Joe Callahan (quarterback)
| No. 6 Green Bay Packers | |||
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| Position: | Quarterback | ||
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| Date of birth: | June 4, 1993 | ||
| Place of birth: | Cape May Court House, New Jersey | ||
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Weight: | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||
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| High school: | Absecon (NJ) Holy Spirit | ||
| College: | Wesley | ||
| Undrafted: | 2016 | ||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||
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Francis Joseph Callahan (born June 4, 1993) is an American football quarterback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Wesley. Callahan was signed by the Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2016. He has also been a member of the New Orleans Saints and Cleveland Browns.
As a freshman in 2011, Callahan appeared in four games. He completed three of nine throws for 26 yards. He missed the entire next season with an injury.
In 2013, Callahan started all 13 games for the Wolverines and completed 269 of 461 attempts for 3,599 yards and 29 touchdowns. He set Wesley single-season records in completions and attempts and ranked second in single-season passing yards. In his first career start against Widener, he threw for 510 yards and five touchdowns. In the following week, Callahan led the Wolverines to victory with a 43-yard Hail Mary touchdown on 4th and 21 with under a minute remaining to beat archrival Salisbury. Callahan also helped the Wolverines beat the Division I Charlotte 49ers, 35–28. In that game, he passed for 317 yards, threw two touchdowns, and ran for another two. In the Division III playoffs, Wesley beat Johns Hopkins in the first round by a final score of 29–24. Callahan threw a 33-yard touchdown pass with 0:13 left in the game to seal the victory and finished with 244 passing yards and four touchdowns. In the final game of the year, Wesley faced the Mount Union in the NCAA quarterfinals. After falling behind 31–0 at the end of the first quarter, Callahan and the Wolverines fell short, 62–59, with Mount Union recovering an onside kick with 1:30 left in regulation. Callahan set school and NCAA playoff records with 633 passing yards and eight passing touchdowns in the game.
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