Tom Savage (ƙwallon ƙafa na Amurka)

**Thomas Benjamin Savage** (an haife shi a ranar 26 ga Afrilu, 1990) tsohon dan wasan kwallon kafa ne na Amurka. Ya buga wasan Kwallon ƙafa na kwaleji ga Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Arizona Wildcats, da Pittsburgh Panthers, kuma Houston Texans ne suka zaba shi a zagaye na huɗu na shirin NFL na 2014.

Savage ya shafe shekaru hudu na farko na aikinsa tare da Texans; a cikin shekaru uku na farko, Savage ya kasance mai tallafawa kuma ya rasa duk kakar 2015 saboda rauni. A shekara ta 2017, ya fara yawancin wasannin aikinsa yana da shekaru bakwai. Bayan wani lokaci tare da New Orleans Saints a cikin 2018, Savage ya shafe wasu sassan kakar wasa ta yau da kullun tare da San Francisco 49ers da Cincinnati Bengals ba tare da ganin wani mataki na wasa ba kafin ya sami wani lokaci tare tare da Detroit Lions a cikin 2019.

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Savage a Springfield, Pennsylvania, a ranar 26 ga Afrilu, 1990, ga Linda da Tom Savage . Babban ɗan'uwansa, Bryan, ya buga wasan kwata-kwata a Wisconsin da Hofstra .  

A Makarantar Sakandare ta Cardinal O'Hara, Savage ya kasance memba na ƙungiyar kwallon kafa ta Lions na tsawon shekaru huɗu kuma ya fara a quarterback na uku. Ya jefa don yadudduka 1,355 da kuma touchdowns 10 a matsayin babba jami'in.

## Ayyukan kwaleji
Savage ya shiga Jami'ar Rutgers a shekara ta 2009 a karkashin kocin Greg Schiano .  Bayan Rutgers ta bude kakar wasa tare da asarar 45-17 ga Cincinnati, an kira Savage mai farawa. Ya jagoranci tawagar zuwa rikodin 9-4. A lokacin da yake sabon shekara a Rutgers, Savage ya wuce yadudduka 2,211 da 14 touchdowns, yayin da ya jefa kawai bakwai interceptions. A cikin jayayya game da mafi kyawun wasansa na shekara, Savage ya kammala 14-na-27 don wucewa 294 yadudduka da kuma touchdowns biyu a kan Jami'ar Tsakiyar Florida a lokacin nasarar 45-24 a cikin 2009 St. Petersburg Bowl. An sanya masa suna a cikin All-American Freshman Team ta kungiyar 'yan wasan kwallon kafa ta Amurka (FWAA). 

A matsayinsa na sophomore, Savage ya jefa don yadudduka 521, touchdowns biyu, da kuma uku interceptions. A farkon kakar, an cire shi daga gefe saboda raunin hannu kuma an maye gurbinsa da sabon mai tsaron gida Chas Dodd. Dodd ya kasance mai farawa na kwata-kwata bisa ga aikin da ya yi da Connecticut a farkon farawa. A ranar 8 ga watan Janairun shekara ta 2011, Savage ya ba da sanarwar cewa zai sauya daga Jami'ar Rutgers. Rutgers ya ba Savage saki na wucin gadi, kuma ya sanar da cewa yana canja wurin zuwa Arizona a watan Fabrairun 2011. Savage ya rasa kakar 2011 saboda ka'idojin canja wurin NCAA, amma ya cancanci yin wasa a shekarar 2012.

A ƙarshen shekara ta 2011, Savage ya sanar da ficewarsa daga Arizona, wani mataki wanda ya biyo bayan sanarwar cewa Arizona ta hayar da Rich Rodriguez a matsayin kocin. Savage daga baya ya koma Pittsburgh, inda ya yi redshirt a shekarar 2012. Savage da farko ya so ya sake taka leda a Rutgers; duk da haka, NCAA ta musanta rashin amincewa da wahala.

A ranar 14 ga watan Agusta, 2013, kocin Pitt Paul Chryst ya sanya Savage a matsayin mai farawa na farko a kakar 2013 da Jihar Florida.  A ranar 21 ga watan Satumba a kan Duke, ya jefa don yadudduka 424 da kuma touchdown shida a cikin nasarar 58-55.  Savage ya gama kakar wasa tare da yadudduka 2,958, 21 touchdowns, da tara interceptions.

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