Jack Francis Trudeau is a former professional American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 player and current morning show co-host on Fox Sports Radio

Fox Sports Radio

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. He was selected by the Indianapolis Colts

Indianapolis Colts

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 in the 2nd round of the 1986 NFL Draft

1986 NFL Draft

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. A 6'3", 213 lb (96.6 kg). quarterback

Quarterback

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 from the University of Illinois

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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, Trudeau played in 10 NFL

National Football League

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 seasons from 1986 to 1995.

Early life

Trudeau was born in Forest Lake, Minnesota

Forest Lake, Minnesota

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. He graduated from Granada High School in Livermore, California

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.

College

Trudeau was the starting quarterback of the Illinois Fighting Illini football team his sophomore through senior years. As a sophomore, he led the Illini to become the first and only Big Ten team to beat all nine conference opponents in a single season. The Illini went to the 1984 Rose Bowl

1984 Rose Bowl

The 1984 Rose Bowl game, played on January 2, was the 70th Rose Bowl game. The UCLA Bruins defeated the Illinois Fighting Illini by a score of 45-9. Rick Neuheisel, UCLA quarterback, was named the Rose Bowl Player Of The Game. He completed 22 of 32 passes for 298 yards and four touchdowns...

 where they lost to UCLA 45–9. He earned All-Big Ten honors in 1984 and 1985. He set school records in pass attempts (1151), completions (737), yards (8146) and touchdowns (51 ). He set an NCAA record with 215 attempts without an interception. He was the 1984 runner up for Davey O'Brien Award

Davey O'Brien Award

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, given to the top college QB in the nation.

NFL career

During his rookie

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 season he started 11 games and in 1987–1988 he split time with Gary Hogeboom

Gary Hogeboom

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 as did Chris Chandler

Chris Chandler

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. In 1988–1989 and in 1990–1993 he shared snaps with Jeff George

Jeff George

Jeffrey Scott "Jeff" George is a former American football quarterback. He was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts with the first overall pick of the 1990 NFL Draft...

. His best year as a pro came during the 1989 season for the Colts when he threw for 15 touchdowns and was named Colts offensive MVP. Despite some modest success, the fans of Indianapolis never really bonded with Trudeau.
During the 1994 season, Trudeau backed up Boomer Esiason

Boomer Esiason

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 and he was selected by the Carolina Panthers

Carolina Panthers

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 in the 1995 NFL Expansion Draft

1995 NFL Expansion Draft

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 to become the third-string quarterback behind Frank Reich

Frank Reich

Frank Michael Reich, Jr. is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers, New York Jets, and the Detroit Lions. For a time, he had the distinction of having led his team to the biggest comeback victory ever in both the collegiate...

 and Kerry Collins

Kerry Collins

Kerry Michael Collins is an American football quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Carolina Panthers with the fifth overall pick of the 1995 NFL Draft, the first choice in the franchise's history...

.

Personal

He is married to wife Lisa, with a daughter Danielle and sons John, Beau, and Trey. His brother Kevin Trudeau was drafted at age 18 as a pitcher for the New York Yankees

New York Yankees

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. Also, after retirement from football, Jack invested to be a co-owner of Wolf Run Golf Club in Indiana. . He now is a weekly guest on The Bob and Tom Show, broadcast out of Indianapolis

Indianapolis

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, and discussing happenings in the NFL, primarily in regards to the Indianapolis Colts.

Graduation incident 2007

On June 2, 2007, Trudeau was arrested and charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor when he hosted a high school graduation party for his daughter, who was not arrested, but was breathalyzed along with her three younger brothers (none of whom tested positive for any alcohol) . Depositions further prove that some of the graduating students brought concealed alcohol into the party. On August 10, 2007, Trudeau was offered a plea agreement, in which he was to accept responsibility for the party. On December 14, 2007, Trudeau and his wife accepted an agreement where they will each have to pay a $2,500 fine. However, neither of them had to plead guilty to their charges.

He was also arrested for assaulting a police officer and a DUI.

Radio career

Trudeau went on to host a local sports talk morning show on WNDE

WNDE

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 AM 1260 in Indianapolis, and in 2011, the show (called Zakk and Jack) will be picked up for national syndication by Fox Sports Radio

Fox Sports Radio

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, replacing Stephen A. Smith

Stephen A. Smith

-Early years:Smith was raised in the Hollis neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens. He lived with his parents and four older sisters.He attended Winston-Salem State University, a historically black university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina...

's program.
Trudeau was recently involved in a controversial exchange with new Indiana Hoosiers football

Indiana Hoosiers football

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 head coach Kevin Wilson

Kevin R. Wilson

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who responded to Trudeau's mocking of Indiana's football team in which Wilson pointed out Trudeau's criminal history. http://www.crimsonquarry.com/2011/8/11/2357420/kevin-wilson-v-jack-trudeau-steel-cage-death-match