The Tim Tebow Debate: What Will Happen To Him In The Pros?

We have all heard the arguments. We all know the situation. Is Tebow, arguably one of the best college players in history, going to transfer his impressive college resume into a successful pro career. It is a debate that has been on going ever since he became a star at the University of Florida. Tebow has had a long history of winning. He will be remembered as one of the most dominant forces to ever play the game. Lets take a quick look at his career as a Florida Gator.

Tebow made the SEC All-Freshman team. He played as a backup to Chris Leak. In his first year, he passed for 5 touchdowns while throwing just one interception. He also rushed for 8 touchdowns. In his most memorable game as a Freshman, He led the Gators to a victory over the LSU Tigers. He accounted for all of the Gators' touchdowns throwing for 2 and rushing for 1. He finished his freshman year with the second-most rushing yards on the Gator team. The Gators won the BCS National Championship against Ohio State.

Tebow was named one of the Breakout Players of 2007. The questioning began as to how he was going to handle being a full time passer. He finished the year with 234 pass completions in 350 attempts for 3286 yards. He had 32 passing touchdowns and 23 rushing touchdowns. He won a ridiculous amount of awards. The most prestigious being the Heisman Trophy. He became the only underclassman to ever win the award. His final QB rating was 172.47 for 2007.

Fresh off of his Heisman Winning season, Tebow continued to dominate in his Junior year. He finished the year with 192 passing completions in 298 attempts for 2746 yards. He became the second player in history to win the Maxwell award twice. He led the Gators to the SEC championship and to the BCS championship game. They beat the Alabama Crimson Tide 24-14 in the championship game. Tebow also finished 3rd in Heisman voting. Tebow garnered the most first-place votes. However, the award went to Sam Bradford of Alabama. In 08, Tebow finished with 30 passing touchdowns and 12 rushing touchdowns. His rushing touchdown total surpassed Emmitt Smith for the all time rushing touchdown leader at Florida.

In Tebow's senior year, He had 213 completions in 314 attempts for 2895 yards. In his senior year, the quarterback coach helped work with Tebow to get him more experience under center. While the Gators relied primarily on their shotgun offense, Tebow took more snaps under center then in any other year. In his final game of his collegiate career, Tebow completed 31 of 35 passes for 482 yards and 3 passing touchdowns against Cincinnati in the Sugar Bowl. He also rushed for a touchdown.

Tebow's final career stats were 651 completions in 985 attempts for 9285 yards. He threw for 88 touchdowns and ran for 57 touchdowns in his career at the University of Florida with a career passing rating of 176.0. He was the unquestioned leader of the Gators for 3 years. He led the team with integrity and gave as much heart as he could. After his junior year, Tebow gave a speech in where he thanked everyone for supporting Florida during their march to a National Championship. As the crowded chanted, "One More Year", Tebow gave thanks to the coaches, fans, and God for everything that has happened. As he was walking off the stage, he turned around and said "Oh and by the way one more thing, lets do it again i'm coming back." The crowd erupted. You can see it here yourself. You can see how much the fans wanted to see this man play again. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz5V2yqc2VI.

However, despite Tebow's amazing career, the question remains, Will Tebow have a successful pro career?

The answer is a non- committal answer.

Time Will Tell.

It is impossible to tell if Tebow will be able to make it in the pros. Scouts are going to speculate. People are going to have their opinions. So far, Tebow has had a tough time impressing the scouts. His first snap in the Senior Bowl, he fumbled under center. Tebow started his career and worked his way up to the monumental status that he has obtained. Now he is going to have to start all over again in the NFL. Tony Dungy once said that he would take Tebow with a top 10 pick over any other quarterback in the 2010 draft. A draft that includes the likes of Sam Bradford, Jimmy Clausen, and Colt McCoy. Jon Gruden said that Tebow could "revolutionize the game." Tebow is a very special player. He is an athlete with a ridiculous amount of talent. Tony Sparano has raved about Tebow's work ethic at the Senior Bowl. Tebow seems committed to working as hard as he can to make it at the next level. With that kind of skill bottled with his dedication, the sky is the limit for Tebow.