NFL quarterback who helped lead the San Francisco 49ers to the NFC title game but was benched for Colin Kaepernick the following year. He played for the Kansas City Chiefs from 2013 to 2017 before a trade sent him to the Washington Redskins.
He starred collegiately for the University of Utah and was selected first overall in the 2005 NFL Draft.
He is the cousin of Chris Shelton, who was a major league baseball first baseman. In 2017, at age 33, he set career highs in completions, passing yards, and passing touchdowns.
He has a son named Hudson with his wife Elizabeth Barry.
He took the San Francisco 49ers to within one game of making the Super Bowl, but they lost to Eli Manning in overtime of the 2012 NFC title game.
