Jake Delhomme Christopher was born on the 10th January 1975, in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana USA, and is a former American Footballer who played in the NFL as a quarterback. Delhomme came into the league in 1999, and during his career played for the New Orleans Saints, Carolina Panthers, Cleveland Browns and Houston Texans. Delhomme retired from professional sport in 2011. He is a member of the NFL Hall of Fame Europe.
How much is the net worth of Jake Delhomme? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the overall size of his wealth is as much as $20 million, as of the data presented at the beginning of 2016. NFL has been the main source of Delhomme’s net worth.
Jake Delhomme Net Worth $20 Million
To begin with, he attended High School in Lafayette, where he played in the school team as a quarterback and defensive back, and was awarded for his defence. He then played in the team of the University of Southwestern Louisiana, becoming the first player to exceed 9000 passing yards during his tenure. In 2006, he became an inductee into the Athletic Hall of Fame of the university.
Concerning his professional career, Delhomme was never drafted. In 1997, he was chosen by the New Orleans Saints as a free agent, but did not play. In 1998, he played in the NFL Europe for the Amsterdam Admirals, but his statistics were disappointing as he only played in one game and couldn’t achieve touchdown and conceded four interceptions. In 1999, he played again in Europe, where he met with Pat Barnes. Both threw twelve touchdowns in the season, and together they were called the double-headed monster; as a result, Jake entered the World Bowl VII.
After returning to the USA, Delhomme played four years for the Saints, being relatively successful with limited playing time as third-string quarterback. From 2003, he became the starting quarterback, and regularly exceeded 3,000 yards passing in a season, greatly improving his personal and team statistics. Delhomme lead the team to the Super Bowl in 2003, and played once in the Pro Bowl, the final game for the best players of the season in 2005, winning the Quarterback Challenge the same year. In the 2006 season, he skipped the first three games because he suffered a thumb injury. The following season he was injured in the elbow playing against the Atlanta Falcons, which cost him the entire season. In the spring of 2009, he signed a 5-year contract for a total of $42.5 million of which $20 million are guaranteed. The season started very badly for Delhomme as he was replaced right away in the first game. During the following games he was no longer able to maintain the results of past seasons, and in the game against the New York Jets broke a finger. On the 5th March 2010 he was released.
Soon after becoming an unrestricted free agent, the player signed a two-year contract with the Cleveland Browns, but his season was undermined by two injuries to the same ankle that cost him 11 games. In the middle of 2011, he was released, so at the end of 2011, Jake signed with the Houston Texans as quarterback reserve behind rookie T. J. Yates, but played only one game.
Following retirement, Jake has been involved in several advertising campaigns, including for restaurant chain Bojangles, and SunCom mobile commercials.
Finally, in the personal life of the former American Football player, Delhomme has been married to Keri Melancon since 2000, and they have two daughters.
