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Jonathan Paul "J.P." Losman (born March 12, 1981 in Venice, California) is an American football quarterback who plays for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Bills with the 22nd overall pick of the 2004 NFL Draft. He played college football at Tulane. more...

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Personal life

Losman grew up in Venice, California, the son of an American father and Mexican mother, and played quarterback at Venice High School.

College career

Losman accepted an athletic scholarship to attend college at UCLA and enrolled early during the Spring semester of 1999 in order to compete for the starting quarterback position. However, due in part to distractions from friends and family who attended Bruins practices, Losman made the decision to transfer to Tulane University to play for then-head coach Chris Scelfo, who made a late recruiting run at Losman just prior to him committing to UCLA. In an ironic twist, then-UCLA head coach Bob Toledo was hired to replace Scelfo as Tulane's head coach following the 2006 season.

After sitting out the 1999 season due to NCAA transfer rules, Losman served as the backup quarterback for two seasons behind future NFL 1st round pick Patrick Ramsey. Losman would see spot starter's duty in his first two seasons; He passed for 299 yards and 2 touchdowns in his first start against ECU during his freshman season. In 2002, his first year as a full-time starter, Losman led the Green Wave to an 8-5 record and a 36-28 victory in the inaugural Hawaii Bowl against the host-team Hawaii Warriors. Following a 3-1 start to the 2003 season, Tulane suffered multiple injuries that depleted its already pencil-thin depth on defense, and Tulane slumped to a 5-7 finish. Losman completed his collegiate career having completed 570-of-987 passes (57.7 percent) for 6,754 yards, 60 touchdowns, and 27 interceptions. He also ran for 241 yards, with 10 scores on 237 carries.

NFL career

2005

After the Buffalo Bills selected Wisconsin wide receiver Lee Evans with the 13th pick of the 2004 Draft, the Bills traded back into the first round and selected Losman with the 22nd pick in the first round of the NFL Draft. Losman suffered a broken left fibula in training camp, which delayed his development as a rookie. He eventually recovered and saw limited action in the 2004 NFL season, appearing briefly in three games and completing 3-of-5 passes for 32 yards and 1 interception while backing up Drew Bledsoe. Following the Bills' February 2005 release of Bledsoe, Losman was named the team's starting quarterback by head coach Mike Mularkey.

In the first game of the 2005 season (Losman's first professional start), Losman led the Bills to a 22-7 victory over the Houston Texans. Losman subsequently struggled with his accuracy and, subsequently, his confidence; with those struggles followed consecutive Bills losses. This eventually led the Bills to bench Losman in favor of veteran quarterback Kelly Holcomb in the fifth game of the 2004 season. After Holcomb suffered a head injury in the first quarter of the Bills' Week 10 game against the Kansas City Chiefs, Losman returned to the lineup and threw two quick touchdown strikes to Lee Evans, leading the Bills to a 14-3 victory. The Bills went on to lose all but one of their remaining games in 2005 with Holcomb and Losman splitting time under center.