 , 2011 and posted a 25 - 13 win . Tate went on to lead the Stampeders to three straight wins to the finish off the regular season . Drew Tate made his first CFL Playoff start against the Edmonton Eskimos . Tate struggled throwing 5 completions in 10 attempts for 99 yards and an interception . At the start of the second half he was replaced by Henry Burris who could not lead the Stamps to victory , thus ending the season . In the off - season the Stamps traded away Burris making Tate the starting quarterback . He opened the 2012 CFL season with a dominant win over the Montreal Alouettes . However , in the second week of the season Tate suffered a dislocated shoulder in his non - throwing arm . Tate opted to perform surgery on it immediately , seemingly ending his season . However , Tate returned to play in the final two games of the regular season . Tate was announced the starter for Stamps home game of the Western Division Semi - Finals against the Saskatchewan Roughriders . He broke his forearm and may have suffered a concussion during the game but played the entire game nonetheless . His 68 yard TD pass to Romby Bryant with only 20 seconds left gave the Stamps the victory . However , the broken forearm would cause him to miss the Western Final and the 100th Grey Cup . In Week 2 of the 2013 CFL season Tate could not finish the game after straining a forearm muscle in his throwing arm early in the game . Tate confessed to feeling pain in the same muscle in the month prior to the injury but played through the pre - season and majority of the first 2 weeks . Tate was listed as day - to - day and did not start Week 3 against the Montreal Alouettes ; his back - up QB Kevin Glenn played in his place . Tate was expected to return to the starting position for Week 7 , however , he suffered a setback to his throwing arm in practice leading up to the August 9th game . On August 8 it was announced that Tate would miss an additional 2 - 3 weeks . Coach Hufnagel compared the injury to tennis elbow .