But in 2000 and seven, and particularly on one incredible November night, the Florida quarterback was simply undeniable, and it turned him into a legend.

Oh, my goodness, one man.

Goodbye.

Hello.

Has Tebow did not win the starting job in his freshman season, but he was instrumental in the Gators natty showing in 2000 and six.

That's forward in 2000 and seven.

Tebow secured the starting spot, and people were hungry to see what the Gators would cook up.

He was a man of the people, so Tebow absolutely delivered.

Tebow keeps it.

You can sit around Tebow.

Step on to the five.

It's through the first four dubs.

He racked up a nice little Heisman hopeful's resume tin passing touchdowns, 1086 yards, completing over 70% of his passes.

Of course, he was a terror on his feet.

With 358 rushing yards and seven additional touchdowns.

He accounted for multiple touchdowns in every single game that season.

He also racked up at least five touchdowns on five different occasions.

Tebow finished that season with over 3000 passing yards over 800 rushing yards and 51 total.

Touchdown.

Tebow flushed again.

You'll keep Tim on the run.

Whoa!

Head on collision.

He was dominant.

There had to be guys that were running on Tim's heels, right?

Well, Tebow pulled up to the party with 462.

1st place Heisman votes.

Arkansas running back Darren McFadden was closest behind him with 291 and he was legit.

After five straight 120 yard performances to start the season, people thought he was a lock for the Heisman.

Run DMC is one of the most decorated running backs in college football history, and he has a handsome list of awards to show for it.

He's a two time Doak Walker Award winner, Walter Camp Award winner, and unfortunately for him, he's also a two time Heisman runner up Colt.

Brennan and Chase.

Daniel finished 3rd and 4th on the ballot.

Brennan through for 38 touchdowns for Hawaii and Daniel Toss, 33 in his junior year at Brazil.

Yes, a trip to Columbia, South Carolina and Week 10 presented a chance for the kid to get his mojo back.

Steve Spurrier's Gamecocks were by no means expected to be a challenge for the 15th ranked Gators, even without wide receiver Percy Harvin available to catch falls from the Heisman candidate.

However, the way Tebow ran through the cockpit that night should be considered disrespectful.

Tebow now takes off, spends his way into the end zone.

Four guys head shots at, but nobody got it.

South Carolina was up 14 13 in the first quarter, and then it was Tebow time.

Tebow with fake throws again from touchdown.

Jim Face on quarterback, keeper.

Got it on.

That's what happens.

Tebow fakes keeps touchdown, 17 to ease.

He made it look easy, running straight through defenders and over anything in his way.

Seven total touchdowns for the sophomore quarterback to passing five rushing.

He was 22 for 32 for a career best 304 yards in the air, and he ran for 120 yards on 26 carries.

Tim literally ran through the Gamecocks, 51 to 31.

After that, the Heisman was virtually a lock, and tha bows legacy was set in stone.

Tebow on the field performances seemed somewhat supernatural, but you couldn't have imagined that him being on the football field was an actual miracle.

I was pregnant with Timmy in the Philippines and I had had Amoeba, which is quite serious.

It's the leading cause of death in the Philippines, and I was very dehydrated.

Very sick way.

Thought we'd lost the baby about four times.

He's a miracle, baby.

And so we have reminded him that hundreds of times.

E.

I hate to be incredibly cliche, but if Faith family football were a human being, it would definitely be this guy.

His on the field demeanor seemed to be a stark contrast from who he was off of the field, but that didn't make him a contradiction.

First, start off by thanking My Lord and savior Jesus Christ, who gave me the ability to play football and give me a great family and a support group in great coaches and everything around me.

Tim Tebow became the first sophomore to win the Heisman Trophy, and true to character, he gave the credit to people and forces outside of himself.

I'd like to thank my teammates back at home.

If a one for them, I wouldn't be here, and I'm accepting his trophy on behalf of them because, you know, we think about it as a team award.

He also really loved being a Florida Gator.

He sought mostly to make his fans, his teammates and his coaches proud.

I wanna thank everybody back at the University of Florida, All the fans.

I love Gator Nation.

I love being a Gator coach.

Meyer.

Thank you for giving me a chance to play for University of Florida.

I love you.

I love being a Gator and president of the University of Florida.

You know, I love being a Gator.

I love you, Gator Nation.

When I go back to the University of Florida, we're gonna have fun.

That makes sense, though, right?

Tim Tebow wore the blue and orange with so much pride and humility that his dominant performances didn't even seem to define who he waas.

It seemed instead, toe highlight that what he was playing for was even bigger than himself.

I promise you one thing.

A lot of good will come out of this.

You will never seen any player in the entire country plays hard as I will play the rest of the season, and you never see someone push the rest of team as hard as I will push everybody the rest of the season, you never see a team play harder.

Then we will the rest of this season.

God bless.

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