Jesse Freitas III
American football player
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| Intro | American football player | ||||||
| Places | United States of America | ||||||
| was | American football player | ||||||
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| Birth | 10 September 1951, San Mateo, USA | ||||||
| Death | 8 February 2015Petaluma, USA (aged 63 years) | ||||||
| Star sign | Virgo | ||||||
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Jesse Lee Freitas Jr. (September 10, 1951 – February 8, 2015) was an American professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the sixth round of the 1974 NFL Draft. He played college football for the Stanford Cardinal and San Diego State Aztecs.
- 1972: 97/171 for 1,200 yards with 7 TD vs 14 INT.
- 1973: 227/347 for 2,993 yards with 21 TD vs 17 INT.
His father Jesse Sr. was a professional football player in the 1940s.
On February 8, 2015, Freitas was found dead in his car in Petaluma, California. Police officials said the Sonoma County coroner had not yet determined a cause of death.