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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 139
BY SENATOR MILLS AND REPRESENTATIVE HUVAL
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To commend Louisiana native Jake C. Delhomme for being selected to the Louisiana Sports
Hall of Fame.
WHEREAS, Jake C. Delhomme was born on January 10, 1975, in Breaux Bridge,
Louisiana, to Jerry and Marcia Delhomme; and
WHEREAS, he married his high school sweetheart in 2000, the former Keri
Melancon, and they have two daughters, Lauren Elizabeth who was born December 17,
2001, and Lindsey Marie who was born February 25, 2007; and
WHEREAS, after playing as an All-State quarterback and defensive back at
Teurlings Catholic High School, Mr. Delhomme played college football for the University
of Louisiana at Lafayette, then named the University of Southwestern Louisiana (USL), as
the only true freshman quarterback to become a starter for a Division I school in 1993; and
WHEREAS, the collegiate passer efficiency rating of Mr. Delhomme was second
among the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for freshmen quarterbacks; and
WHEREAS, on the USL football team he played alongside future National Football
League (NFL) wide receiver Brandon Stokley, and offensive lineman Anthony Clement, and
was named the all-time passing collegiate leader in yards and touchdowns; and
WHEREAS, upon graduation, Mr. Delhomme ranked twenty-second in NCAA
history for passing yards, and twenty-eighth in total offense; and
WHEREAS, after the 1997 NFL draft, he signed with the New Orleans Saints as an
undrafted free agent, and was assigned to the NFL Amsterdam Admirals in Europe; and
WHEREAS, following his success with the Admirals as a backup quarterback to
future NFL and Super Bowl MVP, Kurt Warner, Mr. Delhomme returned to the New
Orleans Saints as their full-time third string quarterback, and in his first NFL start in 1999,
against the Dallas Cowboys, he threw two touchdowns en route to a New Orleans Saints
victory; and
WHEREAS, from 2003 to 2009, Mr. Delhomme wore number seventeen after the
date of his first daughter's birth; and
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WHEREAS, in 2003, during the first game of the NFL season against the
Jacksonville Jaguars, the Panthers were down seventeen to zero, and Mr. Delhomme took
control at the last half of the game; he was able to throw three touchdowns the last of which
was on fourth-down with just sixteen seconds left in the game leading the Panthers to a
comeback victory; and
WHEREAS, in his first season, he started fifteen games with the Carolina Panthers,
throwing for nineteen touchdowns and more than three thousand yards; and
WHEREAS, in 2004, Mr. Delhomme started all sixteen games for the Carolina
Panthers, throwing twenty-nine touchdowns and completing three hundred ten passes for
three thousand eight hundred eighty-six yards; and
WHEREAS, in 2005, he became the Carolina Panther franchise all-team leader with
sixty regular season starts and thirty-five victories by a quarterback; he established a team
record of one hundred fifty consecutive pass attempts without an interception; and
WHEREAS, opening the 2006 NFL season, he completed more than two hundred
sixty passes with only eleven interceptions achieving the second highest pass completion
percentage in team history; and
WHEREAS, in 2007, he started his NFL season opener as the Carolina Panther
quarterback, marking the fourth consecutive season that Carolina fielded the same starting
quarterback in an opening game; and
WHEREAS, in 2008, he lead the Panthers to the NFC South title, engineering four
fourth-quarter come-from-behind victories, and five second half come-from-behind wins;
and
WHEREAS, in the 2008 NFC Divisional Playoffs against the Arizona Cardinals, Mr.
Delhomme started his eighth career post season contest, completing seventeen passes for
more than two hundred passing yards; and
WHEREAS, he had twelve victories in his 2008 season, the most ever by a Carolina
Panther quarterback in a single season; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Delhomme established a Panther club record with an average
passing gain of seven point nine yards, and led NFL quarterbacks with seven drives during
the regular season in which Carolina scored decisive points inside the game's final two
minutes of regulation or overtime; and
WHEREAS, in Super Bowl XXXVIII against the New England Patriots, Mr.
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Delhomme threw three touchdowns and completed the game with three hundred
twenty-three passing yards; and in a dramatic fourth quarter, he threw an eighty-five yard
touchdown pass, the longest offensive play in Super Bowl history; and
WHEREAS, since playing in his first Pro Bowl in 2005, no other NFL quarterback
has more game winning or tying drives in the final two minutes of professional football; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Delhomme played for the Cleveland Browns in 2010, and the
Houston Texans in 2011; and
WHEREAS, along with racing, owning, and training thoroughbred horses, Mr.
Delhomme has garnered popularity as a pitchman for the Cajun fast food restaurant,
Bojangles, has performed SunCom telephone commercials, and has done numerous public
service announcements for Civitan International, an organization of volunteer businessmen
determined to make a difference in their communities by collecting food for homeless
shelters, volunteering at local retirement homes, or helping those with developmental
disabilities; and
WHEREAS, selected by a thirty-five member Louisiana Sports Writers Association
committee in October 2014, the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame named Jake Delhomme as
an inductee to be officially enshrined on June 27, 2015, in Natchitoches, Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, as a part of the 2015 induction class, Jake C. Delhomme's extraordinary
high school, college, and professional football career will be showcased in the Louisiana
Sports Hall of Fame Museum.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
commend and congratulate Louisiana native Jake C. Delhomme for being selected to the
Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Jake C. Delhomme.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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