Joe Callahan (quarterback)
| No. 6 Green Bay Packers | |
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| Position: | Quarterback |
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth: | June 4, 1993 |
| Place of birth: | Absecon, New Jersey |
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight: | 215 lb (98 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Absecon (NJ) Holy Spirit |
| College: | Wesley |
| Undrafted: | 2016 |
| Career history | |
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| Roster status: | Active |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Joe Callahan (born June 4, 1993) is an American football quarterback for the Green Bay Packers[1] of the National Football League. He played college football at Wesley.[2]
College career
2011
Callahan started his career at Wesley College. He appeared in four games as a freshman.
2012
Missed entire season due to an injury. Received medical hardship.
2013
Callahan started all 13 games for the Wolverines and completed 269-of-461 of his passes 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 & 21 with under a minute remaining to beat arch-rival Salisbury. Callahan also helped the Wolverines beat the eventual FBS UNC 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 1st Round by a final score of 29-24. Callahan would throw 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.[3] In what would be the final game of the year, Wesley would face the Mount Union Purple Raiders in the NCAA Quarterfinals. After falling behind 31-0 at the end of the 1st Quarter, Callahan and the Wolverines would fall short 62-59, with Mount Union recovering an onside kick with 1:30 left in regulation. Callahan would set school and NCAA Playoff records with 633 passing yards and eight passing touchdowns in the game.[4]