Joe Callahan (quarterback)

Joe Callahan

No. 6 Green Bay Packers
Position:	Quarterback
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1993-06-04) June 4, 1993
Place of birth:	Absecon, New Jersey
Height:
Weight:
Career information
High school:	Absecon (NJ) Holy Spirit
College:	Wesley
Undrafted:	2016
Career history
Green Bay Packers (2016–present)
Roster status:	Active
Career highlights and awards
Gagliardi Trophy (2015)

Joe Callahan (born June 4, 1993) is an American football quarterback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He played college football at Wesley.

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. 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.