Sage Rosenfels

Rosenfels attended Maquoketa High School in Maquoketa, Iowa, and was a good student, a member of the National Honor Society, and a letterman in football, basketball, baseball, tennis, and track. In football, he played quarterback, defensive back, punter, and kicker. As a senior, he was a first team All-District selection, and was named as an All-Eastern Iowa selection by the Quad City Times and the Dubuque Telegraph Herald, and was honored as a second team Class 3-A All-State defensive back by the Des Moines Register. In basketball, he was a three-year starter. As a junior, he was an All-State Honorable Mention selection. As a senior, he named as an All-Eastern Iowa selection by the Quad City Times, and was an All-State selection. In baseball, he was twice named as an All-District selection, was a two-time All-Conference selection, and was a two-time All-State selection. In tennis, he was a four-year letterman. In the only season he competited in track, Rosenfels was a member of the 4x200-meter relay team which placed at the State Championships. He graduated frgom Maquoketa High School in 1996 with a 3.4 grade point average. At Iowa State for the 2000 season, Rosenfels led the Cyclones in their victory against the University of Pittsburgh in the Insight.com Bowl.

Rosenfels, selected by the Washington Redskins in the fourth round of the 2001 NFL Draft, spent one season as the team's third-string quarterback.

He was acquired by the Miami Dolphins on August 22, 2002 in exchange for a seventh-round 2003 draft pick, but only threw 48 passes.

In 2005, Rosenfels led Miami's biggest comeback since 1974, when he entered their Week 13 game against the Buffalo Bills. After Gus Frerotte was sidelined by a concussion in the third quarter, Rosenfels entered the game with the Dolphins trailing 23–3. Rosenfels led the team on three fourth-quarter scoring drives as they beat the Bills, 24–23.^[1]

He signed with the Houston Texans as an unrestricted free agent on March 13, 2006.

In 2006, the Houston Texans trailed the Tennessee Titans 21-3 before he threw three second-half touchdown passes to cut the lead to 28-22 as time ended the comeback.

The Sporting News' February 2007 offseason awards issue predicted that Sage would be 2007's Tony Romo, the breakout quarterback of the year coming from a backup role.

In 2007, the Houston Texans trailed the Tennessee Titans 32-7 entering the fourth quarter. Rosenfels tied an NFL record by throwing four 4th-quarter touchdown passes to give the Texans a 36-35 lead before Rob Bironas kicked his NFL-record 8th field goal to give the Titans a 38-36 win. Rosenfels finished the 2007 season at 4-1 as a starter, in comparison to Matt Schaub's 4-7 on the season.^{[citation needed]}

In 2008, Rosenfels started in the Texans' home opener against the Indianapolis Colts. Although Rosenfels had led the team to a 27–10 lead with 8:18 remaining, Indianapolis scored a touchdown to make the score 27–17 with 4:04 left. In that span, Rosenfels turned the ball over three times: the first two turnovers, both fumbles, both led to Indianapolis touchdowns, putting the Colts ahead 31–27; the third, an interception, sealed the Texans loss.

Due to Matt Schaub's knee injury mid-way through the 2008 season, Rosenfels was made starting QB in his place, although started badly, throwing 4 interceptions and only 1 touchdown in a loss to the Baltimore Ravens.

After blowing an almost insurmountable lead the first time the Texans played the Colts in 2008, Sage once again fell short in his bid to beat Indianapolis after throwing a game ending interception while trying to lead the Texans to victory.

Rosenfels finally got his first win as a starter in 2008 in a November game against the Cleveland Browns.

• Houston Texans bio
• http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/the_sporting_blog/entry/view/13239/rosenfels_fumbles_away_big_opportunity

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