Tim Tebow, a retired American professional football quarterback, has a net worth of $5 million. He enjoyed a standout college career at the University of Florida before playing three seasons in the NFL: two with the Denver Broncos and one with the New York Jets.
He also had brief periods with the New England Patriots, Philadelphia Eagles, and Jacksonville Jaguars, transitioning to tight end to extend his career. In 2023, he was honored with induction into the College Football Hall of Fame.
In July 2023, Tim Tebow became a co-owner of an ECHL expansion team based in Lake Tahoe. Prior to this, he held minor ownership stakes in the Jacksonville Icemen and Savannah Ghost Pirates.
Career Earnings
During his NFL career, Tim Tebow earned nearly $10 million in total salary. Specifically, with the Philadelphia Eagles, he earned $4.1 million. With only eight passes completed during his time with the Eagles, this translates to an impressive $512,500 per pass.
Football
Tim Tebow had an outstanding college football career at the University of Florida, winning the Heisman Trophy in 2007 and leading the Gators to BCS National Championships in the 2006 and 2008 seasons. He was selected by the Denver Broncos in the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft.
He started the final three games of his rookie season and became the Broncos’ full-time starting quarterback starting in the sixth game of 2011.
Under his leadership, the Broncos turned their season around, securing the AFC West title and winning their first playoff game since 2005 by defeating the Pittsburgh Steelers in overtime.
Tebow was traded to the New York Jets during the offseason after the Broncos signed Peyton Manning.
He had limited playing time with the Jets and was released on April 29, 2013, following the drafting of Geno Smith. Tebow then signed a two-year, non-guaranteed contract with the New England Patriots on June 11, 2013, but was cut from the team on August 31, 2013.
During his time with the Denver Broncos, Tim Tebow became widely known for his signature gesture of dropping to one knee in a pose reminiscent of Auguste Rodin’s “The Thinker” after scoring or making a significant play.
This gesture, referred to as “Tebowing,” was coined by fan Jared Kleinstein, who first shared a photo of himself and friends performing the pose on Facebook.
Kleinstein later created a website to showcase photos of people around the world doing their own versions of Tebowing.
The site quickly gained popularity, receiving 20,000 submissions and 20 million page views within two months. Tebow later trademarked the term “Tebowing.”
In 2015, Tim Tebow joined the Philadelphia Eagles to compete for the third-string quarterback position but was released after the preseason.
He made another attempt to return to the NFL in 2021 by reuniting with coach Urban Meyer and working out as a tight end for the Jacksonville Jaguars. However, he was released once again before the regular season began.
On December 30, 2013, Tim Tebow was hired by ESPN as a college football analyst. In 2017, he signed a multi-year extension with the network that enabled him to continue pursuing his baseball career simultaneously.
Baseball
In early August 2016, Tim Tebow announced his intention to pursue a professional baseball career and invited all 30 Major League Baseball teams to an open tryout. Although he hadn’t played baseball full-time since high school, where he was an all-state player, the tryout attracted 40 MLB scouts.
Tebow participated in the Mets Instructional League and hit a home run on his first pitch. He was assigned to the Scottsdale Scorpions and later invited to Major League camp with the Mets in 2018.
He was promoted to their Double-A team and subsequently assigned to the Syracuse Mets of the Class AAA International League. Tebow hit three home runs over a six-game stretch but missed the remainder of the 2019 season due to a pinky finger injury.
In February 2020, Tim Tebow announced that he had accepted an invitation to play for the Philippines national baseball team.
That year, he also hit his first major league spring training home run, a two-run shot against the Detroit Tigers. However, in February 2021, Tebow announced his retirement from baseball.
