Jonathan Ryan Quinn is a former 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...

 quarterback

Quarterback

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 in the NFL

National Football League

The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

. He was originally selected with the 25th pick of the third round of the 1998 NFL Draft

1998 NFL Draft

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 out of Middle Tennessee State University

Middle Tennessee State University

Middle Tennessee State University, commonly abbreviated as MTSU, is a public university located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States....

 by the Jacksonville Jaguars

Jacksonville Jaguars

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. He has also played for the Kansas City Chiefs

Kansas City Chiefs

The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They are a member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a...

 and Chicago Bears

Chicago Bears

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. Quinn transferred to Middle Tennessee State after one year at Tulane University

Tulane University

Tulane University is a private, nonsectarian research university located in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States...

.

He was the starting

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 quarterback for the 2001 World Bowl

World Bowl

The World Bowl was the American football Championship game of NFL Europe, similar to the Super Bowl of the National Football League.The World Bowl trophy itself was a globe made of glass measuring 35.5 cm in diameter and weighing 18.6 kg .-World League of American Football:When NFL Europe was...

 champion Berlin Thunder

Berlin Thunder

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 of NFL Europe

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, where he was the league leading passer throwing for 2,247 yards, and was named the MVP of the world bowl.

Quinn was signed by the Kansas City Brigade

Kansas City Brigade

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 of the Arena Football League (AFL) during the 2006–2007 offseason, but retired due to injury. From 2007 to 2008, Jonathan was the offensive coordinator for MidAmerica Nazarene University

MidAmerica Nazarene University

MidAmerica Nazarene University is a Christian liberal arts college in Olathe, Kansas. It was established in 1966 by the Church of the Nazarene.-History:Mid-America Nazarene College was founded in 1966...

 in Olathe, Kansas

Olathe, Kansas

Olathe is a city in and the county seat of Johnson County, Kansas, United States. Located in northeastern Kansas, it is also the fifth most populous city in the state, with a population of 125,872 at the 2010 census. As a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri, Olathe is the fourth-largest city in the...

. On Friday, April 3, 2009 he was named as the new head football coach for MidAmerica Nazarene University (MNU).